AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 10-15-2025

Sorry about that. Uh what am I sorry about? Sorry a little bit late. Basically, as soon as uh 12:59 hit, my neighbor started mowing her lawn. So, I'm trying to cut that sound a little bit. Uh, hi, I'm Skip Alzheimer. Welcome to the AV Geeks lunchtime streaming show where we watch old 16 millimeter films. And I am in my dining room, which means that there's life stuff going on around us, which is, you know, neighbors doing stuff, uh, etc. So, thanks for, uh, dealing with that. All right. So, we watch 16 mm films and don't gripe about our u where we're located at the moment. Uh, in this first film, uh, we have been scanning a bunch of Oregon archive. Orone spelled O R G O N E, not Oregon. Uh, kind of loosely based named after the Wilhelm Reich concept, although the collection has nothing to do with Wilhelm Reich. So, uh, but this is a cornet film which we haven't shown yet. Um, how to investigate vocations. Dig that beautiful codchrome footage. photographers's assistant. Summer best paying job I could get. valuable. Know why? Because it is part of my investigation of occupations. Come to think of it, my study of occupations began with a picture. But it wasn't this kind of picture. No, sir. It looked like this. A picture of me, my interests and abilities, results of tests I've taken. Only it made more sense to our vocational counselor than it did to me. To him, all this meant that my strongest interests are along mechanical, persuasive, and artistic lines. Pretty good, though. I wondered what had all this to do with my choice of an occupation. The counselor had a couple of books he thought would help me. One was Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the government. The other was called vocational planning. My investigation started right there and I soon found there's a regular plan for learning about this world of jobs and work are jobs of all kinds. 30,000 different jobs that have been named and described. It would be difficult to study each of these jobs thoroughly, but a lot of these jobs can be grouped together and classified. For example, take a carpenter's work. He has to have an interest in tools and construction, mechanical aptitude, and some mathematical ability. The engineer builds a dam and needs some of these same qualities. A little study showed that jobs can be classified according to basic requirements. My profile had shown me what my strong points are. Mechanical, persuasive, artistic. Now it was up to me to find the job classifications for which I am fitted to choose the jobs to investigate. An important step. A chart in this book helped. Look types of work, basic requirements, related jobs. There were several types of work I almost fit into, but there was one in particular, photographer. Interest in photography, manual dexterity and artistic ability with some mechanical ability and social ability. Plenty of related jobs, too. Those were the jobs to investigate. But what kind of jobs are they? What have they got to do with photography? I began to think through everything that I wanted to know about these jobs. Question after question turned over in my mind. Questions about working conditions, pay, special training, and security. A blueprint photographers's work is steady, but is it artistic? A photo engraver needs real talent. Wonder what the pay is. How many years did he train for the job? A draftsman. Just what does he do? Every job that I thought about raised new questions, each one important to my future. My actual investigation began at school the next day when I stopped in to see the adviser of the school photography club. This is an important step. When the field is narrowed down, talk to someone who is actually doing the work, someone who has firsthand experience. He noticed what I'd done so far and offered some suggestions. First thing he did was give me some magazines, pamphlets, and trade journals. Almost every occupation has at least one publication of its own. Some have a great many. Then he suggested some books that might be available at the library. He named some places to write and more people to see. And he offered to help me arrange to visit some studios to find out about how you get started in photography. Boy, things were really rolling along for me. I could see that. The next chance I had, I went to the library. I found many books and magazine articles listed in the card catalog and reader guide. All the latest information on photography and related fields. All branches were covered. I was finding answers, but I still had more questions listed in my notebook. For example, type of work, portrait photographer. Question, what is the history of the job? My investigation notes were starting to shape up, but I needed even more information. I took the next step. I did some writing to schools, to companies, to photographers associations, to the government, asking for the information I needed. Then there were the interviews that had been