- Title: F-9836
- Summary: A LUNCHROOM GOES BANANAS: WENDELL WALTERS, NEWS REPORTER FOR KBTV (KIDS FOR BETTER TELEVISION) KEEPS US UP TO DATE ON THE HOTTEST NEWS STORY AROUND - THE INCIDENT AT PLUMCREST LUNCHROOM. IT SEEMS THAT THE FOOD IN PLUMCREST SCHOOL CAFETERIA HAS GONE ON STRIKE (WITH THE HELP OF CLAY ANIMATION-CLAYMATION) TO PROTEST THE POOR LUNCHROOM MANNERS OF THE CHILDREN.....WHEN THE MEDIA PEOPLE ARE CALLED IN TO REPORT THE STORY, A BANANA SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDIBLES AIRS THE GRIPES OF THE FOOD AND CONDEMNS THE BEHAVIOR OF THE STUDENTS. AFTER THE BANANA ISSUES A TWO-WEEK ULTIMATUM, THE STUDENTS TAKE SOME POSITIVE STEPS TOWARD BETTER LUNCHROOM MANNERS. ETIQUETTE. 1970s ANIMATION. CHILDREN LEARN TO BE WELL BEHAVED.
- Description:01:04:52 - PRE-TEEN NEWSCASTER WITH PET RAT ON HIS SHOULDER DELIVERS THE NEWS. KID-RUN TELEVISION STATION. KIDS IN ADULT ROLES. GAP-TOOTH BOY. 01:05:15 - BEHIND THE SCENES OF TELEVISION SHOW. KID DIRECTOR WEARS HEADSET "ROLL THE TAPE" 1970s CONTROL BOOTH 01:05:26 - SCHOOL KIDS REMOTE CREW ON THE SCENE INTERVIEW KIDS ON THE STEPS OF THE SCHOOL. 01:05:42 - SCHOOL SECRETARY ON THE PHONE. GYM TEACHER WITH A WHISTLE AROUND HIS NECK TRIES TO CALM DOWN LOUD SCREAMING KIDS 01:05:51 - SCHOOL FILM CREW INTERVIEWS KIDS ON FRONT STEPS OF THE SCHOOL HUNGRY KIDS SAY LUNCHROOM IS LOCKED. 01:05:59 - FILM CREW GOES INSIDE TO INVESTIGATE WHY THE LUNCHROOM IS LOCKED EVERYBODY IS HUNGRY. PRINCIPAL SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM. 01:07:21 - LUNCH BELL RINGS. KIDS RUN INTO SCHOOL CAFETERIA. LOUD NOISY LUNCHROOM. CU KIDS EATING. 1970s FOOD FIGHT IN SCHOOL CAFETERIA CU LUNCH TRAY BOY SMASHES HIS BREAD IN HIS CORN. 1970s BLACK BOY WITH FOOD IN HIS AFRO. OUT-OF-CONTROL KIDS. 01:07:41 - CU BOY STICKS HIS FOOT OUT AND TRIPS BOY CARRYING FOOD TRAY. BOY AND FOOD FALL ON THE FLOOR. CAFETERIA MISHAPS. SCHOOL BULLY 01:07:45 - PANDEMONIUM IN SCHOOL CAFETERIA OUT-OF-CONTROL LUNCHROOM. LOUD NOISY KIDS FIGHTING. OLDER BOY STEALS KID'S BANANA. UPROAR. BOY PUSHES ANOTHER BOY INTO GARBAGE CAN. 01:07:55 - ANGRY PRINCIPAL INTERVIEWED BY KIDS IN HALLWAY. BOY PULLS ON SLEEVE OF REPORTER GETTING HIS ATTENTION. ACTION MOVES TO THE CAFETERIA "THE FOOD WANTS ME? IN THE CAFETERIA?" KIDS RUN TO THE CAFETERIA 01:08:14 - SCARED LITTLE BOY SHOWS THEM WHERE "BUT I'M NOT GOING BACK IN THERE" POINTS WITH FINGER. FILM CREW LOOKS CONFUSED. 01:08:23 - CLAYMATION. CLAY ANIMATION. PIECES OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, FOOD TELLS THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY IN THE CAFETERIA. SICK AND TIRED OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CHILDREN IN THE CAFETERIA. ON STRIKE UNTIL THEY CHANGE THEIR WAYS. SANDWICH FROWNS, SAD FACE. CARROTS CRY. 1970s ANIMATION. 01:09:32 - CU 1970s ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL KIDS SMILING ENJOYING THE SHOW. BLACK AND WHITE KIDS. 01:09:50 - KID REPORTER CONFUSED ASTONISHED LOOK ON HIS FACE AS HE WATCHES AND LISTENS TO ANIMATED FOOD 01:10:03 - KIDS PROMISE THEY'LL CHANGE "I THINK WE CAN ALL CHANGE, JUST GIVE US A CHANCE" 01:10:34 - STUDENT TELEVISION STUDIO TV STUDIO RUN BY CHILDREN REPORTER WITH MOUSE ON HIS SHOULDER 01:10:54 - PRETTY LITTLE GIRL IN CLASSROOM. YOUNG TEACHER TALKS TO CLASS OF YOUNG KIDS. FIRST GRADE OR SECOND GRADE. KIDS RAISE THEIR HANDS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 1970s FASHIONS. CLASS DISCUSSION 01:12:41 - CU KID WRITES WITH BIG MAGIC MARKER PEN. KIDS MAKES POSTERS AND CHANT "DON'T BE A SLOB". "WALK DON'T RUN" SIGNS FOR SCHOOL CAFETERIA. PROMOTING GOOD BEHAVIOR. 01:13:15 - BOY REPORTER INTERVIEWS KIDS WITH THEIR POSTERS. 01:13:47 - BOY PUTS POSTER UP ON WALL 01:13:52 - NICE QUIET SCHOOL CAFETERIA WELL BEHAVED CHILDREN EAT THEIR LUNCH IN SCHOOL CAFETERIA. CU BLACK GIRL DRINKING MILK FROM A STRAW. MILK CARTON. PROPER LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS DISPOSE OF FOOD IN GARBAGE CAN. THROW OUT TRASH IN GARBAGE CAN. 01:14:20 - BOY REPORTER IN SCHOOL CAFETERIA INTERVIEWS KIDS. FEEDBACK ON NEW BEHAVIOR IN SCHOOL CAFETERIA 01:14:36 - CU BOY WITH PET RAT ON HIS SHOULDER. GAP TOOTHED BOY WITH A LISP. UGLY TEETH. LIPS. 01:14:51 - ANIMATED FOOD. SMILING MOUTH 01:15:13 - BOY REPORTER SITS AT NEWS DESK FILMING NEWS KIDS TELEVISION STATION 01:15:14 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1978
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: F-9836