1949 - Educational Film: 6th Chair, The Pt. 1 of 2

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Titles. Pt. 1 of 2 Patriotic documentary on problem of underfunded & outdated schools in post-war US. 05:04:27 Opening montage: American flag waving; military parade w/ close ranks of marching soldiers; crowd on street waving American flags & cheering; CU many marching soldiers; Capitol. VO re importance of education in understanding freedom. 05:05:02 Traveling shot down suburban middle class street. Doctor & nurse examine boy's ear. Fat Boy Scout leader & scouts raise & take down American flag from pole w/ Washington Monument in BG. Children in playground & on jungle gym. Children cross street to school. VO “We cannot meet the complexities of modern life with outmoded school systems. We must keep our educational standards abreast of the swift-moving times in which we live if we hope to preserve our national heritage; our American way of life." New school building in Federal style. 05:05:47 Montage: New York City skyscrapers with ferry boat in foreground; field of waving wheat; Detroit Tigers; New York Yankees baseball game; family in living room; worker in factory over machine. Printing presses; church service in cathedral. 05:06:05 School board meeting around table, SOF: various ethnic accents talk about freedom & the American way - “the American way eliminates master & slave”. Invisible narrator calling himself “The People” interrupts group’s argument - they disappear leaving empty chairs, then they magically reappear - VO says they represent “average Americans”. Begin bickering & sniping at the “foreign-born American” in group. “’Foreign-isms' are like germs - they can't attack a healthy body”. Group members admit they either didn’t vote for increased school funding or woman had “a luncheon appointment”. VO chides them: “Freedom is subject to attack from inside as well as out. It's hard to get people to sense danger, just as it's hard to get people out to vote”. Disembodied voice emerges from the “sixth chair” representing apathetic section of society. 05:09:41 MCU woman, SOF: “I remember like it was yesterday...” Mother walks child to school; INT dark school hallway; mother knocks on classroom door; little boy goes into overcrowded classroom w/ children trying to share desks. Teenagers in overcrowded school hallways. VO re increase in birth rate etc. Continued... Grade School; High School; Education; Government Funding; Baby Boomers; Economics; Investment; Community; 1940s Americana; 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