| 00:17:25 0.63 |
PRE-PUBESCENT GIRL TALKS EXCITEDLY TO ELDERLY
NEIGHBORS ABOUT WEDDING SHE ATTENDED. FRIEND CALLS HER NAME LOUDLY FROM DOWN THE STREET. KIDS LATE FOR SCHOOL. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS. |
| 00:17:43 19.63 |
TWO ELDERLY WOMEN STAND ON SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL
STREET AND TALK ABOUT HOW FAST KIDS GROW UP. SENTIMENTAL OLD WOMEN. |
| 00:17:49 25.63 |
BUSY INTERSECTION OF ALL-AMERICAN TOWN. HIGH SCHOOL
ON THE CORNER. TEENS WALK AND RIDE THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL. |
| 00:17:55 31.63 |
SCHOOL NURSE WALKS TO WORK IN UNIFORM. STUDENTS STOP
TO SAY HELLO TO THE NURSE AS SHE WALKS BY. WOMAN CHECKS HER WRIST WATCH FOR THE TIME. |
| 00:18:09 44.63 |
YOUNG GIRL SITS FOR A CHECK UP IN NURSE'S OFFICE.
EXAMINES GIRL'S THROAT FOR INFECTION. GIRL WEARS DRESS WITH BIB AND LARGE PIG TAILS. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. NURSE TAKES GLOVES FROM HER TOP DESK DRAWER AND POLITLEY ASKS THE STUDENT TO RETURN THE LOST ITEMS TO HER MOTHER. LOST AND FOUND. |
| 00:19:03 98.63 |
EXTERIOR OF QUAINT 1950s SUBURBAN HOME. AMERICANA.
FATHER MOWS THE FRONT LAWN AS MOTHER CHECKS MAILBOX. CU MAN AS HE REMOVES HAT FROM HIS SWEATY HEAD. HARD- WORKING |
| 00:19:11 106.63 |
1950s HOUSEWIFE SORTS MAIL ON HER FRONT PORCH. HANDS
LETTER TO HER OLDER DAUGHTER WHO WEARS HEAD SCARF AND CARDIGAN SWEATER. 1950s YOUNG ADULT FASHION. |
| 00:19:21 116.63 |
YOUNG GIRL PLAYS DRESS UP AS SHE TRIES ON HER OLDER
SISTERS CLOTHES AND MAKE UP. SIBLING RIVALRY. OLDER SIBLING DISCOVERS HER SISTER IN HER BEDROOM. COMPLAINS OF INVASION OF PRIVACY. SISTERS SQUABBLE. |
| 00:20:09 165.63 |
YOUNG WOMAN REACHES INTO HER DRESSER DRAWER AND PULLS
OUT MAXI PAD, FEMININE NAPKIN. BRAND NAME "MODESS" ON PACKAGING. YOUNG SISTER ENQUIRES ABOUT HER PERIOD. SISTERLY BONDING. |
| 00:20:52 208.63 |
YOUNG TEEN WALKS HOME FROM SCHOOL CARYING HER SCHOOL
BOOKS. WALKS UP THE FRONT STEPS-STOOP TO HER HOUSE. |
| 00:21:00 216.63 |
1950s HOUSEWIFE BAKES. POURS BATTER INTO MUFFIC TINS.
LOVING MOTHER GREETS HER CHILD AS SHE ARRIVES HOME FROM SCHOOL. |
| 00:21:09 225.63 |
YOUNG GIRL TELLS HER MOTHER THAT SHE STARTED HER
FIRST PERIOD. MOTHER SITS HER DAUGHTER DOWN AT KITCHEN TABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT. GIRL HAS TROUBLE PRONOUNCING THE WORD "MENSTRUATION". MOTHER-DAUGHTER BONDING. |
| 00:22:07 283.63 |
1950s HOUSEWIFE SITS ALONE AT THE KITCHEN TABLE,
RESTS HER HEAD IN HER HAND AND SAYS "GOLLY". LOOKS DREAMY. |
| 00:22:14 290.63 |
MOTHER & DAUGHTER SIT IN THE LIVING ROOM AND TALK
ABOUT CYCLES OF MENSTRUATION. MOTHER TALKS ABOUT NORMALCY OF AN IRREGUAL CYCLE. INSTRUCTS HER DAUGHTER TO SIT UP STRAIGHT TO ALLOW INTERNAL ORGANS TO FUNCTION BETTER. OLD-FASHIONED ADVICE. |
| 00:23:02 337.63 |
TELEPHONE RINGS. YOUNG TEEN GIRL JUMPS UP TO ANSWER
THE PHONE. ASKS HER MOTHERS PERMISSION TO VISIT FRIEND AFTER SCHOOL. |
| 00:23:16 352.63 |
MOTHER ADVISES HER DAUGHTER NOT TO SWIM WHILE SHE HAS
HER PERIOD, AS IT COULD LEAD TO SYMPTONS OF COLD. POOR MEDICAL ADVICE. DATED INFORMATION. YOUNG GIRL REFERS TO HER PERIOD AS THE "CURSE" |
| 00:23:43 379.63 |
DOTING MOTHER COMMENTS ON HER DAUGHTERS RAPID GROWTH.
