- Title: F-4623
- Summary: WHY WON'T TOMMY EAT?: ILLUSTRATES A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHILDREN AND, THROUGH TOMMY, LOOKS FOR REASONS TO EXPLAIN SOME CHILDREN'S LACK OF APPETITE. CHECKS BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CAUSES. TRACES TOMMY'S PROBLEMS BACK TO HIS PARENTS BEHAVIOR DURING HIS INFANCY. SHOWS HOW, THROUGH BUIOLDING A NEW ATMOSPHERE OF COOPERATION AND FRIENDLINESS, HIS EATING HABITS CAN BE IMPROVED. LITTLE BOY SHAKES HIS HEAD NO. LARGE FAMILY HAVING DINNER. EVERYBODY HAPPY. ANIMATED BOY GROWS STRONG AND TALL. PUTS ON RADIO. JINGLE. HEALTH ADVERTISING. MAGAZINE ARTICLES. VITAMINS, CALORIES. MEDICAL DOCTOR AT DESK TALKS TO CAMERA. BABY IN CRIB CRIES. MOM CHANGES HIS DIAPER. BREAST FEEDING. MOM HOLDS BABY, PUTS IT TO BED. MOM KNITTING, LOOKS AT CLOCK. GIVING BABY BOTTLE. BABY WON'T TAKE BOTTLE. COUPLE AT DINNER. THEY ARGUE. HE LEAVES. SHE WON'T EAT. RELAXED MOTHER. MOM FEEDS BABY WITH SPOON. SOLID FOOD FOR BABY. POURING MILK INTO BOWL. MIXED UP. WEANING. BABY CARE. BABY DRINKS FROM BOTTLE. HAPPY TODDLER. IN HIGH-CHAIR. DRINKS FROM CUP. A LITTLE MESSY. BABY NOT READY FOR CUP. BABY PLAYS WITH FOOD. HOLDS SPOON. LITTLE BOY CAN EAT WITH A SPOON. LITTLE BOY AT TABLE. DISTRACTED BY SIBLING. PARENTS TALK AT HIM AT THE SAME TIME. NOISY RADIO IN KITCHEN. ANIMATED SICK BOY. BOY SITS DOWN TO LUNCH. EATS HEARTILY. GOOD APPETITE. ONLY CARROTS LEFT ON THE PLATE. SOUP. SMILES, EATING SOFT BOILED EGG. LUMBERJACK CHOPS AT TREE. BOY CLIMBS PLAY GYM. HEALTHY FOOD. PLATE OF FRUIT. FANCY DESERT, POURING MILK FROM BOTTLE INTO PITCHER. GLASS OF WATER. LITTLE GIRL EATS, PUSHES HER PLATE AWAY. GIRL EATS. EMPTY PLATE. MOM TELLS HER SHE MUST EAT. FEEDS UNHAPPY GIRL. BATTLE OVER FOOD. SMILING MOM. PUTTING BUTTER ON BREAD. MOM TRIES TO GET BOY TO EAT. UNHAPPY. BOY IN BED. DOCTOR WITH BOY. NOTHING WRONG. DOCTOR TALKS WITH MOM. HE SAYS THAT SHE IS THE PROBLEM. BOY DRINKS GLASS OF MILK. EAT IN LIVING ROOM ON TRAY. PUTS HIS BOOTS ON. GETTING DRESSED. HE PUTS HOOD ON. BOYS GO OUTSIDE TO PLAY. WINTER. WAVES. SNOW OUTSIDE.
- Description:00:41:20 - LITTLE BOY AT DINING TABLE WITH WITH FOOD IN FRONT OF HIM, RESTS HIS HEAD ON HIS FISTS, DOES NOT WANT TO EAT 00:41:32 - LARGE FAMILY AT DINNER TABLE (BREAKFAST), DINING ROOM, CHILDREN EATING 00:41:42 - LITTLE BOY WITH BOWL IN FRONT OF HIM, TAKES BITE FROM SLICE OF BREAD, GIRL BESIDES HIM EATS FROM BOWL WITH SPOON AND SMILES AT YOUNG BOY 00:41:55 - ANIMATION OF FAT DOCTOR AND THIN SCIENTIST, LITTLE BOY GROWS TALLER, FLEXES MUSCLES, HOPS AND DOES A FLIP 00:42:12 - HAND TURNS KNOBS ON RADIO, SHOTS OF TWO DIFFERENT RADIOS 00:42:32 - CUT OUT MAGAZINE ADS ON NUTRITION AND FOOD TOSSED ON TABLE 00:42:39 - ANIMATION OF FOOD MOVING ACROSS THE SCREEN, MILK, EGG, CARROT, CORN, CHEESE, TEXT READS "VITAMINS A AND C, CALORIES, PROTEINS AND CARBOHYDRATES" 00:42:50 - BOY AT BREAKFAST TABLE, HE SHAKES HIS HEAD NO 00:42:58 - DOCTOR IN WHITE LAB JACKET AT DESK WITH STETHOSCOPE, SPEAKS TO CAMERA ABOUT HOW TO HAVE A CHILD EAT WELL 00:43:27 - MOTHER APPROACHES CRIB WITH CRYING BABY 00:43:40 - MOTHER CRADLES BABY IN HER ARMS WHILE BREAST-FEEDING 00:43:46 - MOTHER PATS BABY'S BACK WHILE SITTING THEN RISES TO PLACE BABY BACK IN CRIB 00:44:01 - MOTHER KNITTING WHILE BABY CRIES OFF SCREEN, SHE LOOKS AT CLOCK 00:44:11 - MOTHER SITTING DOWN CRADLING BABY IN HER ARMS WHILE FEEDING WITH A BOTTLE, CLOSE UP OF BABY DRINKING FROM BOTTLE 00:44:31 - COUPLE