School of Beauty Appreciation, A Pt 2 of 2

A School of Beauty Appreciation Pt 2 of 2 Lithuanian Film Studios / Sponsored by Ministry of Education English narration Tracking shot thru school to girl in study area of school; posters in Lithuanian on wall. Art gallery exhibit. Modernist bas-relief mural on wall. Indoor rockery w/ plants. 02:01:49 View down curved corridor as pupils leave class; stairwell lined w/ glass bricks. Kids into courtyard - zoom out showing large school. Kids plant trees in school grounds; apartment buildings visible in distance. INT artwork by students hung on wall. Folk-art sculptures; mobile. 02:03:56 Young girl sewing in room furnished in traditional Lithuanian style; other boys & girls at tables reading wearing different uniform to other kids. Boys wearing suits study at long table; mosaic portrait of Lenin on wall. Large school theatre, teacher watching among empty seats as students practice dance in traditional costume on stage. Library study tables w/ reading lamps. Girl dances twirling ribbons in gymnasium; ballet lesson. Pan down wall of glass bricks by stairwell. Older boys & girls dancing traditional waltz in couples to Strauss Die Fledermaus Ouverture (”the bat”) music. 02:06:53 Exterior of school at dusk as narrator returns saying two thirds of students in Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic study in new schools; “...not all of the buildings could be shown here of course, but there were shots of combined elementary and secondary schools in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, and Siauliai...” plus various other types of schools. End titles. Modernity; Progress; Architecture; Oddities; Kitsch; USSR - Lithuania, 1960s; Communist Propaganda;