OFFERS TO DROP THE HEM ON HER DAUGHTERS CONSERVATIVE CALF LENGTH SKIRT. SEAMSTRESS ALTERS HER DAUGHTERS CLOTHES. |
| 00:23:57 393.63 |
MOTHER KNEELS ON THE FLOOR TO ADJUST THE HEM ON HER
DAUGHTERS SKIRT. MOTHER DAUGHTER BONDING. |
| 00:24:16 411.63 |
1950s FATHER WALKS INTO THE ROOM AS HIS WIFE AND
DAUGHTER DISCUSS MENSTRUATION. FATHER COMPLAINS ABOUT THE POOR RECEPTION THE FAMILY GETS ON THEIR TV FROM THE TELEVISION ANTENNA-AERIAL. AMERICAN DREAM |
| 00:24:24 420.63 |
DAUGHTER TELLS HER FATHER SHE'S HAVING HER FIRST
PERIOD. FATHER LOOKS BIT SHOCKED THAT HIS DAUGHTER IS GROWING UP. SENTIMENTAL FATHER-DAUGHTER BONDING MOMENT. |
| 00:25:06 461.63 |
YOUNG GIRL SITS AGAINST TREE IN THE SUMMERTIME.
TWIRLS TREE LEAF BETWEEN HER FINGERS AS SHE IS DEEP IN THOUGHT. SOFT FILTERED LIGHT ON THE GIRL. DAYDREAM, DREAMY. |
| 00:25:24 480.63 |
CLASSROOM FULL OF GIRLS PARTICIPATE IN SEX EDUCATION
CLASS. THE SCHOOL NURSE TEACHES THE GIRLS ABOUT FEMALE REPRODUCTION. |
| 00:25:42 498.63 |
BORING SCHOOL NURSE INSTRUCTS FEMALE STUDENTS ON
REPRODUCTIVE CYCLES. CHALK DIAGRAMS OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ARE ON THE BLACKBOARD AS THE NURSE SPEAKS. |
| 00:25:48 504.63 |
CU BLACKBOARD DIAGRAM OF THE UTERUS, FALLOPIAN TUBES
AND OVARIES. DIAGRAM LOOKS LIKE A RAMS HEAD. TEACHER SHOWS THE PATH AN EGG CELL TAKES TO GET TO THE UTERUS. MEDICAL FACTS, INSTRUCTION. NURSE DISCUSSES INDIVIDUAL BODY RHYTHMS AND CYCLES. STUDENTS ASK QUESTIONS. |
| 00:27:37 613.63 |
SCHOOL NURSE SHOWS EXAMPLES OF FEMININE NAPKINS AND
TAMPONS. SANITARY NAPKIN SHOWCASE. NURSE HOLDS UP MAXI PAD WITH BELT APPARATUS USED TO HOLD THE PAD IN PLACE. DATED, OLD FASHIONED FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. SHOWS TAMPON, COTTON PADDING INSIDE CARDBOARD APPLICATOR. |
| 00:28:33 668.63 |
SCHOOL NURSE GIVES YOUNG GIRLS ADVICE ON PERSONAL
HYGIENE. WARNS GIRLS TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PERSONAL CLEANLINESS, SUGGESTS GIRLS USE DEODORANT AND STYLE THEIR HAIR AND NAILS TO LOOK ATTRACTIVE. |
| 00:29:05 700.63 |
USES POINTER TO DIRECT THE CLASS ATTENTION TO MEDICAL
DIAGRAM OF THE FEMALE BODY. |
| 00:29:22 717.63 |
DATED "DO" & "DO MODERATELY" LIST OF ACTIVITIES FOR
GIRLS HAVING THEIR PERIODS. ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE HORSE BACK RIDING, SKATING, SQUARE DANCING AND PLAYING FAST GAMES LIKE SOCCER. LIST SUGGEST GIRLS BATHE OR SHOWER IN WARM WATER, WASH HAIR AND DRY QUICKLY, SWIM AFTER TWO OR THREE DAYS OF YOUR PERIOD, DANCE AND PICNIC. NURSE HANDS OUT MEDICAL PAMPHLETS TO STUDENTS |
| 00:30:25 781.63 |
FAMILY SIT IN THEIR LIVING ROOM & ENTERTAIN YOUNG
MALE GUEST. YOUNG MAN SITS WITH HIS GIRLFRIENDS PARENTS AND WAITS FOR HIS DATE TO ARRIVE. YOUNG WOMAN WEARS FORMAL GOWN AS HER DATE PLACES SHAWL AROUND HER SHOULDERS. 1950s FORMAL WEAR. |
| 00:30:37 793.63 |
CU YOUNG GIRL GAZES AS IF IN A DAYDREAM, DREAMY.
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Year: 1953
Color: Black & White
Genre: ADOLESCENCE
Specialty CollectionGenre: ADOLESCENCE
Description: HELFUL EXPERIENCES IN THE HOME & SCHOOL THAT ENABLE A YOUNG GIRL TO DEVELOP GOOD HEALTH HABITS & A CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE TO MENSTRUATION. TREATS IT AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF GROWING-UP, AND GIVES A BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION. DISCUSSES AGE OF INITIAL MENSTRUATION, REGULARITY OF PERIODS, & NEED FOR CLEANLINESS & ATTRACTIVENESS DURING PERIODS. STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF WHOLESOME FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. SEX EDUCATION WITH BETSY HAWKINS, WENDY LARRANCE, JANE TAYLOR, JOE MIKSAK, ELIZABETH LEE, LINDA JONES.
