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- Phil, a student who recently transferred into his high school, keeps to himself a lot, spending time in his basement building radios and record players. His dad notices that he has no friends, and tells him that, like the electronic parts he assembles, "you have to fit in with all hte other parts." Realizing that the reason he has no friends is because he's not one of the "crowd," Phil studies the most popular kids at school, in order to see what traits they admire most, so he can be like them and fit in.
- A shy boy wants to ask out a girl on a date - but how can he know what she'd like to do, or what kind of activity would be best suited for getting to know her?
- The issue of popularity, specifically amongst the high school set, is dramatized. Jerry occasionally goes on dates with Ginny, who goes on "sitting in parked cars" dates with many boys, which makes Jerry feel less special. When Ginny comes by and wants to sit with the gang, they brush her off. Is she popular because she goes on these dates, or is the exact opposite the truth? Jerry is also attracted to the new girl in school, Caroline. He can't verbalize why he likes her, but all in the gang, including the girls, invite her to sit with them. But if Caroline is popular, it means that others, like Wally, are interested also in dating her. Jerry and Wally take two different approaches in asking Caroline on a date, with two different results based on their consideration of her feelings.
- This short featuring "Mr. Bungle", a puppet, instructs children on how to best behave in a lunchroom situation.
- A dancing woman of the future wants her hubbie to buy every car she sees.
- A teen boy is given advice on what to do, and what not to do, on a date.
- A boy realizes that he could help his parents by doing things around the house.
- A high school senior really has the hots for her boyfriend and wants to get married right after she graduates, despite the objections of her parents.
- Goldilocks wanders far from home and stumbles upon the house of the three bears. First sitting in all of their chairs and tasting all of their porridge, then lying in all of their beds, she finds the little baby bear's item to be the most suitable for her in all three cases. This classic fairy tale was made by Coronet films and stars real life bears.
- Nora has been going steady with Jack and thinks she may be in love. Her mom, sensing that her virginal little daughter is about ready to do the wild thing with the horny Jack, tries to convince her that she's too young to know.
- A school principal counsels a young student caught vandalizing a desk on the proper behavior to exhibit while in school.
- The Miller family is in turmoil, with members arguing and fighting with each other. Mom finally figures out that all the family's problems can be traced directly to "bad management". She concludes that the way to solve the problem is to run the family like a corporation, with her and Dad as the CEOs and the children as the employees, and weekly meetings where the children will be told exactly what their duties are and how to do them. The kids, as all good children of course will do, think that being turned into soulless corporate drones is a wonderful idea and much better than having their own thoughts, opinions and input on family matters, and everyone naturally lives happily ever after.
- Bill Brett has been invited to a costume party at Martha's house, to which he will be taking Carol. But Bill doesn't seem too happy about any of it because he doesn't know how to act properly around people. The off screen narrator acts as Bill's guide through this evening, giving him tips on the way he should act and why. Bill is given multiple opportunities to get each situation right, these situations which include picking Carol up at her house, greeting Martha's mother, and meeting strangers at the party. Bill learns that when he acts courteously in these social situations, people in turn will act courteously to him which results in him and them being happier.
- The benefits of being unfailingly polite and well-mannered to everyone are illustrated in this film, which shows teenagers that being polite and well-dressed is the key to making everyone like you and adults--and, more importantly, authority figures--think that you're not a juvenile dellinquent.
- A rebellious teen wants to be left alone. His family oblige him by leaving for a two-week camping trip. Left to his own devices, his internal monologue turns to missing his little sister and brother--not to mention some home cooking.
- A look into the lives of a seventh-grade boy and girl as they go through their morning and evening routines...and why not keeping clean and neat brands them as losers!
- Teenager Ken is squandering his afternoon lying around his bedroom being bored. He's shown flashbacks of fifty and one hundred years ago when people had no real free time for themselves. The narrator shows him what his friends are doing right now: birdwatching, working a part time job, sewing, and learning to play the piano. Ken remembers that he got a new camera for Christmas and decides that photography would be a good hobby.
- An educational short film that teaches children the importance of good eating habits such as not rushing, taking small bites, thoroughly chewing food, and avoiding eating sugary snacks as a substitute for completely eating healthful meals.
- This classroom training film is somewhat unusual in that, instead of the usual indoctrination about fitting in and not doing anything to draw attention to yourself, it actually encourages teenagers to think for themselves and act on their conscience. It tells the story of three teenagers and how they resisted the temptation of drinking, smoking and sex by standing up to the gang and not going along with this dangerous and immoral behavior.
- What is "personality" exactly? How would you go about improving it? You're in luck. You might've thought that your personality couldn't get any better. You'd be wrong. You, too, can IMPROVE YOUR PERSONALITY with help from this educational short.
- The importance of good grooming is emphasized by showing how Don and Sue, a brother and sister, keep up their neat appearances. The benefits of not wearing red nail polish, "loud" sport shirts and "inappropriate" blouses are driven home by reminding students that "all through the day, other people are looking at you."
