Ask Me, Don't Tell Me (A Roll) (1960, sound, silent)

Description:

Description: From the Field Guide to Sponsored Films by Rick Prelinger:
"Exploration of juvenile delinquency in San Francisco featuring interviews with teenagers from different racial and ethnic groups about their neighborhoods and gangs. The documentary offers community projects, such as the 'Youth for Service' program, as a constructive way to draw teenagers back into the community. 'Ask Me, Don't Tell Me' is a revealing portrayal of multicultural San Francisco through the eyes of disenfranchised residents. NOTE: Received first prize in the 'Film as Communication' competition at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1960."

title: a film about / YOUTH FOR SERVICE / a program sponsored by The American Friends Service Committee / INCORPORATED / Northern California Regional Office / 2160 Lake Street • San Francisco, Calif."

Includes many scenes in San Francisco working-class neighborhoods apparently shot in 1959 and 1960.

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1960s, Youth, Latina/o/x/e and/or Hispanic people, People of African origin or descent, Labor, Counterculture, Cities

Tags: smoking; cigarettes; gangs; San Francisco skyline; teenagers; Castro Street, San Francisco; adolescence; Lonely Ones jacket; lighting cigarette; Stanley Mosk; teenager speaking on telephone while lying in bed; pinball machines; jukeboxes; working-class teenagers dancing; playing guitar in city park; roughhousing; Royal Esquires; Montgomery Ward Catalog Office; Siegels; El Capitan Theatre; Mission Street; ducktail hairdos; lunch counter interiors; cafeterias; Richmond Paint (622 Clement) hats; painting houses; Victorian houses; Black workers; African American people; laying cement; cleaning walls; painters; churches; crosses; pews; Black teenager playing piano; Roy Anderson Paint Co.; chainsaws; bands; live music; newspaper stories about youth gangs and public service projects; digging holes; sawing wood; hammering nails; construction; rope swings; creeks; swimming; hanging out; bars; wood paneled office; Youth for Service; multiracial crowd; guitars; play fighting; Muffler Tail Pipe Services Drive In; Sheiks jacket; Aces jacket; Timer's jacket; Ravens jacket; filmed from moving vehicle; juke joint; cigarette machine; scaffolding; shoveling gravel; cement mixer; wheelbarrows; cigars; elder man lighting cigarette in bed; plastering; Sugar Pine Lumber; chainsaws; party dresses; young men at airport; construction at camp in rural area; pumping water; bathing suits; swimming hole; direct address; addressing the camera; Lost Landscapes; "Shotwell St" sign; "Blatz beer" sign; "The End' title

Film Sponsor: American Friends Service Committee

Creator: American Friends Service Committee

Credits: Produced and directed by: David Myers
narrated by William Winter
camera: David Myers
music: The Five Chips
introduction by: Stanley Mosk / Attorney General / State of California
commentary written by: George Duscheck, David Myers

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1960

Geographical Location: USA; California; San Francisco, California; Mission District, San Francisco, California; Fillmore District, San Francisco, California; Chinatown, San Francisco, California; Castro District, San Francisco

Genre/Form: documentary, sponsored

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: A/B roll, original, reversal

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: sound, silent

Film Soundtrack Type: magnetic stripe, mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 814

Complete Record: Description: From the Field Guide to Sponsored Films by Rick Prelinger: "Exploration of juvenile delinquency in San Francisco featuring interviews with teenagers from different racial and ethnic groups about their neighborhoods and gangs. The documentary offers community projects, such as the 'Youth for Service' program, as a constructive way to draw teenagers back into the community. 'Ask Me, Don't Tell Me' is a revealing portrayal of multicultural San Francisco through the eyes of disenfranchised residents. NOTE: Received first prize in the 'Film as Communication' competition at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1960." title: a film about / YOUTH FOR SERVICE / a program sponsored by The American Friends Service Committee / INCORPORATED / Northern California Regional Office / 2160 Lake Street • San Francisco, Calif." Includes many scenes in San Francisco working-class neighborhoods apparently shot in 1959 and 1960. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1960s, Youth, Latina/o/x/e and/or Hispanic people, People of African origin or descent, Labor, Counterculture, Cities Tags: smoking; cigarettes; gangs; San Francisco skyline; teenagers; Castro Street, San Francisco; adolescence; Lonely Ones jacket; lighting cigarette; Stanley Mosk; teenager speaking on telephone while lying in bed; pinball machines; jukeboxes; working-class teenagers dancing; playing guitar in city park; roughhousing; Royal Esquires; Montgomery Ward Catalog Office; Siegels; El Capitan Theatre; Mission Street; ducktail hairdos; lunch counter interiors; cafeterias; Richmond Paint (622 Clement) hats; painting houses; Victorian houses; Black workers; African American people; laying cement; cleaning walls; painters; churches; crosses; pews; Black teenager playing piano; Roy Anderson Paint Co.; chainsaws; bands; live music; newspaper stories about youth gangs and public service projects; digging holes; sawing wood; hammering nails; construction; rope swings; creeks; swimming; hanging out; bars; wood paneled office; Youth for Service; multiracial crowd; guitars; play fighting; Muffler Tail Pipe Services Drive In; Sheiks jacket; Aces jacket; Timer's jacket; Ravens jacket; filmed from moving vehicle; juke joint; cigarette machine; scaffolding; shoveling gravel; cement mixer; wheelbarrows; cigars; elder man lighting cigarette in bed; plastering; Sugar Pine Lumber; chainsaws; party dresses; young men at airport; construction at camp in rural area; pumping water; bathing suits; swimming hole; direct address; addressing the camera; Lost Landscapes; "Shotwell St" sign; "Blatz beer" sign; "The End' title Film Sponsor: American Friends Service Committee Creator: American Friends Service Committee Credits: Produced and directed by: David Myers narrated by William Winter camera: David Myers music: The Five Chips introduction by: Stanley Mosk / Attorney General / State of California commentary written by: George Duscheck, David Myers Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: 1960 Geographical Location: USA; California; San Francisco, California; Mission District, San Francisco, California; Fillmore District, San Francisco, California; Chinatown, San Francisco, California; Castro District, San Francisco Genre/Form: documentary, sponsored Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: A/B roll, original, reversal Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: sound, silent Film Soundtrack Type: magnetic stripe, mos Edge Code: Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 814