arranged for me. I talked to some people actually working in the motion picture field. I learned a lot from them. For instance, moving picture cameraman jobs can be found only in a few places in the country. A draftsman's work doesn't involve working with people very much, mostly by yourself at a drawing board. Static printers work is more mechanic. A portrait photographers's work, well, it's mechanical, it's artistic, and you always work with people. That's where persuasion counts. I was getting somewhere. There were meetings of the camera club and they were a help too. Sometimes we had movies about different jobs related to photography. Movies that showed cameramen at work. I learned something I never thought of before. News photographers are always in a hurry. Well, the vocational planning book had helped me quite a bit. Helped me to make use of the facilities of my school, my community, and all the printed materials that helped me investigate vocations. When I returned to the guidance counselor, I felt as if I had come a long way. I even had a chance for a summer job at one of the places I visited. I was advised to try it as a part of my investigation. I decided to take the job. That's it. The story of how I happened to be on this summer job. It's part of my investigation of occupations. Next year, well, there is much more to find out. more jobs to investigate before deciding on my life's work. Do you have a plan for investigating vocations before you decide on your life's work? Um, yeah, beautiful Kodakchrome. Uh, we find them every once in a while. Um, and Cornet, they shot in Kodakchrome as as we've discovered in scanning a bunch of the uh raw materials and the outtakes. Uh, it's it's very pretty. Um, was the advice useful nowadays? Yeah, maybe. It's all about networking. It's all about getting it out there. Um, I think that's how I've been able to do what I do is it's all word of mouth. I don't really advertise online. All right. Uh, this next film is um, Bittersweet, made in the 70s. Um, oh, here here Greg, come here. >> Yeah. So, um, this is Greg Pierce, uh, from the Orgon Archive based in Pittsburgh, and he's wearing a very nice shirt. I like that shirt. >> It's true. I can't find one. There you go. >> So, we've relegated him to this, uh, scanner, and that's all he's doing is just scanning. Uh, so, uh, we pull the beautiful fruits from his labor and show them to you. And so, that's what we're watching today. Um, yeah. Don't know if it's any good or not, but >> it's fine. It's good. Uh, special report did not do very well. >> Yeah, I heard. >> But WD Richtor. >> Yeah, >> for all you WD Richtor fans out there. >> Yeah. Thanks. All right. So, anyways, this next film is another from the Oregon Archive. This is Teacher and Reflection. Enjoy. >> I've been teaching for 15 years, and I find that uh my classroom is much less structured now than it was when I first started teaching. I uh well as a result of the class meetings I think I listened to the needs of the children more. [Music] Go get it. [Applause] [Music] [Music] Good afternoon, boys and girls. >> Before we begin the topic we were going to continue from yesterday, we had a problem downstairs. Danetta, do you want to tell us what was bothering you, honey? Danetta came in new several days after the semester began and she was new to our school. She was new to our room and she was very unhappy and quite lonely and as a result she became very belligerent. But I hadn't noticed the extent to which she was isolated until the meetings began. >> At first when we got in line and Marvin just hit me for nothing and then and then then we had a whole fight and we almost made me mad. I about to lose my temper. She >> cuz I fight like my mama. I do fight like my mama. My mama for a while and I said well myself and I don't want to hurt him. So I just I just cool my temper down some. >> Not long yet. >> Did you ask him why he hit you, Danetta? >> No. >> Did she do anything to you? >> Speak. Honey, tell us what your reason was. >> Cuz he want to go up in line. >> He hit me first. So So I just I hit him back. He pushed me in. He pushed me cuz I wasn't even going yet. I told him I will go in the second. So I said I did too. >> Come up here my >> and show us exactly what happened then. >> I didn't like that. So, >> what was accomplished by acting out the fight? >> What I was trying to show the rest of the class is that this didn't accomplish very much. They're one pushing the other and the other pushing back. And I think I was just using that as an example for the other children to come up with some ideas of a better way of solving their problems. >> Yeah. What could you have done instead of pushing her? Could you have said something? >> What could you have done? >> Can you call on one of your friends maybe to help you? Kevin has an idea away. >> You don't get into trouble that way, but does it help you get rid of your anchor? >> All the boys used to get together and have a fight with each other. Somebody