- Larry, a popular young boy, is looked up to and admired by his friends. It turns out that the reason he is so popular is because of his personal hygiene habits. He constantly washes his hair, cleans between his toes, lines public toilet seats with paper and has even more disturbing obsessions. As the narrator says, Larry's extra-squeaky-clean hygiene habits--something psychiatrists nowadays call obsessive-compulsive disorder--"are what give him such self-confidence!"
- Chuck, a young loner, is invited by a neighbor to a dinner party, but turns it down. He finds himself visited by "Chuck of the future"--himself at age 21. "Chuck of the future" knows the reason the current Chuck doesn't want to go to the party--he's embarrassed over his poor table manners. "Chuck of the future" decides to give "Chuck of the present" some tips on proper table etiquette.
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- Ed, a teenager, applies for a job, but upsets his interviewer, Mr. Wiley, by criticizing a former employer. Mr. Wiley tells Ed the story of two brothers, Bob and Walter, who worked for him. Bob was neat, deferential and went along with the program and was promoted, while Walter was sloppy, surly and ungrateful, and was fired. Ed begins to think that being a company man maybe isn't so bad after all.
- A boy named Ricky, whose family is unable or unwilling to teach him, learns how time management from his friend Pete and his family.
- An elementary-school class learns how toys are made and distributed to stores, and why they should take good care of them.
- The members of a sixth-grade class learn to construct good paragraphs by composing a topic sentence, by relating other ideas to it in proper sequence and by composing an effective concluding sentence.
- Nick Baxter, a sloppy kid who can't even tie his necktie right, is warned by his friend Don, a snappy dresser who is obviously bound for success, that he better wake up or he'll find himself a derelict, smoking cigarettes in a dirty hotel room. Don's words get Nick to thinking about his future.
- Through simple illustrations and examples, we learn about easy ways to make life with other people more tolerable.
- Miss Johnson appoints Bill the class safety guide. When he sees something safely being done, he holds up a "Go" sign; he raises the "Stop" sign when spotting something unsafe. He flags his classmates on their dangerous activities.
- Eddie Johnson is disappointed that none of his friends nominated him for treasurer of the school hobby club, he latter learns from his dad the importance of being trustworthy.
- A teenager eager to make the high school basketball team fails the tryouts. Devastated, he turns to the family doctor to find out what happened. The doctor tells him that he failed because of his "poor attitude", and proceeds to show him a parade of losers, rejects and derelicts who let their "bad attitudes" get the best of them. Shaken to his very core, the young man vows to improve his attitude, and begins to succeed in life.
- A group of young carolers learn how Christmas is celebrated in Germany, Sweden, Holland, Mexico, Italy, and China.
- A young man is given advice by a businessman on how good moral character is necessary in order to be successful in today's world.
- Decisions on the basis what is morally right or wrong is not always black and white. Such a situation with young Harry Green is presented, where he is with a group of his "friends", who break some windows at a warehouse late one night, and although Harry didn't throw rocks like the others, the warehouse nightwatchman only recognizes Harry in the group, and knows him to be an otherwise good boy. The nightwatchman has a decision to make whether to report "good" Harry to the authorities. The nightwatchman's decision has a snowball affect in putting further moral questions to a number of other people down the road in Harry's story: Harry's mother who has to decide on whether to give up Harry to the police not knowing what he has or has not done or may be accused of doing; Mr. Kastner, the warehouse owner, who has to decide who and how to make accountable for the vandalism, even if it is someone good like Harry who may not have thrown rocks; Police Sergeant Kelly, who has to decide how much to push for information from someone like Harry who may be guilty in this situation somewhat only by association; Mr. Barker, an elder at Harry's church who is trying to guide Harry; and Harry himself, who has to decide whether to stay mum or tell the truth about what happened.
- A young man who needs money to buy a typewriter gets a job in a bookstore. He finds out that work cuts into his social life, and is torn between quitting his job so he can have some fun, and his need for money.
- A teacher uses a puppet clown, the black-board and mounted pictures in teaching primary school children to arrange events chronologically when telling a story.
- Kay, a boy-crazy high school student, devotes her entire life to finding dates. She tries every trick she can to get boys to take her out, from pretendng that she cars about sports and cars to getting herself put on cleanup committees to meet boys.
- The activities of children playing on the beach are used to illustrate the eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
- A story about a Mexican boy and his donkey is used in depicting the characteristics of rural life in Mexico and in emphasizing the importance of helping others.
- Depicts life in a medieval town from the point of view of a young serf. Explains the influence of trade and the role of the merchant and craft guilds in the rise of towns in Europe.
- Jeff and Marie have been dating for a while, and come to the realization that they might be considered to be "going steady." They ponder the significance of that situation, while Marie's mother worries that Jeff might feel that going steady may entitle him to "take liberties" with her virginal (but seemingly not happy about it) daughter.
- Ray thinks that being friendly to people shows that you're a "sissy." His older brother Phil decides to teach Roy how to be more friendly, and to show him that it's not in the least "sissy"-like.