- Title: F-A5602
- Summary: THE FUNNY COMPANY: 1960s CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL, INSTRUCTIONAL SHOW. TEACHING SCIENCE AND NATURE THROUGH CARTOONS AND APPLICATION
- Description:01:01:05 - CARTOON INTRO. TWO NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS ON STREET CORNER HANDING OUT PAMPHLETS. INDIAN OPENS HIS MOUTH AND A FOG HORN SOUND COMES OUT. COUNT DRACULA PEEKS AROUND THE CORNER, GRABS A PAMPHLET AND READS. PLOTS SMUGGLING OPERATION 01:01:21 - KIDS INSIDE SECRET FORT MAKING A BURGLAR TRAP. KIDS HAVE A MEETING, WAYS TO EARN MONEY. RAISING HAMSTERS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 01:01:54 - DRACULA POKES HIS HEAD IN WINDOW EAVESDROPPING ON THE KIDS 01:02:00 - KIDS ASK WEISENHEIMER HALL FOR ADVICE ON RAISING HAMSTERS. 1960s CARTOON COMPUTER 01:02:15 - (#1) HAMSTER: CU HAMSTER GROOMING ITSELF. GOLDEN HAMSTER IN HAMSTER CAGE. 01:02:29 - PREGNANT GOLDEN HAMSTER BURROWS INTO WOOD CHIPS IN HAMSTER CAGE 01:02:37 - CU BABY HAMSTERS WITH NO HAIR. BALD BABY HAMSTERS SQUIRMING AROUND IN HAMSTER CAGE. SKINNY LITTLE FURLESS THINGS 01:03:02 - MOTHER HAMSTER CARRIES BABIES IN HER MOUTH BACK TO THE NEST 01:03:19 - CU BABY HAMSTERS NOW WITH HAIR. HAMSTER CARRIES OFF PIECE OF LETTUCE TO EAT IN A CORNER. CU HAMSTER EATING 01:03:45 - CU HAMSTER ON WHEEL IN HAMSTER CAGE GOING AROUND AND AROUND 01:03:52 - LAZY BABY HAMSTER SLEEPING WHILE OTHERS PLAY 01:03:54 - BABY HAMSTERS PLAYING IN CAGE CHASING EACH OTHER AROUND 01:04:02 - CU BABY HAMSTER YAWNS 01:04:04 - CARTOON KIDS AROUND THE WEISENHEIMER HALL, A BIG 1960s COMPUTER 01:04:10 - DRACULA APPEARS FROM BEHIND A TREE, SPYING ON THE KIDS WEARING GENERALS UNIFORM PLANS TO SPY ON THEM. CRAWLS INTO KID'S FORT. WANTS SECRET PAPERS. STEPS IN FRONT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT BEAM, HUGE HAMSTER WHEEL LOWERS AND HE IS CARRIED UP IN IT. HELD CAPTIVE IN CAGE. 01:06:09 - CARTOON INTRO. BOY IN KID'S FORT ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE AND TAKES NOTES. WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW IF THE KIDS CAN FIX AN OLD PIPE ORGAN. PHONE RINGS AGAIN, CARTOON VOICE. LOUD ROAR OF HER "KITTY" HEARD. CLICHE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS. FAT GIRL ON ROLLER SKATES FALLS DOWN. 01:07:11 - (#12) ROLLER SKATES: KIDS ROLLER SKATE AROUND IN CIRCLES IN INDOOR ROLLER RINK. 01:07:25 - CU BOY SPINS WHEELS OF 1960s ROLLER SKATES 01:07:31 - BOY USES MILK CARTON CARDBOARD TO MAKE SKATES MORE STURDY WHEN BRAKING. COMPARES THICKNESS WITH SKATE KEY, DRAWS A SMALL CIRCLE, 2 STRAIGHT LINES IN MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE, CUTS OUT A SLOT, CUTS 4 SLOTTED DISKS, UNLOOSENS SKATE WHEEL NUTS, TAKES NUTS OFF SKATE WHEELS, PUTS THE DISKS IN NEXT TO THE WHEEL STRADDLING THE AXLEFOLD OF EACH WHEEL, TIGHTENS THE BOLTS SO THAT THE CARDBOARD RUBS AGAINST THE WHEEL AND ACTS AS A BRAKE. 