end up smiling, then other person start laughing, then everybody start laughing. >> Is that a good way to end a fight? If you smile at the other >> I had not realized I was doing that. I asked them the question, but I put the words into their mouths by my smile and my tone of voice. [Music] >> Do you think so? Somebody >> I'm gonna ask you to change seats with Alvin. Would you let me? Thank you. Now, >> okay. >> Oh, now I'd like to know, what do you like best about school? >> I know. I like >> All right, let's ask have Glenn answer. No, we'll come back to you in a minute. Yes. Subject. >> Math. >> Math and spelling. Math and spelling. >> Copy. >> Do you enjoy everything about math and spelling? every single thing. Wonderful. >> What don't you like about it? >> When it's hard, that's what it's for. >> Is it too hard for you? >> How many times do you find that it's too hard? >> A lot of times, >> actually, I it w I wasn't so much interested in what they like about school as what they dislike about school. So, my question led him to tell me what he knew I wanted to hear. Kevin, is there something you can do? If you come across a word that's too hard for you, what could you do? >> Who could you ask? You right now. When I'm with the reading group though, you can't ask me. And I'd like you to get help right away when you need it. So, whom do you ask? >> Okay. Jack. >> Good. Okay. How many of you do that? >> If you come across a word that's too hard for me. >> Good. Can you think of something that we could do as a class everybody? So that everyone would have a partner to ask. >> There's only one answer. We could all choose partners. I should have phrased that so that they could think a little more critically and come up with their own solution. >> Is John your partner? >> Yeah, I've got my own cell phone. My partner I could figure out some words. What do you think that we could do though as a class so that everybody would have somebody to ask? Is there something we >> ask everybody? >> See the smartest one in the class and ask me >> is smart in the class. >> John, >> how would you like since Kevin and John are partners, would you like to have a partner who could help you if you need help? collection. >> Okay, we're not going to uh choose our partners now. Let me just see how many would like to think about choosing partners. >> Okay. >> All right, put your hands down and at the next meeting, we'll decide who the partners are going to be. Okay. I came in with the idea of their choosing partners and I pursued the idea until they decided to choose partners. You see, I'm in a rut. I'm trying to get out of it. But uh these are the old lesson plans where you had to have the outcome right there on the paper. Very interesting. >> All right, that solves one of the problems. What that somebody doesn't like about spelling. Is there anything else you don't like about school that you want to talk about? >> I don't like to go to the school no more. >> Why? Because you had an argument with Mickey today >> and him. >> Who? Not you. No. >> Maybe we can settle your two problems, Danetta, so that you can want to come to school because we want you. >> She going to um give me give um she was going to sign me up to another school. The school that I used to be. >> Did you like that school better? >> Yeah. >> Did you not have any problems with people at the other school? >> No problem. >> At this school, look like I'm going to have a million problems. Well, what can we do so that Danetta won't have a million problems at our school? >> I don't got no friends to walk home with me. >> You walk home all by yourself? >> Why? >> All the kids go this way and I go straight. >> Which way do you go? >> Straight. >> I go straight. >> I go straight that way. >> All right. Is there anybody who would like to walk home with Danetta? Who goes home? Danetta's way. >> You go that way. Straight down 7th Avenue. >> Anywhere. >> We'll walk straight down 7th Avenue. Do you, Jay? Would you like to walk home with Danetta? >> Okay. So, you have somebody to walk home with. Okay. >> I think as a result of our class meetings, she began to realize that the children in our room were genuinely interested in helping her. And I think she began to feel that the children were really trying to be her friends. >> Okay. You be thinking about anything else about our class, our reading or our math or any subject or anything about our classroom that you would like to change and we'll discuss that at one of our next meetings. Okay. >> Any questions before you go back to your seat? Renault's group may go back and begin working quietly. >> You seeing yourself on film help? >> Oh, tremendously. Of course. I'll be more aware of what I've been doing in the past. >> I hope. And I'll just uh change my questions in order to encourage critical thinking on their part. I hope if I can do that, I'll have it made. >> I can't wait to come. >> My little girl. >> I can't wait till tomorrow. >> You're my little girl. Can I be