AT DINNER TABLE ARE HAVING AN ARGUMENT, HE STANDS, THROWS DOWN NAPKIN AND WALKS AWAY, WOMAN RESTS HER HEAD ON HAND 00:44:51 - WOMAN CRADLING BABY WHILE BREAST-FEEDING, CLOSE UP OF BABY SUCKING 00:45:05 - MOTHER SITTING CRADLING BABY IN ARMS WHILE FEEDING WITH A SPOON 00:45:24 - BABY MAKES DISGUSTED FACE AFTER BEING SPOON FED 00:45:39 - BABY SPOON FED SOLID FOOD 00:45:49 - MOTHER POURS MILK FROM GLASS BOTTLE INTO BOWL OF SOLID FOOD TO SOFTEN IT, MOTHER SPOON FEEDS BABY 00:46:14 - BABY IN MOTHERS ARM IS FED WITH BOTTLE, THEN BREAST FEEDS 00:46:43 - BABY GIRL IN HIGH CHAIR SMILING WHILE BIB IS PLACED ON 00:46:52 - BABY GIRL IN HIGH CHAIR IS GIVEN BOTTLE OF MILK TO DRINK FROM BUT REJECTS IT 00:47:03 - BABY GIRL IN HIGH CHAIR DRINKS FROM CUP FED BY MOTHER 00:47:21 - MOTHER FEEDS BABY BOY WITH METAL CUP BUT HE REJECTS IT MAKING DISGUSTED FACE, HE IS THEN GIVEN BOTTLE 00:47:51 - MOTHER STIRS FOOD WITH SPOON AND FEEDS BABY 00:48:06 - MOTHER FEEDS BABY WITH SPOON WHILE BABY PLAYS WITH ANOTHER SPOON 00:48:32 - BABY FEEDS SELF WITH SPOON FROM BOWL 00:48:47 - BABY EATING AT TABLE WITH SCREAMING CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND 00:48:53 - MOTHER AND FATHER TRY TO TEACH BABY TO EAT, THEY DEMONSTRATE EATING WHILE BOTH TALKING AT THE SAME TIME 00:49:08 - SHOT OF RADIO, BABY MAKE DISGUSTED FACE AT LOUD MUSIC WHILE TRYING TO EAT 00:49:18 - BABY EATING BY HIMSELF WHILE MOTHER COOKS ON STOVE IN THE BACKGROUND 00:49:29 - ANIMATION OF BOY AT DINNER TABLE, MOTHER SHAKES FINGER 00:50:12 - TODDLER BOY SITS AT TABLE AND GRABS A SLICE OF BREAD TO EAT 00:50:21 - MOTHER PLACES PLATE OF FOOD IN FRONT OF TODDLER BOY AND HE BEGINS EATING AND SMILES, HE EATS FROM A BOWL AND HARD BOILED EGG 00:51:24 - LUMBERJACK IN FEDORA CHOPPING AT A TREE WITH AX 00:51:28 - BOY CLIMBING ON PLAYGROUND 00:51:38 - VARIOUS FOODS ON PLATE AT DINNER TABLE, INCLUDING BOWL OF FRUIT 00:51:53 - MOTHER POURS MILK FROM GLASS BOTTLE AND INTO PITCHER, AND THEN GLASS 00:52:04 - MOTHER POURS GLASS OF WATER FOR BOY AT DINNER TABLE, HE DRINKS GLASS OF WATER 00:52:14 - TODDLER GIRL TRIES FOOD FROM PLATE AND MAKE DISGUSTED FACE AND PUSHES PLATE AWAY, MOTHER AND ANOTHER GIRL SIT AT TABLE 00:52:37 - TODDLER GIRL EATS AT TABLE WITH FORK, LICKS FINGER 00:52:53 - GIRL MAKE DISGUSTED FACE FROM FOOD AND PUSHES PLATE AWAY, MOTHER TAKES AWAY PLATE 00:53:07 - MOTHER FEEDS TODDLER GIRL WITH FORK 00:53:18 - FAMILY AT DINNER TABLE 00:53:27 - YOUNG BOY WITH A SPOON IN EACH HAND EATING AT DINNER TABLE, CHILD SMILES PLAYING WITH SPOON 00:53:40 - FATHER GIVES DAUGHTER A PLATE FROM WHICH SHE USES A BUTTER KNIFE 00:53:49 - GIRL SPREADS BUTTER ON A SLICE OF BREAD 00:54:01 - UPSET BOY AT DINNER TABLE WITH HEAD DOWN ON FISTS, MOTHER WALKS IN AND TALKS TO BOY 00:54:19 - BOY EATS WITH FORK FROM PLATE 00:54:33 - BOY IN PAJAMAS IN BED 00:54:40 - MOTHER AND SON IN DOCTORS OFFICE, DOCTOR WALKS BOY OUT OF OFFICE, DOCTOR TALKS TO MOTHER 00:55:06 - BOY AT TABLE EATING ON FRONT OF FIREPLACE, MOTHER SITS BESIDES HIM 00:55:18 - CLOSE UP OF BOY'S DINNER PLATE ON DINNER TRAY, BOY EATS AND DRINKS 00:55:53 - MOTHER HELPS BOY PUT ON HIS BOOTS 00:56:09 - BOY PUTS JACKET HOOD OVER HIS HEAD, MOTHER ZIPPERS UP HIS JACKET 00:56:39 - BOY LEAVES FRONT DOOR, MOTHER GIVES HIM A HUG BEFORE HE LEAVES 00:56:51 - BOY WAVES BACK TO MOTHER HAS HE WALKS THROUGH THE SNOW
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1948
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-4623