- Title: V-9833
- Summary: THE TEENS: USES ACTIVITIES IN A REPRESENTATIVE FAMILY WITH TEENAGE CHILDREN TO POINT OUT THE BEHAVIOR CHARACTERISTICS & TENDENCIES OF NORMAL YOUTH IN THEIR TEENS & TO INDICATE HOW PARENTS & ADULTS CAN HELP THEM TO ATTAIN MATURITY.
- Description:00:00:18 - TEENS LEAVING SCHOOL WALKING OUT OF SCHOOL BUILDING LATE 1950s. CARRYING BOOKS. WINTER COATS. 1950s TEEN FASHIONS 00:00:32 - EXTERIOR MODEST TWO-STORY HOME 00:00:38 - TEENS WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL SNOW ON THE GROUND, WINTER PART WAYS AS BOY REACHES HOME. WAVE GOODBYE BOY GOES INTO HIS HOUSE 00:00:47 - 13 YEAR OLD BOY ENTERS KITCHEN AFTER COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL PUTS BOOKS ON KITCHEN COUNTER TAKES GLOVES OFF. CU BOY THINKING. 00:01:04 - TAKES OFF WINTER COAT. HUNGRY FOR AFTER SCHOOL SNACK. CUTS INTO PIE ON COUNTER. 00:01:14 - CU TEEN WITH COWLICK EATING PIECE OF PIE WITH HIS HANDS. PIE ON HIS FACE. SLOB. 00:01:24 - MOTHER COMES HOME FROM SHOPPING. PUTS HER PURSE DOWN & TAKES OFF WINTER COAT. UNBUTTONS COAT. HANGS COAT IN CLOSET. 00:01:53 - MOTHER ENTERS KITCHEN, SEES SON EATING PIE FOR AFTER SUPPER. SLOB SON WITH PIE ON HIS FACE. "HE'S AT THAT AGE!" 00:02:09 - 1950s HOUSEWIFE UNPACKS GROCERIES FROM SHOPPING BAG 00:02:19 - APRON CLAD HOUSEWIFE OPENS REFRIGERATOR DOOR, TAKES OUT FOOD. 15-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER COMES HOME. PUTS BOOKS DOWN & TAKES OFF WINTER COAT AND SCARF. LEANS ON COUNTER AND TALKS TO MOM AS SHE PREPARES DINNER. CLOSE KNIT 1950s FAMILY 00:02:52 - GIRL SHOWS MOTHER NAME BRACELET ID BRACELET OF BOY SHE'S GOING STEADY WITH AT SCHOOL. EARLY DATING. 00:03:24 - CU CONCERNED LOOK ON MOTHER'S FACE AS GIRL TELLS HER SHE'S GOING TO GO OUT WITH AN OLDER BOY. CHEAT ON STEADY. 00:03:33 - GIRL PICKS UP PHONE RECEIVER OF WALL PHONE. DIALS ROTARY PHONE. MAKES PHONE CALL IN KITCHEN. PHONE LINE IS BUSY. 00:03:47 - DAUGHTER HELPS MOTHER WITH DOMESTIC CHORES. SETTING THE TABLE. 00:03:52 - MOTHER WITH IRRITATED LOOK AS DAUGHTER MAKES ANOTHER PHONE CALL. "OH, THOSE TRYING TEEN YEARS!" CU TEENAGER DIALING ROTARY PHONE. TEEN GIRL TALKS ON THE PHONE. 00:04:09 - HUSBAND COMES HOME FROM WORK FATHER HOME FROM WORK. READS NEWSPAPER 00:04:26 - TEEN SON COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL. TWIN BROTHER OF GIRL. 15-YEAR OLD SHOWS FATHER HIS OLD SKI BOOTS. WANTS NEW PAIR. FATHER LOOKS AT SOLES OF BOOTS CAN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THIS PAIR. ANGRY TEEN ARGUES WITH FATHER. HEATED DISCUSSION 00:06:11 - APRON CLAD 1950s HOUSEWIFE MINDS HER OWN BUSINESS BUSIES HERSELF WITH CHOPPING VEGETABLES. DOESN'T GET INVOLVED WITH FAMILY ARGUMENT. 