The film, a documentary of sorts, is based on the book which covers teenagers from 1875 to 1945. The summary says teenagers did NOT exist before the 20th century, but of course teenagers always existed, perhaps they were not given the "teenage" label until the 20th century.
The film draws from dozens of archival sources, film clips, newsreels, movies, newspapers, magazines, and photographs. It tells the story of how teenagers came to prominence and changed over the years. A lot of it was during wartime, showing contrasts among American, British, and Nazi German teenagers. And the cross-cultural influences.
A very nice film for those of us interested in the subject, but it stops about 1945, with the post WW2 blossoming of teenagers, their rights, their role in society. And of course if we look at a typical college, about half the students are teenagers, they have clubs, fraternities, sororities, student government.
I was a teenager in the 1950s and early 1960s, it brought back mostly good memories.
The film draws from dozens of archival sources, film clips, newsreels, movies, newspapers, magazines, and photographs. It tells the story of how teenagers came to prominence and changed over the years. A lot of it was during wartime, showing contrasts among American, British, and Nazi German teenagers. And the cross-cultural influences.
A very nice film for those of us interested in the subject, but it stops about 1945, with the post WW2 blossoming of teenagers, their rights, their role in society. And of course if we look at a typical college, about half the students are teenagers, they have clubs, fraternities, sororities, student government.
I was a teenager in the 1950s and early 1960s, it brought back mostly good memories.