your little girl? >> I'm a little girl. The next time you sit by me, okay, [Music] >> John, what's this? Nobody. [Music] Come on. >> Thank you. So those films from the 70s that have uh kids talking um actual kids talking is uh it's a soft spot for me because obviously I grew up in the 70s and that was what we would do sometimes is we would sit and talk and uh it's glorious. That fight at the beginning too on the playground was also really great. So, um, there's more films like this that I have, uh, from some from the 60s as well. Um, not so many in the 80s, though. It's kind of interesting. All right. Uh, let's see what's next. Um, we have lots of choices that we have to make. And are you choosing for happiness? Let's see. Um, this film is a little spicey, but uh, it's still pretty good. Enjoy. [Music] It still seemed late. Cousin E. Although I am 3 years older than she. I was just a lonely out sick for a long time. And then I go to college. This real campus seemed wonderful to me and it was such fun to Eve again. Naturally, she had to show me around and try to bring me up to date. It was mostly gossip about all the people I'd met through her lively letters. We lived in different dorms, but we got together at breakfast. Even at that hour of the didn't take long to get on to boys. Eve had been studying with them and going out with them for 3 years. I was amazed that she wasn't engaged by now. She was pretty ever. The number ones are good. Let's have two of those, please. Make my number three, if you don't mind. >> I don't see how you can eat so much so early in the morning. Are you on a diet by any chance? >> Of course I am. And you should be, too. Every morning, I exercise for 10 minutes. You can start right in tomorrow. >> Look, let's get this straight right now. You start and you exercise. I eat and I watch you exercise. But it's really as necessary for you as for everybody else. Oh, cut it out. >> I wondered why Eve and I seem different now. And I ended up by deciding that she was still the scent of Eve, full of life, but a little self-centered and a little apt to push people around. I liked her as much as ever, but I wasn't so easy to push anymore. I didn't feel I needed her advice. Still, I I didn't really resent it. Maybe it was that course in family relations last spring. I learned that it's a good idea to try to change yourself first if there has to be a change. Changing somebody else is practically impossible. I must admit, I was curious to know all about Eve. She was more than willing to talk. Tell me about the boys you've met. You were saying something always happened. Well, whenever I meet a boy, I start asking myself, is he right for me? And I don't know, Mary. I really don't know. There was one you wrote about. His name was Nick. Why did that fall through? That's just it, Mary. I don't know. I can't for the life of me figure out what happened. Take Alex for instance. She said, "I was down at Riley's one afternoon with a gang. I'd heard of him, but I'd never met him. He was a football star. I liked him and he liked me right from the start. We found plenty to talk about, and neither one of us could figure out how we'd been on the campus for two years without ever meeting before. He was lots of fun. We decided to spend the afternoon together. It turned out that was just the first of a whole slew of afternoons. He oh well just a little proud too that little me. Well, as I said, Eve went on. We saw quite a bit of each other. But after a few months, his popularity got annoying. We were never really alone. And he never stopped worrying about his appearance. Did his collar look better buttoned or unbuttoned? Well, I could have been wearing a little number by Dior and he wouldn't have noticed it. But if there was a new girl in the place, he was all eyes and smiles. It wouldn't make any difference what she looked like as long as she had some sering crack to make about how well he'd played on Saturday. I began to catch on that those forward passes could be used two ways. And finally, I had more than I could stand. And I told him exactly what I thought of him. He didn't take it as well as he took compliments. said I didn't appreciate the importance of his career. Career indeed. Who ever heard of a wolf with a career? And then there was Arthur. Arthur was different. Awfully nice, but awfully different. The gang called him the brain because he was such a whiz at math. And he was always ready to help a friend. You're different from other girls. >> That's what you think. >> You're smarter. You're home like a man. >> Oh, no. I'm very much the woman. >> I don't think of you that way at all. >> I don't get you at all. I know you think math is exciting, but you really ought to get yourself straightened out. You'd be surprised how many things are just as exciting as math. Now really, you don't think there's anything wrong with me? >> Oh, forget it. I've got to go now. We'll talk about it some other time. >> But there never was another time, said