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As American life transitioned postwar, the lifestyles of teenage girls flourished. "Tulsa Twins" showcases the transformation in teen girls, such as by presenting cutting-edge, trendsetting, “New Look” clothing that made girls look more flirty and…

What Makes a Good Party is a social guidance film shown in classrooms in the 1950s. The film chronicles the experiences of three teenage girls as they plan the ideal party. The expected values and behaviors for teens at the time are shown through the…

Think back to the last time you learned something. Did you learn it by seeing it? Did you learn it by touching it? Did you learn it by smelling it?

Or, did you learn with a few of your senses?

The editors of the journal “See and Hear” knew that…

This is a review of the educational film "Freedom to Learn" which describes the film, the questions of academic freedom it addresses, and how to get a copy of the film.

Review of The Story of Menstruation

Larry and Sue are your average American teenagers. After a mere three months of going steady, they are smitten with each other and intend on marrying after high school. In this era of post-war economic prosperity and stability, the youth seemed to…

Juvenile delinquency in the 1950's was seen as a huge crisis post-WWII and during the Cold War. Teenagers in those years had more leisure time than ever before. The efforts to create the ideal teenage citizen pushed educational boundaries by…

The Responsibilities of American Citizenship was one in a series of films by Drs. George Benson and Clifton Ganus made during the mid-1950's. The film's goal was to educate young people on the duties and responsibilities of American citizenship, and…

In "A Date With Your Family," (Simmel-Meservey, 1950) the "ideal" American family has a hard-working father, home-making mother and siblings who run straight home after school to do their chores and hang out with their parents. Traditional gender…

Law and Social Controls is a black and white instruction film, published in 1949 by Coronet Instructional Films. The film is one of many such films made for teenagers of the post-war, Cold War, era. This film encourages youth to conform to the norms…