00:06:24 - YOUNGER SON SHOWS MOM HIS SCIENCE PROJECT. TEST TUBE WITH BAKING SODA. MOTHER WATCHES AS HE ADDS VINEGAR. MIXTURE SPRAYS EVERYWHERE. RUSH TO KITCHEN SINK WITH FAILED SCIENCE PROJECT 00:07:24 - 1950s FAMILY EATS DINNER TOGETHER. GIRL LAUGHS AT JOKE. EVERYONE IS LAUGHING. HAPPY FAMILY 00:08:35 - CU ROTARY WALL PHONE RINGS. GIRL JUMPS UP AND ANSWERS THE PHONE. CU BROTHER APES HIS SISTER TALKING ON THE PHONE. BROTHER POKES FUN OF TEEN GIRL. 00:08:56 - YOUNGER BROTHER STAYS OUT OF IT. CONTINUES TO EAT DINNER. 00:09:06 - TEEN CHILDREN GET UP FROM THE DINNER TABLE. ANGRY MOTHER WANTS HELP WITH THE DISHES. GIRL DOESN'T HAVE TIME, HAS TO GET READY FOR AN IMPORTANT DATE. LITTLE BROTHER DID IT LAST NIGHT. OLDER BROTHER REFUSES, IT'S SISTER'S TURN. 00:09:28 - GIRL UPSET. TEEN ANGST. PARENTS TALK TO DAUGHTER. GIRL ARGUES WITH HER PARENTS. CHORES COME FIRST. 00:09:42 - TEENAGER ROOTS THROUGH KITCHEN DRAWER LOOKING FOR SOMETHING. 00:09:53 - SISTER HUGS YOUNGER BROTHER WHO VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THE DISHES 00:10:13 - BOY HELPS MOTHER DRYING THE DISHES. DOMESTIC CHORES. 00:10:43 - BOY ANSWERS THE DOOR, TEENAGE BOYS COME OVER FOR A VISIT. 00:11:00 - FATHER RELAXES IN EASY CHAIR LIGHTS A CIGARETTE AND READS A BOOK. 00:11:05 - 1950s TEEN BOYS RUN DOWN STAIRS INTO THE BASEMENT. BOY PUTS RECORD ON RECORD PLAYER. CU PUTS NEEDLE ON RECORD. PLAYING RECORDS IN THE BASEMENT. CU RECORD SPINNING ON PLAYER. CU DECCA RECORD LABEL. BOYS TAKE OFF COATS AND GRAB BOTTLE OF COKE. TEEN ENTERTAINS FRIENDS. 00:11:33 - YOUNG TEEN BOY SITS AT KITCHEN TABLE WITH HIS CHEMISTRY SET, HEAD IN HAND THINKING. USING KITCHEN AS A LAB. FRIEND COMES OVER TO VISIT. SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS. SHAKING MIXTURE IN TEST TUBE. 00:12:43 - CLUMSY BOY KNOCKS OVER TEST TUBE. CU BROKEN TEST TUBE IN KITCHEN SINK. MAKING A MESS. 00:12:58 - CU BOY TAKES NEEDLE FROM END OF RECORD. DECCA RECORD LABEL. END OF RECORD. PLAYS RECORD AGAIN. CU FOOT TAPPING IN TIME TO THE MUSIC. TEENS LISTEN TO MUSIC. CU BOY PLAYS DRUM WITH MAKESHIFT INSTRUMENTS. 1950s TEENAGED BOYS ACTING SILLY. THROWS PILLOW AT FRIEND. GOOFY CLEAN FUN PILLOW FIGHT. BOY FALLS FLAT ON HIS FACE. 00:13:20 - THINGS GET OUT OF HAND AND COKE BOTTLE GETS BROKEN. PARENTS SITTING UPSTAIRS HEAR THE NOISE. MOTHER KNITTING. 00:13:35 - CU BOY GESTURES TO FRIENDS TO CALM DOWN. GESTURES FINGER ACROSS THROAT AS IN GETTING IN TROUBLE. SLASHING MOTION ACROSS NECK. 00:13:53 - 1950s TEENS HANG OUT IN BASEMENT. HUDDLE AROUND TALKING ABOUT SEX. BOY TELLS OFF-COLOR JOKE LAUGHS AT HIS OWN JOKE. 00:14:51 - HUSBAND SHARES PASSAGE FROM BOOK WITH WIFE. HUSBAND READS BOOK AND SMOKES CIGARETTE AS WIFE SITS BESIDE HIM KNITTING. EVENING WIND-DOWN TIME 00:14:58 - CU FINGER RINGS DOORBELL. 00:15:00 - CU GIRLS FEET RUNNING DOWN STAIRS. GIRL ANSWERS THE DOOR. YOUNG MAN ARRIVES TO PICK GIRL UP FOR DATE. 1950s DATING GIRL INTRODUCES DATE TO PARENTS. DATE HELPS GIRL INTO HER COAT FATHER CLOSES THE DOOR AFTER THEM 00:15:45 - CONCERNED PARENTS. OLDER BOY DATES THEIR DAUGHTER. 