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Everyday Courtesy

Reel Number: 221575-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1948

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 11:55:45

TC Ends: 12:04:28

Duration: 00:08:43

Everyday Courtesy (missing original titles) 11:55:52 Mrs Anderson & son Bill at school arrive at his class’ exhibit on courtesy. Various posters on wall w/ student artwork: Be Courteous - Walk Softly; Courteous - To Ladies; Be Courteous, Don’t Be A Pig. Large poster Bill designed w/ cartoons showing people saying ‘Please’, ‘May I?’, ‘Thank You’ etc. VO “Bill graciously shares credit with his classmates, it was a joint project he explains”. 11:57:34 Classmates pose as Bill draws cartoon sketches inc. girls having conversation interrupted by telephone call - poses about to answer the phone - “Please excuse me”. 11:58:46 Bill’s mother points out that these phrases can be used in other situations. Bill points out title of poster ‘We Need Them All The Time’. Bill shows his mother scrapbook w/ examples of invitations sent to parents to attend the exhibit, and letter of acceptance which “shows all the same details, to be sure they are correct”; sample letter of regret; CUs cartoons depicting telephone etiquette. ‘Be A Good Listener’ poster. 12:01:41 Bill introduces his teacher: “Mother, may I present Miss Barton, our teacher”. Bill explains how he was taught to make polite introductions - cuts to students practicing - presenting girl first etc. 12:02:43 Class poster ‘Correct Introduction - Present: Young to Old - Man to Woman - Show Respect’. Bill’s mother introduces his friend’s parents to teacher and then to Bill; CUs incorrect handshaking technique - ”no one likes to have his hand crushed by a bear” - “nor to clasp one like this, sometimes referred to as a ‘dead fish’”. 12:03:48 People leave exhibit - Bill & mother bidding farewell to teacher and host students. Manners; 1940s; 1948; Americana; Educational Film; Junior High School Students; NOTE: Any continuous one minute sold at per reel rate.

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