Science And Superstition

Main Title Missing CU of rabbits foot. Young boy w/ bat and catcher at recess softball baseball game. Boy strikes out. 08:21:07 In classroom arguing in front of teacher & class. 08:21:53 SOF Teacher talks to class after writing on blackboard. Boy states a fact. Girl gives an example of the superstition of ground hog. CUs. 08:22:42 List of items on blackboard to determine if fact or superstition. Kids at desk in classroom checking off statements as to their belief of the statements. 00:24:03 Kids raise hands. Teacher talks about rabbits feet & then ten are distributed for carrying for a week. Testing glass as a conductor of electricty. 08:26:20 Various class shots of studetns writing at desks. Report of rabbit’s foot experiment. Kids tell about their experiences carrying rabbit’s foot. Decided it didn’t affect their lives. 08:27:25 Girl reports on studying ten years of weather & Ground Hog Day report. Girl nodding yes. 08:28:26 Chemistry lab; geologist; scientist at microscope. Boy writing at desk. Kids putting hands up enthusiastically. The End. Dialogue; Elementary School; Educational Film; School Class; Experiments; Teaching; 1940s; 1947; Scientific Method;