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Making Friends

Reel Number: 221282-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1953

Country: USA

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TC Begins: 15:31:24

TC Ends: 15:41:45

Duration: 00:10:21

Making Friends Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Kids out of high school, walking & talking, boy leaves on bicycle. Two boys w/ tennis racket, others talking, sitting. Lonely boy. Students walking down sidewalk, saying good by. Girls doing archery. Fmaily sitting in backyard reading. Boys talking outside, in bedroom. 15:32:53 Boy in bedroom: “I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately, just haven’t talked about it, that’s all.” 2nd boy: “Do your folks know how you feel?” “No, I’m afraid my Dad’s going to be sore...” “How about your Mother? I don’t think she cares.” (could be used as homosexuality example). Narrator: “Yes, friends can help you think things out...” 15:33:49 David, lonely boy leaves school w/ stack of books “...which helped him get a better understanding of friendship.” CU: writing notes as to what the characteristics are for friends. Two boys talking; group around boy’s convertible car outside school. Sits at desk thinking, bites lip. VO talking to himself. Walks around room thinking, looks out window. 15:35:53 David gets out of car after being driven by dad. Leaving store past Get Well cards. Back to room & thinking. “I don’t make friends because I’m scared.” Looks in mirror. 15:36:40 Bruce at desk writing an invitation for people to a party but only those who will help him in his class election. Kids in school hallway w/ girls at drinking fountain: “I’d love to do it for you...but I can’t.” David thinking. Bruce at his party saying goodbye to guests; Bruce wondering afterward. Girl on bed thinking. 15:37:55 David at typewriter writing for school paper, talks w/ boy (editor); he tells others about books he likes - they walk away & he looks puzzled. Asks a guy if he can join the camera club. He thinks about the guy’s response. Other kids interacting socially. David at camera club, kids talking about pictures & boy shares a polarizing filter w/ him. 15:39:50 Kids out of school, one decides he’s being used and its not friendship. Boy working in dark room washing prints, talking w/ another boy & is invited to go hiking. Two boys taking pictures of a plant & others walking ahead. “Good friends carefully cultivated & nourished will help you achieve a fuller & richer life.” The End. Educational Films; Instructional Films; Earnest; Sociable; Social; Sociability; Teenagers;

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