1949 - Educational Film: 6th Chair, The Pt. 2 of 2

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Pt. 2 of 2 Patriotic documentary on problem of underfunded & outdated schools in post-war US. Continued...Carpenters building suburban post-war houses. City slums w/ laundry hanging on lines between buildings. Poor children skipping rope on sidewalk in front of tenement. Children do gymnastics in crowded gymnasium. 05:12:16 Girl w/ tray of food in crowded school cafeteria cannot find a seat. Mother in car says goodbye to older boy. High school students seated in classroom grab books & scramble for next class. High school kids scramble for books at lockers in crowded hallways. Boy drinks from hall water fountain which is much too low & leaks into a bucket. 05:13:22 School Board meeting continues... - mother tells others she’ll think herself lucky if son even finishes high school. VO “A year in school pays off three to one in future dollar earnings. Pan across class of high school students w/ VO re “national emergency” of school shortages, “They must suffer for OUR crime”. 05:15:02 Children on playground swings take turns. Teacher hands out books to packed class. VO “Would you willingly go to a place day after day that depressed you? That made you feel unwelcome because there wasn't room for you? Then we shouldn't expect our children to either, for there’s a better way...” CU model of ideal school room. Still photograph: science laboratory & home economics room - before & after shots. Various scenes of high school girls in sewing class, home economics, etc. Grade school kids in classes. 05:17:25 High school orchestra rehearsal. Young students in classroom watch travelogue movie projected onto screen. Students in science laboratory. 05:18:02 Man appears, occupying the sixth chair & admits he’s been too complacent. VO tells him he counts for 50% of people in US - “I guess I am a pretty hard man to arouse...but when something makes sense” - group now agreeing on what action to take. actor playing the immigrant American has terrible accent & fake mustache: “I’m backing education one hundred per cent...now what are YOU going to do?” “I’m going to get behind my schools... “Good, That’s Fine!” “In a free country we elect our government officials...” 05:20:25 CU Man to camera: Yeah, I fought for Freedom once... “Now, what are you going to do about it?” 05:20:49 The End. Education; Government Funding; Baby Boomers; Economics; Investment; Community; 1940s Americana;Funny Dialogue; Gags; Oddities; Post-WWII; Post-WW2; Cold War Propaganda; Sarcasm; Apathy; NOTE: Any one continuous minute of 05:04:57 - 05:20:56 (2 cards) sold at per reel rate. Good quality and interesting sound track & photography. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk