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Tips For The Teacher (missing main title)

Reel Number: 221287-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1942

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 19:14:30

TC Ends: 19:30:00

Duration: 00:15:30

Tips For The Teacher (missing main title) Jam Handy Films for U.S. Navy Man in suit & tie lecturing to camera in front of blackboard: “Teaching is actually a selling job.” Pleasing personality reflected in voice & attitude. 19:15:25 Claps hands & woman sitting in armchair next to table & sofa appears; he talks to her as a salesman. She asks him to explain the springs...he does: “...the seat of the chair can never get lumpy...” Snaps fingers & back at blackboard talking about being tactful & patient...message understood. Knows the product & is himself sold on the product. 19:16:58 Personality reflected in appearance. Poster for Old Time Medicine Man show for Dr. Kilpain’s Stomach Bitters. Teacher in Indian costume & imitating snake oil salesman. 19:18:12 Voice. Imitating a tour or sightseeing guide w/ cardboard tourist bus. Loud unpleasant voice. Imitates a radio announcer & compares waveform of the two tones. Claps hands & secretary & desk appear, he takes cigar & begins dictating mumbling. She reads back incorrectly due to poor enunciation. 19:22:00 Reads a Hamlet speech about speaking & use of gestures for ease & poise. 19:23:20 Need for preparation. Claps & imitates house to house brush salesman, bag falls open in front of housewife who’s appeared on chair. He doesn’t understand the brushes; she claps & he disappears. Flip chart illustrates lesson plan blocked out by time. 19:25:03 Shows gyroscope working rather than previous explanation w/o example. Quotes Lincoln. Animated steamboat to illustrate Lincoln’s speech when campaigning. 19:28:15 Imitates lawyer making case for innocence, point by point. The End. WWII Teaching Film For Military Teachers or Officers; Educational Film; Oddities; Gags; Public Speaking; Speakers; Memory; Learning Methods;

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