- Title: V-9841
- Summary: AN AMERICAN GIRL: A FILM ABOUT TEENAGERS AND JUVENILE DECENCY.
- Description:00:49:07 - TEEN GIRL IN HER ROOM WRITING IN HER DIARY. MOM KNOCKS ON DOOR AND ASKS TO COME IN. GIRL HIDES DIARY UNDER HER PILLOW, PRETENDS TO READ MAGAZINE. SOUND BYTE: "JUST A MINUTE, COME IN" 00:49:30 - GIRL LEAVES ROOM. MOM LIFTS PILLOW TO SEE DIARY. SMILES.. 00:50:01 - CU KEY OPENS DIARY. GIRL HAS WRITTEN A WARNING TO NOSEY PEOPLE NOT TO READ HER DIARY. TEENAGED GIRL LOOKS AT SELF IN MIRROR. GETTING LONGER LEGS. STRETCHES UP. GIRL LIES ON HER BED WRITING IN HER DIARY. 00:50:57 - GIRLS WALK TO SCHOOL IN THE WINTER. SNOW ON THE GROUND IN SUBURBS. 00:51:13 - TEENS AT SODA SHOP. DRINKING HOT CHOCOLATE. TEENS ON A DATE. GIRL LOOKS AT RACK OF BOOKS. LOOKS AT DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL BOY BUYS DATE A BOOK 00:52:37 - TEEN COUPLE LEAVING SODA SHOP, RAINING OUT. BOY PUTS OUT HIS HAND. TEENS WALK HOME TOGETHER. ROMANTIC. 00:53:05 - LITTLE GIRL, ARMS AKIMBO YELLS AT OLDER SISTER TO TELL HER THAT DINNER IS READY. LITTLE SISTER BARGES INTO ROOM. GIRL LIES IN BED AND READS BOOK. 00:53:51 - TEEN GIRL VERY INTERESTED. READS BOOK AT THE DINNER TABLE. LITTLE GIRL EATS. DAUGHTER AND FATHER DISCUSS JEWS. 00:55:44 - CU LITTLE GIRL STICKS OUT HER TONGUE. BRATTY GIRL 00:55:54 - GIRL IN NEW PARTY DRESS. MOTHER HELPS ADJUST IT. "IT'S DREAMY". GIRL WORRIES THAT IT IS TOO SHORT. 00:56:25 - 1950s TEEN COUPLES SLOW DANCE. TEEN DANCE 00:56:35 - TEEN GIRLS HAVE SLUMBER PARTY. 1950s MOM BRINGING IN MILK AND COOKIES. GIRLS SLEEPING IN BED. GIRL FEELS VERY LUCKY. FALLS ASLEEP. 00:57:23 - BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH CANDLES. GIRL BLOWS OUT BIRTHDAY CANDLES. SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY. MOTHER GIVES DAUGHTER CHARM BRACELET. 00:58:24 - GIRLS AT PAWN SHOP. CHARM BRACELET. FRIENDS THINK SHE IS CRAZY FOR GETTING CHARM OF JEWISH STAR. STAR OF DAVID. FRIENDS FIGHT, ARGUE. PREJUDICE. 01:00:42 - TEENAGER WRITES IN HER DIARY, 1950s 01:01:10 - TEENS ON A ICE SKATING DATE. BOY HELPS GIRL PUT ON SKATES. FRIENDS AVOID HER 01:01:33 - TEENS TALK IN HALL AT SCHOOL. EVERYBODY AVOIDS GIRL. NOBODY IS HER FRIEND ANYMORE. TEEN ANGST 01:02:30 - LONELY TEEN EATS LUNCH ALONE IN THE CAFETERIA. BOY SITS NEXT TO HER. BOYFRIEND TRIES TO MAKE UP WITH HER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO - SOUND BYTE. 01:04:08 - FATHER AND DAUGHTER HAVE A HEART-TO-HEART CONVERSATION. HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN. 01:06:44 - GIRL GOES TO VISIT FRIEND. RACIST MOTHER TELLS GIRL THAT SHE CAN'T COME TO THAT HOUSE AGAIN. WOMAN ACCUSES HER OF BEING JEWISH. PREJUDICE. GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE. 01:09:42 - GIRL IN HER BEDROOM, SNOW FALLING OUTSIDE. GIRL THINKS. 01:10:05 - SCHOOL MEETING. PARENTS IN AUDIENCE. GIRL WALKS UP TO STAGE. SHE READS FROM DIARY. WITH FLASHBACKS. JEWISH MINORITY. 01:16:06 - PEOPLE IN AUDIENCE SHAMED. 01:16:31 - GIRL HUGS PARENTS. POIGNANT. 01:17:04 - 1950s TEEN GIRL WRITING IN HER DIARY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-9841