00:16:45 - DATE ENDS. DATE DROPS GIRL OFF AT HOME. CU COUPLE NECKING IN PARKED CAR. KISSING IN CAR ON DATE. CU GIRL GIVES DATE A KISS GOODNIGHT 00:17:44 - SLEEPING MOTHER WAKES UP WHEN SHE HEARS FRONT DOOR OPEN. DAUGHTER OPENS PARENT'S BEDROOM DOOR TO SHOW SHE'S HOME FROM DATE SAFE AND SOUND. "NIGHT MOM" MOTHER GOES BACK TO SLEEP. MOTHER CAN NOW REST EASY. 00:18:14 - MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CLEAN THE KITCHEN. DOMESTIC CHORES. 00:18:24 - SON ENTERS KITCHEN RETURNING HOME AFTER RUNNING AN ERRAND FOR MOTHER. MOTHER UNPACKS GROCERIES FROM GROCERY BAG 00:18:29 - TEEN GIRL LOOKS IN THE MIRROR AS SHE PUTS SCARF ON GETTING READY TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. COPYING STYLE SHE SAW IN TEENAGE MAGAZINE. CHANGES HER MIND, TAKES SCARF OFF AND PUTS IN ON HER HEAD. TOO FASHION FORWARD FOR HER PEERS. TALKS TO MOTHER BEFORE LEAVING THE HOUSE 00:18:57 - BOY HELPS FATHER CHANGE FRONT DOOR LIGHT BULB. BOY ON STEP LADDER HANDS FATHER OLD BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB. 00:19:14 - TEEN GIRLS LEAVE BUILDING AND TALK ON THE STREET. GIRLS GOSSIP 00:19:38 - CU GIRL WEARS CAT'S-EYE GLASSES 1950s FASHION. BREATH SEEN ON COLD DAY. GIRLS DRESSED THE SAME. WEAR SCARVES ON THEIR HEADS. 00:19:57 - GIRLS WATCH AS GROUP OF TEEN BOYS WALK THEIR WAY 00:20:19 - GIRLS PART WAYS, GO THEIR THEIR SEPARATE WAYS 00:20:23 - FATHER WALKS DOWN TO MESSY BASEMENT. LOOKS AROUND AT THE MESS FOR HIS TOOLS. TEENS BOYS COME DOWN, FATHER TALKS TO SON'S FRIENDS AS THEY CLEAN UP THE BASEMENT 00:21:32 - TWO TEEN BOYS EAT LUNCH IN KITCHEN. BOY SIPS SOUP 00:21:43 - WALL CLOCK SHOWS PASSAGE OF TIME. 11:30 THEN 12:30. 00:21:47 - PARENTS EAT LUNCH WITH YOUNG TEEN SON 00:21:49 - TEEN GIRL EATS LUNCH BY HERSELF. EVERYONE EATS AT DIFFERENT TIMES. MOTHER JOINS HER FOR A CUP OF TEA 00:21:58 - TEENS SKIING DOWNHILL. 00:22:03 - TEENAGERS ON DOUBLE-DATE. 1950s WINTER SKI FASHIONS. 00:22:16 - LOW ANGLE SKI FLAG 00:22:18 - GROUP OF TEENS WATCH, GIRL LAUGHS 00:22:20 - TEEN GIRL SKIER WITH NUMBER 6 GETS READY TO SKI DOWNHILL. CU SKIS, SKI BOOTS. GIRL QUICKLY FALLS DOWN 00:22:28 - TEEN BOY SKIS DOWNHILL. NICE RUN. 00:22:36 - TEENS WATCH AS FRIENDS SKI DOWNHILL 00:23:14 - CU TEEN YAWNS. TIRED TEEN COVERS HIS MOUTH WHEN HE YAWNS 00:23:18 - TEENS WATCHING TV. POV WATCHING TV ON 1950s TELEVISION SET. PARENTS COME IN, TEENS MAKE ROOM FOR PARENTS ON CHAIRS FAMILY WATCHES TV TOGETHER. LOTS OF TEEN BOYS WEAR 1950s FLANNEL SHIRTS. FATHER LIGHTLY KICKS BOY WHO IS STANDING IN FRONT OF HIM BLOCKING THE TV. BOY SITS DOWN ON THE FLOOR. 00:23:57 - CU TEENS FACES. CU PARENTS FACES. ONE BIG HAPPY 1950s FAMILY 00:24:14 - BOY HANDS OUT SNACKS ON TRAY. HAPPY TEENS EATS AND DRINK WATCHING TELEVISION 00:24:38 - EXTERIOR HOUSE AT NIGHT. FRONT DOOR LIGHTS ON
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1957
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-9833