General Health Habits (1928)
Brush up on your hygiene, 1920s style, with a classroom film on daily health habits.
Classroom and guidance films.
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The following films and shorts broadcast on CH 81 HALL PASS:
Brush up on your hygiene, 1920s style, with a classroom film on daily health habits.
How the Library of Congress turned over two million feet of paper-print film rolls into 16mm safety film, step by step with the Renovare process.
Silent home-movie footage of a 1930s high school year: group photos, jump rope, costumes and gatherings.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station take questions from Fairview High School students. Homework help from orbit.
Schoolchildren perform folk dances of the world on the lawn outside their school. Silent footage, probably from the 1920s or 1930s.
A short educational film on how Saudi Arabia finds, draws and conserves water. Wells, pumps and desert, circa 1950.
A 1930 look at continuing-education schools for Black ministers, directed by Dr. W.A.C. Hughes. Period narration reflects the language of its day.
A quick tour of the Library of Congress, from dime novels and a Gutenberg Bible to Houdini's books, Whitman's poems and Beethoven's scores.
A horse-drawn fire truck races to the Presidio School in San Francisco and firemen climb ladders to third-floor windows. Silent footage, early 1910s.
A three-member board mediates a family dispute about a private school and traditional symbols. A 1959 episode of Court of Human Relations.
Safety hazards lurking around the house, in an Aetna-sponsored home safety short. Spills, stairs and other domestic dangers.
A silent theater commercial for Flash Cleaner, using triple-exposure shots to pitch factory mechanics and housewives alike.
How to care for a baby: bathing, dressing, feeding, and preventing rickets, starting in a classroom of girls getting lessons. A 1920s health film.
A 1961 social guidance film warns girls about the dangers of molesters, with four case histories and babysitting tips. Dated and sobering.
A silent German educational film on how icebergs are formed, from glaciers to the open sea. 1930s science class.
Classroom and guidance films.
Bobby Bumps heads off to school in this early Bray cartoon, a pen-and-ink kid with a dog and a knack for mischief.
High school newcomer Jean falls victim to a malicious rumor started by her first date. A 1953 classroom lesson on gossip.
A 1974 educational film retracing FDR's presidency, from the Great Depression to the end of World War II.
Classroom and guidance films.
Reel 12 of The Science of Life: drinking water, bathing, brushing teeth and hair, exercise, good shoes and eye strain. A 1920s hygiene lesson.
A boy gets ready for school while the narrator makes the case for baths, clean nails and a good breakfast. Classic grooming advice from Coronet.
A silent educational film on cotton and tobacco plantations in the 1930s South. Made before civil rights, its view of Black life is dated and may offend.
A short narrative video from the 2008 Digital Storytelling Class of the St. Paul Connections program. Locally made community TV.
Foot, standing and sitting posture, with exercises to build good habits. A 1920s De Vry film lesson in health and hygiene.
Don and Mildred miss their class assembly because of sloppy grooming. A 1956 classroom lesson on keeping clean and neat.
A charming silent German classroom film on weaving wicker furniture from reed rope, by hand. Circa 1930.
Classroom and guidance films.
A 1928 silent classroom film inside a coal mine near Pittsburg: minecarts, simple tools, and harsh working conditions up close.
A high school girl walks through her health routine: daily shower, fresh clothes, hair and teeth care, balanced meals and sleep. A 1952 classic.
Scientists, rabbits and test tubes: a lab film on telling human blood from animal blood through chemical tests. Quite the science class.
A short narrative video from the 2008 Digital Storytelling Class of the St. Paul Connections program. The title promises spooky fun.
Hardware storeowner Jim learns the art of selling and grows his shop into a department store. A 1920s vocational guidance lesson.
After school integration in St. Louis, a racial incident erupts at Beaumont High. A 1956 documentary on how the board planned it.
National Geographic's series on extreme survival, with CGI and reenactments showing what happens inside the body when the stakes are life and death.
A silent, tinted 1928 classroom film follows corn from field to husking bee. Stalks are checked, women husk and students learn.
A family drowning in automatic gadgets forgets to talk to one another. A 1958 student film about life beyond the robot existence.
