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Better Babies Character Building

Item number (ISN):

310175

Series title:

Paramount Pictographs

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1920/1927 ?

Item number (ISN):

310175

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

MORAVIAN CHURCH / ÉGLISE MORAVE

Accession:

1977-0231

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1920/1927 ?

Production company:

Paramount
Woman's Home Companion

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

Description:

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This film shows activities for children which will teach them responsibility and encourage them to grow into productive adults. An intertitle reads, "As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined". One activity recommended by the film is giving a child a window box or garden plot to care for; a young girl is shown planting and tending her garden. The film then proposes three main categories (and sub-categories along with them) which are central to character building: Humanity (Sacrifice, Service, Devotion), Self-reliance (Patience, Ingenuity, Concentration), and Social Consciousness (Sympathy, Courage, Helpfulness). To develop humanity, the film recommends children caring for pets, and shows a boy with a dog and a girl with a bird. Self-reliance can be encouraged by rewarding children for solving their own problems, as is demonstrated by a boy untangling a fishing line. Social Consciousness is shown by girls helping a woman with her baby. A number of girls are shown walking with baby carriages; they are members of the "Little Mothers League". Similar development is shown in the activities of Boy Scouts performing flag communications and marching. <4mn 1s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. 1927 Ontario Motion Picture Bureau catalogue description: "A popular study in child psychology, showing the importance of imposing regular duties upon young children".~2. For another film in the BETTER BABIES series, see ISN 216875, TABLES MANNERS IN THE NURSERY.

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Vault ISN:

344917

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7705-0091

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

361433

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2001-07-0025

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7705-0091

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

366345

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2001-12-0085

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2001-07-0025

Status:

MASTER
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