- Title: F-8626
- Summary: LONG TIME TO GROW: 6-8 YEAR OLDS SOCIETY....: 6, 7, & 8 YEAR OLD CHILDREN AT PLAY AND IN SCHOOL. SHOWS THAT CHILDREN'S PLAY ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR ADHERENCE TO THE RULES, RITUALS & REGULATIONS HAVE CHANGED LITTLE OVER THE YEARS. DESIRES OF THIS AGE GROUP TO HAVE CLOSE IDENTIFICATION WITH A PEER GROUP & ITS ACTIVITIES AS THEY BECOME LESS DEPENDENT ON PARENTS. RITUALS OF GAMES. COUNTING OUT RHYMES. CHILDHOOD SUPERSTITIONS.
- Description:04:09:10 - 1950s GIRLS JUMPING ROPE AND SINGING A SONG. JUMP ROPE OTHER KIDS WATCH. GROUP ACTIVITIES. SKIPPING ROPE 04:09:22 - THE KIDS STOP PLAYING WHEN AN ADULT COUPLE PASSES. 04:09:36 - HS KIDS PLAYING ON A PLAYGROUND. SWING-SETS. 04:09:45 - PIETER BRUEGHEL PAINTING, CITY OF CHILDREN WITHOUT GROWNUPS. 16TH CENTURY ART, PAINTING 04:10:11 - CHILDREN PERFORMING IN A PLAY 04:10:27 - CHILDREN PLAYING LEAP-FROG 04:10:41 - BOY WALKS ON STILTS WHILE GIRLS PLAY WITH A BALL 04:10:52 - KIDS PLAY ON JUNGLE GYM, HANGING UPSIDE DOWN 04:11:04 - BOYS PLAY MARBLES. CU MARBLES. 04:11:18 - KIDS DANCE IN A LINE AND ACT GOOFY 04:11:36 - KIDS CHOOSING SIDES FOR A GAME "EENIE MEENIE MINEY MOE" COUNTING OUT RHYMES 04:12:03 - BOYS CHOOSING SIDES FOR A GAME USING ODDS-EVENS WITH THEIR FINGERS 04:12:10 - BOYS SEE WHICH TEAM GOES UP FIRST BY USING BASEBALL BAT AND THEIR HANDS 04:12:17 - GIRLS PLAYING HOP SCOTCH ON THE SIDEWALK 04:12:40 - KIDS PLAYING HIDE-AND-SEEK. KID COUNTS IN TENS 1, 10, 20 04:13:03 - KIDS PLAYING GIANT STEPS GIRL FORGETS TO SAY MAY I? AND IS OUT OF THE GAME 04:14:14 - TRIO OF BOYS IN BLUE JEANS AND FLANNEL SHIRTS JUMP OVER CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALK. CHILDHOOD SUPERSTITIONS. STEP ON A CRACK BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK 04:14:43 - BOY CARRYING FISHING POLE & BAIT HOLDS HIS BREATH AS HE CROSSES A FOOT BRIDGE. CHILDHOOD SUPERSTITIONS. IF YOU DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH, THE BRIDGE MAY FALL DOWN 04:14:54 - SCHOOL KIDS ON BUS, GIRLS HOLD THEIR NOSES WHEN PASSING A CEMETERY. 04:15:13 - KIDS PLAYING THE FARMER IN THE DELL. ? HOLD HANDS AND WALK AROUND BLINDFOLDED BOY IN THE MIDDLE 04:15:33 - BOYS BUILD A SNOWMAN, MAKING A SNOWMAN 04:15:52 - KIDS PLAY ON PLAYGROUND IN AN URBAN PARK. BOYS PLAY KING OF THE HILL ON TOP OF JUNGLE GYM. GIRLS PLAY HOUSE WITH DOLLS. GENDER ROLES. 04:16:43 - 8 YEAR OLD BOYS PLAY BASEBALL IN THE PARK. 04:16:51 - GROUP OF GIRLS JUMPING ROPE. SKIPPING ROPE 04:17:01 - GIRLS PLAYING JACKS, GIRL GETS UPSET WHEN HER BROTHER COMES IN. AT THE AGE OF OPEN REJECTION & TEASING OF THE OPPOSITE SEX 04:17:27 - KIDS IN SCHOOL PLAYING A GAME HOLDING HANDS. BOY MAKES A FACE WHEN HE HAS TO HOLD GIRL'S HAND. TEACHER CAJOLES HIM. 04:17:53 - SCHOOL CHILDREN ON THE BUS. 04:18:01 - MONTAGE LITTLE GIRLS WHISPERING SECRETS IN EACH OTHER'S EARS 04:18:15 - BOYS JUMP OFF SWINGS AND RUN INTO THE WOODS. GOING TO THEIR SECRET HIDEOUT. CLUBHOUSE. 04:18:45 - "THE BRAID CLUB" GROUP OF 7 YEAR OLD GIRLS ALL WEAR THEIR HAIR IN BRAIDS. 