A 1930s Kodak teaching film on Japanese-occupied Manchukuo: mines, steel mills, railroads, new housing and street life. Silent and very much of its time.
A late night out sparks a fight between 14-year-old Ken and his dad. A 1970 film on how parents and teens can actually talk.
A 1928 educational film about Western Union's transatlantic cable between Newfoundland and the Azores, built for fast two-way messaging.
A USDA film ties the growth of American farming to the country's rise, from pioneer homesteads to land-grant colleges.
A film about the Penn School in South Carolina's Sea Islands, its history and role in teaching Black students skills for self-reliance. 1942.
NASA racing tech makes IndyCar and NASCAR safer for drivers, plus a look at NASA's new inflatable structures.
Eastman Classroom Films shows how Pyrex glass is shaped, with mold blowing and blowing by breath alone. Hot, bright and silent, 1929.
A 1952 film defining good mental health in four steps: express emotions naturally, respect yourself, respect others and solve problems early.
A 1942 look at Brazil's natural resources and what the largest country in South America could add to the Allied effort. Official wartime pitch.
A film on turning old recipe terms into modern kitchen methods, with a sponsor's lemon juice in a starring role.
Ten-year-old Tommy is caught taking money from his teacher's purse, and a psychiatrist at a guidance clinic tries to understand why. 1951 drama.
From wire dispatch to newsboy on the street: how a Sao Paulo newspaper gets made in 1942. Presses, type and paper.
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A model ship pitches on huge waves while lighthouses and the Coast Guard stand watch. A 1920s teaching film on safety at sea.
A 1954 series highlights Black political appointments under Eisenhower and local election wins. Parade of progress, newsreel style.
You're driving 90 horses, so concentrate, control and be courteous. A 1948 safety film for AT&T truck drivers.
Classroom and guidance films.
Flies, sewage, rats and malaria mosquitoes get their close-ups in this 1920s classroom lesson on keeping disease at bay.
Factory worker Adam Hathaway sees productivity as husband, worker, foreman and company president. A 1958 split-screen lesson.
How an Alabama town banded together to give war workers recreation and a sense of community. A 1944 film set in Sylacauga.
A school short film set to Saint-Saens' Aquarium from The Carnival of the Animals, played by the Seattle Youth Symphony.
Microscopic bacteria, Pasteur's experiments and rabies treatment, with vaccines cast as armies of health. A 1920s health lesson for the classroom.
A 1959 TV panel of mediators hears a family dispute over a teenager who dropped out of school.
A typical day for a model American boy in 1941: balanced meals, good habits, hobbies and the right attitude to work and play.
Classroom and guidance films.
A 1920s classroom lesson in health and hygiene on the subject of teeth, from De Vry School Films.
Boys and freight trains frame a 1953 tour of what the chemical industry gives the world. Curiosity, exploring and a lot of chemistry.
A family dinner from first course to dessert shows the rules of table etiquette, and why good manners are easy and pleasant. 1947.
Classroom and guidance films.
Careers of salesmen and saleswomen in a 1920s vocational guidance lesson, possibly shot in Oakland, California.
Bert the Turtle teaches 1950s schoolkids to duck and cover in case of an atomic attack. The Cold War civil defense classic, in nine sincere minutes.
How should teens and parents treat each other at home? A 1946 film stages family squabbles and then asks the audience to work them out.
Classroom and guidance films.
A speeding salesman picks a tour of a wrecked-car graveyard over a fine. A 1957 traffic safety film from Southwestern Bell.
A blunt 1940s classroom film on human waste: disease, accidents, delinquency, unemployment, addiction, crime and war. Heavy, dated and earnest.
How to spot, pick and cook the best beef cuts, from choice-grade steaks for broiling to the right cooking method. A 1970 trade-group film.
A newsboy on a Third Avenue corner, a streetcar rattling past. A 1920s classroom lesson in vocational guidance about the life of a journalist.
Three plastics experts chat on a transcontinental flight about how plastics shaped everyday life. A 1952 Union Carbide promo.
Five kittens, born and then raised through their first months of training. A 1946 nature short that is mostly cat.
Bruce McDow, a skipper's son, fears he inherited his father's cowardice, and Jenny gets him a job as lighthouse mate. Reel 5 of a Victor Fleming silent.
