Ask Me, Don't Tell Me (B Roll) (1960, 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, Cities, Counterculture, Multiracial people, People of African origin or descent, Labor, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Latina/o/x/e and/or Hispanic people

Tags: Telegraph Hill; Coit Tower; Castro Theatre marquee; Castro Grill; Castro Street; Denny's Barrel House; Black youth; Asian youth; Lonely Ones jacket; street percussion; newspaper boxes; Granat Bros. store; Ravens jacket; pool halls; billiards; La Isla de Encanto Puerto Rico - graffiti; Esquires jacket; play fighting; playing guitar in city park; roughhousing; pan over newspaper classified advertisements; gang colors; gang jackets; Los Lobos jacket; Los Aguilas SF jacket; Hawaiian Warriors jacket; Marquies jacket; Royal Lancers jacket; Warlords SF jacket; house painting; house construction; dust mask; coveralls; concrete mixer; pouring concrete; eldercare; recovery room; iron bed frame; crutches; church; Roy Anderson Paint Company cans; carpentry; construction; plastering; housing tract on southern San Francisco Bay flats; wood; streams; pylons; hammering; drilling; bridge; swimming; bathing suits; rope swing; multiracial gathering; teenagers dancing; youth of color; beaches; smoking; dogs; Victorian houses; hanging out; teenagers; bars; youth bringing civil rights petitions to Washington, D.C.; adolescence; rural housing construction; billboards; creeks; rafts; Lost Landscapes; shirtless

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; Castro District, San Francisco; Fillmore District, San Francisco, California; Chinatown, San Francisco, California

Genre/Form: documentary, sponsored

Language: eng

Rights: Not registered for copyright. No copyright notice seen.

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: A/B roll, original, reversal

Color: b&w

Color Process: Eastman FG RP

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: 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, Cities, Counterculture, Multiracial people, People of African origin or descent, Labor, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Latina/o/x/e and/or Hispanic people Tags: Telegraph Hill; Coit Tower; Castro Theatre marquee; Castro Grill; Castro Street; Denny's Barrel House; Black youth; Asian youth; Lonely Ones jacket; street percussion; newspaper boxes; Granat Bros. store; Ravens jacket; pool halls; billiards; La Isla de Encanto Puerto Rico - graffiti; Esquires jacket; play fighting; playing guitar in city park; roughhousing; pan over newspaper classified advertisements; gang colors; gang jackets; Los Lobos jacket; Los Aguilas SF jacket; Hawaiian Warriors jacket; Marquies jacket; Royal Lancers jacket; Warlords SF jacket; house painting; house construction; dust mask; coveralls; concrete mixer; pouring concrete; eldercare; recovery room; iron bed frame; crutches; church; Roy Anderson Paint Company cans; carpentry; construction; plastering; housing tract on southern San Francisco Bay flats; wood; streams; pylons; hammering; drilling; bridge; swimming; bathing suits; rope swing; multiracial gathering; teenagers dancing; youth of color; beaches; smoking; dogs; Victorian houses; hanging out; teenagers; bars; youth bringing civil rights petitions to Washington, D.C.; adolescence; rural housing construction; billboards; creeks; rafts; Lost Landscapes; shirtless 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; Castro District, San Francisco; Fillmore District, San Francisco, California; Chinatown, San Francisco, California Genre/Form: documentary, sponsored Language: eng Rights: Not registered for copyright. No copyright notice seen. Film Format: 16mm film Element: A/B roll, original, reversal Color: b&w Color Process: Eastman FG RP Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 814