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Juvenile Delinquency, Social Guidance Government Films

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Ahhh, nothing like being a young, juvenile, delinquent! These government films aim to show you the err of your ways!

 

 

The Juvenile Delinquent Government Films Collection DVD

Back in the 1940's and 1950's, the government started to take an active approach in social issues, especially those of the country's use.  Drug use was on the rise, and so was juvenile delinquency.  This series of films will take you back to this era and show you the message that the government was trying send to young adolescents.  Whether you agree or disagree with the government taking a hands on approach to child rearing, you cannot help but appreciate these old classic films.  Whether they make you laugh, make you think, or make you remember, their value is priceless.  If you grew up during this time, these movies will take you back to the classroom and you'll swear you can hear the old film projector running in the background.  Makes a great gift for a teacher, scholar, historian, or just an old time nostalgia buff.

2 and a half hours worth of vintage footage.  This is a DVD with a fully interactive menu.  A list of films on this collection follows:

A Chance to Play (1950)

Promotes recreation (especially under nighttime lighting) as the answer to boredom, juvenile delinquency and social pathologies.  Argues that playgrounds and recreation facilities are woefully lacking and the result is that children are exposed to the dangers of the streets: accidents, juvenile delinquency, and crime. Adults are prone to ill health and mental illness. Old people wither away. Property values decline. Employees lack team spirit. Families lack togetherness. So "progressive municipalities" are realize that recreation needs are as important as public health and education.

Sound, B&W, 18:48

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Act Your Age (1949)

Jim, an emotionally immature teen, learns to evaluate his personality and to better work out his problems.  Great film about not acting mature with dramatic music highlighting Jim hacking up a desk with his mechanical pencil when it runs out of lead in the middle of an impossible math problem, an over happy principal who looks like Walt Disney and changes his name every time someone says it (Edmonds, Evans, Edounds, etc., a fat janitor whose advice Jim actually takes, people who turn into 5 year olds to act immature, and Jim (trying to) open a paint can with a pencil.

Sound, B&W, 13.21

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Ask Me, Don't Tell Me (1961)

This film documents the Youth for Service project in San Francisco during the 50s; a project that recruited youth gangs to do various community service projects, usually involving construction, maintenance, or environmental work. The project itself looks quite successful in channeling the gangs into constructive activity; one wonders if it is still going on today and if not, why not. But beyond that, this film is a wonderful document of 50s gang life and teen culture. Gang members narrate certain parts of the film themselves, using almost unintelligible gang lingo. We get to see inner city youth in their own environment, hanging out at various places and amusing themselves in various ways, both acceptable and not acceptable. A whole host of gang jackets and insignia are shown and the film even has a cool homegrown rock-and-roll soundtrack.

Sound, B&W, 22:18

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Boy in Court (1940)

Juvenile court labors to provide a humane alternative for rehabilitating at-risk youth offenders.  Johnny gets caught stealing a car, Johnny gets put in a juvenile home, Johnny is sentenced to probation, Johnny becomes friends with the probation office, Johnny reforms his ways.

Sound, B&W, 10:26

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Boy with a Knife (1956)

Jerry, an "at-risk" young man, uses his knife as an "equalizer" to solve his frustrations stemming from his unhappy home, which is dominated by his stepmother. A group worker reaches Jerry and helps him to transcend his anger.

Sound, B&W, 19:15

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Cheating (1952)

Expressionistic film showing John's cheating and how his peers punish him.  Johnny finds schoolwork hard, so he gets Mary to help him cheat. He gets away with it, but has bad dreams. That doesn't stop him from cheating again. Sports, student council, and going out for hamburgers take up his study time, and the cheating goes on and on. Finally he gets caught, gets Mary in trouble too, and gets kicked off the student council.

Sound, B&W, 11:37

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Other People's Property (1951)

Story of three young boys whose prank results in serious property damage.

Sound, B&W, 9:55

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Right or Wrong, Making Moral Decisions (1951)

Assessing the behavior of a juvenile delinquent who refuses to rat on his companions.

Sound, B&W, 10:52

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The Troublemaker (1959)

Skulking about the shadows of Generic High School there is a cancer... Mel, the class troublemaker. Spreading rumors, half-truths and outright lies, Mel tries to make himself popular at the expense of others, and can't understand why the others regard him like toe fungus.

Sound, B&W, 12:16

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What About Juvenile Delinquency (1955)

Jim leaves the gang after it attacks his father, and joins other teenagers at City Hall to argue against the imposition of a curfew. Drama filmed in Lawrence, Kansas.

Sound, B&W, 11:27

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Why Vandalism (1955)

Life of a teenage outsider; what makes him that way and how his anger flares into violence.

Sound, B&W, 16:14

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