Classroom and guidance films.
The things people want: comfort, safety, economy, performance, durability and looks. A Chevrolet sales training film from 1948.
A 1920 silent drama: an Italian immigrant is stuck as a day laborer without English, gets hurt missing a safety sign and learns his lesson.
A 1956 classroom film on how to take a test: knowing what's covered, mastering new words, and studying smart.
A vocational guidance look at radio, a short history of the industry, and a quick primer on how television works. A 1940-era career reel.
Highlights from the California State Fair, including a stunt where two locomotives collide head-on. Subtle it is not.
Classroom and guidance films.
A group of 1940s high schoolers shows why some teens are liked and others aren't, when new student Caroline Ames arrives. A classic social guidance short.
Boys in caps and girls in fancy hats walk down the steps at the end of a school day. A 1914 look at teenagers headed home.
A 1951 social guidance film warns teenagers how clever crooks work lovers' lanes, baby-sitting jobs and pick-ups. Stagey, dated, and very stern.
Bobby loses his dog and finds him in Telezonia, where residents teach him directory assistance, party lines and phone manners. Puppets, 1949.
A cartoon character hops out of a telephone magazine to answer a reader's letter about industry jargon. Telephone terms, explained with animation.
A 1954 series on Black achievement: Maude E. Callen's clinic, General Benjamin O. Davis and Dr. F.D. Patterson, plus other newsmakers.
The electrical work behind Chicago's Chevrolet sky sign on Michigan Avenue, from workers on the outside to wiring on the inside. 1935.
The camera pans slowly across the 1915 San Diego Exposition grounds from high above, taking in every spire and building.
A 1954 Navy training film that teaches junior officers to lead by paying attention to sailors' mental health.
A boy adopts a stray dog, his father lands on trial in a land of gnomes, and tooth-brushing gets the last word. A sponsored musical cartoon.
An American soldier goes AWOL in Europe after the armistice, chasing a girl named Joy into a heap of trouble. A 1919 silent cartoon.
Classroom and guidance films.
Close-up and stop-motion photography follow the life cycle and habits of cicadas from the brood of 1936. A 1939 nature short.
A tour of a Philadelphia publishing house, from machines to bound books. See how a 1920s textbook got made.
How to turn condensed soups into casseroles, stews, salads and lunches. A 1952 sponsored homemaking film.
From pioneer grist mill to modern flour mill, then mixing, kneading, rising and baking. Bread making through the ages, in a 1945 film.
How the U.S. got troops and supplies past German U-boats in World War I. A Navy educational film.
A 1951 scare film follows a typical teenage girl from a marijuana cigarette to heroin. Stern, stagey and very much of its time.
Marionettes tell the story of coffee, from Kaldi and his goats to a ballet dance and industrial processing. A 1938 puppet promo.
A Pacific Coast life-saving crew shows how a lifeboat is launched. A real demonstration of the work, 1897.
Steve has a peptic ulcer and a tense job, and this 1959 health drama ties them together. Its ulcer theory is now discredited.
A 1940 Dodge-sponsored tour of American history, resources, industry and agriculture, set to a patriotic drumbeat.
A close look at the carrot caterpillar and the pest control it demands. A 1911 Pathé educational short, strangely suspenseful.
Five teens grumble that their star basketball player is missing, and learn he was benched for drinking. A 1955 classroom discussion film.
The first in a series on early movies, with clips from The Great Train Robbery, The Jazz Singer and more, plus how film is made. 1948.
John Q. Public learns how stock gets listed on the NYSE through an oil drum company's growth. Animation meets investing, 1952 style.
A 1943 look at how Black colleges joined the war effort with laboratories, students and trainees for medicine and technical work.
Manteno State Hospital's staff put recreation, work and industrial therapy to work for psychiatric patients. A 1953 look at how it was done.
Anemones, sea feathers, feather duster worms, sea urchins and starfish with their tube feet, up close in a 1930 teaching film.
A girl's own mirror image coaches her on good posture in this 1953 classroom film.
A 1941 trip through Rio de Janeiro, Santos and Sao Paulo, following coffee from harvest to shipping.
A raindrop travels a watershed in animation, then live action shows what bad watershed management does to people and land. A Forest Service short.