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Why Study Foreign Languages?

Reel Number: 221478-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1949

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 08:30:50

TC Ends: 08:41:07

Duration: 00:10:17

Why Study Foreign Languages? Coronet Films 08:31:11 Four engine American Airlines passenger plane, people boarding by steps, motors start & plane taxiing. Constellation plane landing past camera. Passengers off TWA. 08:31:51 People in terminal (set?, man ignored. Man to desk, speaks in French. Another to desk speaking only Spanish. 08:33:30 Moving in on map of world, country speaking German shown; also French; Spanish. English. 08:34:14 Family talking in living room; older son takes out pictures from briefcase. French farm scene & mother begins singing. Shots of French farm town w/ horses, carts & street. 08:35:43 Younger son stares, thinking in Cu. 08:35:58 Other gifts passed out to family. Tells younger brother about how he ordered. 08:36:57 Docks in Spain w/ small freighters. 08:37:16 Family continues talking. Two brothers talk about foreign language; older talks about what got him interested in languages. 08:38:09 People outside looking at department store Christmas window. He hears foreign language spoken. People singing Christmas carol in foreign language. 08:38:49 Brothers talking on couch “...Christmas isn’t just an American idea...” 08:39:18 Christmas window, tree appears, decorations appear. 08:39:37 Young men on couch talk. Younger brother sits & thinks... 08:40:02 Small stucco house w/ tile roof; larger building of Spanish architecture. Pedestrians along sidewalk & chinatown shops. Italian shops. Other foreign architecture. 08:40:21 Boy thinking on couch, looks at souvenirs brought back. The End. 1950s; Travel; Tourism; Educational Film;

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