School of Beauty Appreciation, A (1967) Pt. 1 of 2

A School of Beauty Appreciation (1967) Pt 1 of 2 Lithuanian Film Studios / Sponsored by Ministry of Education English narration Clocktower bells tolling. Kids in empty school courtyard. Two school kids walking down autumnal lane. VO “...A pupil’s environment can be fashioned into an excellent school of beauty appreciation”. Coastline. Young girls hike in hills above river valley. Modern school on birght autumn day; boys wear suits & carry briefcases. Children walk to classes - modern apartment blocks behind. 04:52:02 INT classroom, cute little blonde girl stands up reciting words of song just played on track?; teacher at front of class; boy w/ unusual bow tie gets up to read from book. Tracking shots past school buildings set around neat courtyards; kids seen through window; basketball court & ornamental gardens. Landscaping. Kids outside school at play time. Girls in woods collect leaves. Playing fields. 04:56:33 Schoolgirls in corridor. Half-empty dining room; CU little boy having lunch. Murals on wall. Rows of neat desks & chairs in classroom. Female teachers preparing immaculate, well-equipped classrooms for next lesson: language laboratory w/ desks equipped w/ headphones & tape recorders; art & math or geometry room; science lab; zoology room w/ goldfish & stuffed animal heads. Indoor basketball court & gymnasium. Pupils into classroom, sit down & look at microscopes - half desks empty; warm-up exercises in gym; volleyball game; metalwork class. Continued on 221192. Modernity; Progress; Architecture; Oddities; Kitsch; USSR - Lithuania; Communist Propaganda;