01:08:38 - CU FEET OF UNSURE GIRL ON ROLLER SKATES, WALKS ON THE SKATES THEN FEELS SURE ENOUGH TO TRY A LITTLE ROLL. GETTING USED TO BEING ON ROLLER SKATES 01:08:56 - 1960s GIRL ROLLER SKATING OUTDOORS IN FRONT OF ROLLER RINK 01:09:03 - CARTOON KID'S FORT. VILLAINS POKE THEIR HEADS FROM BEHIND TREE. CLICHE BAD GUY WITH EYE PATCH. GERMAN VILLAINS ONE DRESSED IN DRAG. 01:09:21 - DISGUISED AS MOTHER AND SON, CARTOON VILLAINS TRY TO FOOL THE KIDS. DOG BARKS AT THEM, THEY BACK UP INTO THE WEISENHEIMER COMPUTER AND ARE SHOCKED. DISGUISES FALL OFF EXPOSING THEM AS IMPOSTERS, THEY TRY TO RUN AWAY, STEP ON A ROLLER SKATE AND GO FLYING OUT OF THE FORT. THE KIDS GET A GOOD LAUGH 01:11:33 - CARTOON BOY, WHITE HAIRED DR. TODD AND BIRD IN FORT. TELEPHONE RINGS, BOY SAYS THEY'LL BE RIGHT OVER. BOY SENDS DR. TODD AND BIRD OFF TO FIX AN ELECTRIC CAN OPENER FOR AN OLD LADY 01:12:03 - CARTOON GIRL PLAYS PIANO, BOY SAYS THEY SHOULD HAVE A SONG ABOUT FRIENDSHIP. GIRL PLAYS A SONG ON THE PIANO. 01:12:28 - (#13) LEATHER?: CU SHEET MUSIC FOR SONG "I'M YOUR FRIEND" 01:12:32 - CU BOY'S FEET IN 1960s SNEAKERS WALKING ON SIDEWALK PULLING A WAGON CARRYING A GIRL, CU GIRL'S FEET IN MARY JANES 1960s SHOES. PULLING LITTLE SISTER IN LITTLE RED WAGON 01:12:45 - LITTLE GIRLS HAVE A TEA PARTY. ACTING LIKE GROWN UPS. 01:12:58 - BIG SISTER HELPS LITTLE BROTHER TUCK HIS PAJAMA TOP INTO PAJAMA BOTTOMS 01:13:11 - GIRL PUTS AWAY A DRAWING WITH 2 HEARTS THAT READ YOU AND ME 01:13:15 - LITTLE KID PLAYS WITH TOYS, HAND PUPPET AND STUFFED TOY MAKES THE HAND PUPPET KISS THE STUFFED TOY 01:13:28 - LITTLE BOY AND GIRL WALK HAND IN HAND ON THE BEACH LOVING FRIENDS 01:13:39 - MOMMY RUBS MERCUROCHROME ON GIRL'S SHIN. GIRL GOT A BOO-BOO. GIRL WEARS BLUE BALL KEDS 1960s SNEAKERS. APPLIES ANTISEPTIC AND BAND-AID BANDAGE ON WOUND 01:13:53 - POV FROM BEHIND BOY AND GIRL EATING A SNACK 01:14:02 - BOY PICKS A DAISY AND GIVES IT TO A GIRL. GIRL ADDS TO BUNCH OF FLOWERS, KIDS PICKING DAISIES 01:14:08 - GIRL IN PAJAMAS KNEELING ON HER BED SAYING HER PRAYERS BEFORE GOING TO BED. RELIGIOUS RITUALS 01:14:20 - DRAWING SLIPPED UNDER DOOR, BOY PICKS IT UP DRAWING OF 2 HEARTS "YOU AND ME" BLAKE AND ELLIE. GIRL'S LOVE NOTE SLIPPED UNDER DOOR OF BOY SHE LIKES. PUPPY LOVE. 01:14:28 - KIDS PLAY DRESS UP. BOY AND GIRL WEAR MOM AND DAD'S CLOTHES. CU KIDS TRYING TO WALK WEARING SHOES TOO BIG, KIDS WEAR ADULT SHOES. STRUGGLE TO KEEP BALANCE 01:14:40 - CARTOON BOY AND GIRL LOVE THE SONG "I'M YOUR FRIEND" 01:14:44 - CARTOON WOMAN POKES HER HEAD IN FORT'S WINDOW. TALKS TO THE KIDS, SHE LIKES THE SONG TOO. CURLING IRON BLEW FUSES, WANTS DR. TODD TO FIX IT BUT HE'S HELPING LADY WITH ELECTRIC CAN OPENER. OLD LADY SAYS A STORM'S COMING UP. KIDS ASK HE TO STAY WITH THEM UNTIL THE DR. COMES BACK SOFT SPOKEN CARTOON GIRL SUGGESTS THAT THE WOMAN DOESN'T REALLY NEED THE LIGHTS FIXED, THAT SHE REALLY WANTS TO SEE DR. TODD, WOMAN SKIRTS AROUND THE ISSUE, THEY ALL LAUGH 01:17:00 - CARTOON KIDS, WOMAN WEARING APRON AND BIRD IN FORT. TALK ABOUT SMALL GIRL'S SIZE. MAKING FUN OF GIRL. GIRL GETS EMBARRASSED MAKING HER SHRINK EVEN SMALLER. DR. TODD EXPLAINS INSECTS TO THE KIDS. BEES AND ANTS. 01:18:12 - (#16) ANTS: CU COLONY OF ANTS. 01:18:19 - QUEEN ANT LEAVES THE COLONY TO START HER OWN COLONY, ALONE FOR YEARS. 01:18:36 - CU QUEEN ANT. TINY WHITE EGGS. LAYING EGGS. 01:18:59 - CU HATCHED EGGS, TINY LARVAE. EARLY STAGES OF LIFE, NEWLY HATCHED INSECTS. CU MOTHER FEEDS WORMLIKE LARVA. 01:19:15 - CU LARVAE TURNED INTO PUPAE. PUPA. INACTIVE STAGE IN THE METAMORPHOSIS. 01:19:29 - CU BABY ANTS EMERGING FROM THE LARVAE. HATCHING 01:19:50 - CU ANT COLONY. BABY ANTS ALL OVER. HATCHLINGS 01:20:19 - CARTOON KIDS IN FORT. SHY GIRL GROWS BACK TO NORMAL SIZE GIGGLES, EVERYONE LAUGHS 01:22:04 - CARTOON BIRD MEETS UP WITH BOY ON ROLLER SKATES. RACE BACK TO KID'S FORT. LEAP OVER HOLE IN SIDEWALK. 01:23:09 - (#51) APPLESAUCE THE SEAL: DOG OBEDIENCE SCHOOL. DOG OWNERS WALK THEIR DOGS ON LEASHES DOG TRAINING SCHOOL. TRAINING DOGS TO HEEL USING LEADS. 01:23:33 - OWNER TRAINING DOBERMAN PINSCHER TO SIT USING HAND TO PUSH DOWN DOG'S HIND QUARTERS. LARGE DOG BREEDS. TEACHING COMMANDS 01:23:47 - SMALL DOG BREEDS. OWNER USES HAND COMMANDS TO TRAIN DACHSHUND. 01:23:54 - OWNER TEACHES CUTE SHAGGY DOG TO RETRIEVE. RETRIEVE ON SIGNAL. WOMAN THROWS A TOY, DOG RETRIEVES IT. 01:24:30 - DOG LEARNING DROP ON RECALL COMMAND. OWNER TELLS DACHSHUND TO STAY, DOG DROPS, THEN TRAINER COMMANDS DOG TO COME. DOG OBEYS. 01:24:54 - OWNERS AND THEIR DOGS AT DOG OBEDIENCE SCHOOL, TEACHING DOGS TO BE OBEDIENT. 01:25:02 - CARTOON BOY ON ROLLER SKATES WITH BIRD FLYING WITH HIS HAND ON THE BOY, CATCHING A FREE RIDE 01:25:05 - CARTOON BOY AND BIRD ARRIVE AT GATES OF MANSION. "APPLESAUCE" IS THE NAME ON GATE. BIRD LIFTS BOY OVER THE GATE ONTO THE OTHER SIDE WHERE GIRLS ARE GIVING SEAL A BATH 01:27:05 - CARTOON KIDS AND BIRDS IN FORT. SECRET PASSWORD AND ROLL CALL. BIRD TRIES TO FIX BROKEN THINGS. BROKEN RADIO. LEAKY FAUCET. BROKEN ICE BOX. BROKEN TV SET. WEISENHEIMER COMPUTER. 01:28:27 - (#52) ELECTRO MAGNETS: CU ATTACHING WIRE TO DRY CELL BATTERY. WIRE ACTS AS A CONDUCTOR CREATES A MAGNETIC FIELD. FATHER TEACHING HIS CHILDREN ABOUT ELECTRICITY. ELECTRICITY FLOWING THROUGH A CONDUCTOR, LIKE WIRE CREATES A MAGNETIC FIELD. DAD PICKS UP WRENCH USING THE POWER CONDUCTED THROUGH THE WIRE. 01:28:46 - ANIMATION ILLUSTRATES ELECTRICITY PASSING THROUGH WIRE. COIL THE WIRE AND PINPOINT ELECTRICAL MAGNETISM IN A CORE OF IRON TURNS INTO A MAGNET 01:29:09 - PRINCIPAL APPLIED, MAN COILS THE WIRE AROUND AN IRON OR STEEL CORE, HOOKS THE ENDS OF THE WIRE IN AN ELECTRICAL SOURCE, DRY CELL BATTERY, BECOMES AN ELECTROMAGNET 01:29:26 - CU STEEL OBJECTS ON TABLE, NAILS, SCREWS, BOLTS. MAN USES ELECTROMAGNET TO PICK ITEMS UP 01:29:36 - HUGE GIANT ELECTROMAGNET ON A CRANE AT WORK SITE USED TO PICK UP LARGE INDUSTRIAL DEBRIS. HUGE PILE OF SCRAP IRON. 01:30:09 - CARTOON KIDS, BIRD, COMPUTER IN KID'S FORT. APPLIANCES GO AWRY, WATER COMES OUT OF THE PHONE, BIRD TURNS ON THE FAUCET NOW A RADIO. RADIO IS NOW THE PHONE. TV SET IS NOW AN ICE BOX. CARTOON HOUSEHOLD MISHAPS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1963
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-A5602