Fun That Builds Good Health

Titles. 09:14:00 Young boys playing touch football in park. 09:14:09 Father arrives; MCU Hank Baxter star of the team, but brother Jimmy looks unhappy. Father watching his sons play & notices problem while narrator acts as football commentator “There goes Hank!” etc. - father cheers. Touchdown. Jimmy misses catching pass for extra point. 09:15:58 Jimmy dejected walks off field & home w/ father, Hank livelier. 09:16:34 Family around dinner table, Jimmy looks tired & no appetite, sits in armchair - “it’s plain to see that Jimmy needs to have more fun”. Hank goes to have some more fun making a model aeroplane as Jimmy slumps in chair - tries to get his brother to play checkers “but Jimmy doesn’t know how to play quiet games either” - so Hank sits down to read book, still having fun. 09:18:06 Father tries to show Jimmy how to handle a football & takes him outside; starts to enjoy playing ball. 09:19:03 Jimmy playing football w/ friends & having so much fun he doesn’t want to leave - VO says he’s “overdoing on active play” - can’t do anything right. 09:19:58 Lunchtime at home, father notices he seems nervous & jumpy - can’t relax after lunch, wants to keep playing football. 09:20:36 Father gives him another talk on importance of “quiet play” to balance football. Father, Jimmy & Hank play board game on stoop - suddenly smiling & relaxed. 09:22:21 Examples of other kids, mostly male, having fun: outdoor basketball game; girls skipping rope; boys playing baseball; boy riding bicycle; boys playing badminton; boy reading books; boy looking at tree; boy playing dominos. 09:23:00 Jimmy helping father in garden & playing ball w/ friends, having found the right balance between active & quiet play. 1950s; Leisure Time; Parenting; Childhood; Sexism; Gender Stereotyping; Youth; Recreation; Physical Fitness; Recreation; Educational Films;