04:19:05 - BOYS RUN AND PRETEND TO BE A RAIDING PARTY. BOYS WRESTLE ON THE GROUND. BOYS TUSSLE TO WIN THE GROUP'S APPROVAL GANG UP ON ONE BOY. SCAPEGOAT 1950s BOYS FASHIONS 04:19:56 - KIDS HAVE A SNOWBALL FIGHT 04:20:31 - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CLASSROOM, KIDS RAISE BOTH HANDS WHEN ASKED IF THEY LIKE ICE CREAM. MAKE FACES WHEN ASKED IF THEY LIKE TAPIOCA. CLASSMATES BIRTHDAY PARTY. KIDS EAT ICE CREAM AND BIRTHDAY CAKE 04:21:13 - CU KID'S HANDWRITTEN SIGNS "ON STRIKE LONGER OUTDOORS, SHORTER STUDY BEFORE LUNCH" "NO TEACHERS ALOUD" "DADDY IS UNFAIR TO KIDS" I HATE YOU." 04:21:36 - MOTHER SCOLDS HER 8 YEAR OLD SON GRABS HIM BY THE ARMS 04:21:41 - GROUP OF KIDS SIT ON FRONT STOOP 04:21:48 - GIRLS PLAY A BOUNCING BALL GAME. SING AND BOUNCE A RUBBER BALL UNDER THEIR LEGS 04:22:14 - BOY BOUNCES A BASEBALL. WEARS 1950s BASEBALL JACKET WITH VARIOUS TEAM NAMES. DODGERS. CUBS... 04:22:28 - GROUP OF 6 YEAR OLDS WATCH A 10 YEAR OLD CLIMB A ROPE TIED TO A TREE. THEN THEY TRY TO CLIMB THE ROPE 04:23:00 - GIRL RIDES A BIKE WHILE TWO OTHER KIDS PUSH IT. GIRL ALMOST FALLS. GIRL LEARNS HOW TO RIDE A BICYCLE 04:23:11 - GIRLS JUMP ROPE 04:23:20 - KIDS JUMP OFF SAND DUNE CLIFF 04:23:37 - BOYS SIT ON THE GRASS PLAYING GAMES. ACHIEVE CROSSED EYES AND DOUBLE JOINTS. PHYSICAL STUNTS 04:24:17 - VERBAL STUNTS. BOY RECITES HOW MUCH WOOD COULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK, KIDS LAUGH WHEN KIDS SCREW UP. PETER PIPER PICKED, ETC CHUBBY BOY RECITES PETER PIPER HIS OWN WAY 04:24:49 - BOYS THUMB WRESTLE. RITUAL COMBAT 04:25:00 - BOY RACE TO SEE WHO CAN SWING THE HIGHEST ON THE SWING-SET PUMP THEIR LEGS TO GO HIGHER. BOY JUMPS OFF SWING TO OUTDO THE OTHER BOY 04:25:15 - KIDS PLAYING IN THE PARK SOME HOLDING HANDS OTHERS RUNNING AROUND 04:25:38 - YOUNG CHILDREN IN CLASSROOM 04:26:01 - 6-YEAR OLDS PLANT TULIPS 04:26:19 - CU JARS WITH KID'S NAMES ON THEM. GROWING PLANTS IN CLASSROOM 04:26:24 - 2ND GRADE CLASSROOM, WHITE MICE CLASS PETS. CU MOUSE IN BOY'S HAND. LIST OF "CARE OF MICE" RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE WALL. CAGED ANIMALS 04:26:48 - CHILDREN DISCOVER AN OWL IN IT'S NEST. ANIMALS IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT. TEACHER HOLDS THE OWL FOR CHILDREN TO SEE TEACHER PUTS THE OWL BACK IN IT'S NEST 04:27:25 - CU CLASSROOM DAY INFORMATION "TODAY IS MONDAY APRIL 16 THE WEATHER IS COOL AND CLOUDY" 04:27:30 - CHILDREN STUDY PHYSICAL SCIENCE. METEOROLOGY. KIDS READ INSTRUMENTS AND RECORD THEIR OBSERVATIONS. BOY USES A WALL AS A DESK TO WRITE HIS NOTES 04:28:07 - BOYS STUDYING EROSION AND FLOODS CREATE A FLOOD IN A BOX FILLED WITH DIRT AND MUD, ADD WATER. USE BUCKETS TO CLEAN UP. 04:29:13 - BOYS IN CLASSROOM DOING SCHOOL WORK. BOY FASCINATED WITH MAGNIFYING GLASS AND THE WAY IT CONCENTRATES LIGHT 04:29:27 - YOUNG KIDS IN CLASSROOM LEARNING TO READ IN 1ST GRADE. 04:30:21 - 3RD GRADE GIRLS READING BOOKS 04:30:32 - 6 YEAR OLDS LEARNING ABOUT NUMBERS USING WOODEN BLOCKS AND FITTING THEM INTO HOLES 04:31:27 - 7 YEAR OLDS LEARNING HOW TO USE AN ABACUS TO COUNT 04:31:51 - MONTAGE CHILDREN IN CLASSROOMS. LEARNING, READING, WRITING 04:32:23 - TEACHER WRITES SENTENCES ON THE BLACKBOARD, PUPILS WRITE THE SENTENCE DOWN IN THEIR NOTEBOOKS 04:32:45 - 2ND GRADERS LEARN ABOUT THE EFFECT OF HEAT ON LIQUIDS. SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE LAB. 04:35:12 - YOUNG KIDS SIT TOGETHER DOING HOMEWORK 04:35:17 - 2 KIDS HELP GIRL LEARN TO RIDE A BICYCLE, PUSH THE BIKE AS SHE STEERS 04:35:19 - KIDS IN CLASSROOM READING 04:35:26 - BOYS IN HALLWAY TALKING 04:35:35 - NOTE TAPED UP IN BATHROOM "DADDY IS NO GOOD, NOT FAIR! SLAVE DRIVER" 04:35:42 - BOYS USE HAND OVER HAND ON BASEBALL BAT TO SEE WHICH TEAM GOES FIRST 04:35:47 - BOY WALKING HOME CARRYING A BASEBALL BAT JUMPS ACROSS CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALK. CHILDHOOD SUPERSTITIONS 04:35:54 - YOUNG KIDS WITH THEIR SCIENCE PROJECT 04:35:59 - GIRLS SKIPPING ROPE JUMPING ROPE 04:36:10 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-8626