Eve. I was just another problem to him. And then there was Steve. Steve was Eve's boyfriend for a whole spring term. He was cute, she said, and really romantic. He had his own workshop for her. He made boats and things. Eve used to come by to pick him up after her classes were over. >> Come on, Steve. They're waiting for you. >> Oh, I don't know, Eve. Why can't we just hang around here for a while today? You can help me paint and we can listen to some good music. It'll be fun. >> Is that your idea of fun? I want to be with people. >> Oh, >> what's wrong with that, Steve? >> Nothing. >> Oh, come on. You'll have a good time. Hurry up and get on your shore. >> He never wanted to leave that old carpenter shop. I tried to get him out once in a while. Really, I did. >> You know, Eve, you can't make a man over like you do a room. >> But Mary, don't you see what Steve needs? >> Is not you, but somebody else. >> You know what? I bet you'd like him. say that's a terrific idea. Come on, we'll go over there right now. >> Right now? >> Sure. >> I thought it might be good to see some of these boys for myself. Besides, Steve sounded nice, and I thought I'd better begin to make some friends on the campus. Sure enough, we found him at the old stand, lost in thought and a pleasant job. It didn't take long to get the introductions over. Steve asked us in. [Music] It seemed like a nice place with a real atmosphere of its own, but evidently not one that Eve liked, especially. But Eve is like that, jumpy, full of energy. She never could sit still for long. [Music] I'm different. Like Steve, I find it relaxing to keep away from groups sometimes and work out my troubles with my hands. Steve and I got along well together. Though I could see he wondered how a friend of Eves could be like me. He'd been thinking there was something wrong with him because he couldn't dance to Eve's fidgety tune. As a matter of fact, Steve was not the boy for me either, even though I liked him a lot. It would be too much like spending time with a twin brother. We're too much alike. I told all this to Eve the next day when we had a riding date. It was Saturday and the classes were over at noon. >> Now you see what I mean, Mary. All these boys are nice in their own way. They all have something I like, but it's only one side of their character. But the something Eve liked about a boy can't be separated from the rest of his personality. I couldn't make her understand that, but I did stick my neck out a little way. >> I think it would do you a lot of good to meet someone you can't push around. You mean someone who pushes me around? >> No, I don't. I mean someone who's not afraid of you. >> That's just like John. He thinks he's tough. I can't stand the sight of him. >> You're sure about that, Eve? Well, here's what happened last week. We drove out to the country together. We had a wonderful time. I can't remember when I've had so much fun. I guess we just clicked. Then just as we were getting to know each other better, he says, "Let's go home." Was I mad? Here I was thinking he really cared and he does a thing like that. But why did he do it? Oh, well, you see, it wasn't his car. He promised his friend he'd be back with it before 6. >> Now look, Eve, you can stay if you want to. I'm not going to keep George waiting. >> So George is more important to you than I am. Is that it? >> That's not the point. George can do without the car for once. If you really cared about me, you'd stay. George or no George. >> You wouldn't want me to break a promise, would you? >> Why not? >> Well, I won't. I'm not going to let George down, even for you. You'll start sprouting wings if you don't watch out. >> Move over, boss. >> You're so inconsiderate. >> Look who's talking. Why someone ought to take you across his knee and give you a good spanking might make you more human. >> Maybe you're the one to do it. >> Maybe, but I doubt it. He sounds like the best of all. Are you serious? Why? You know you were wrong. >> How do you make that out? >> Well, just think about it for a second. What were you asking him to do? >> Prove that he liked me. What's wrong with that? >> That would never satisfy you. >> Why not? >> Well, that's not what you really wanted. >> Well, what was it then? You wanted him to do what you told him to do. That's what you always want, Eve. >> That's terrible. I thought I'd gone too far, but now that she knew what she was doing, she could decide for herself if she wanted to change. That's always the hard thing to learn. If any change is possible, it must be change in yourself. You have to take other people as they come, or else leave them alone. I started thinking about Eve's boys. They had the same problem. Steve liked Eve and he liked his hobby, too. But he couldn't have both. It would be easier to find a girl who liked staying at home. Well, Arthur probably needs some help in order to change. Alex had already solved his problem. A girl who isn't always competing with him for first place. She's not as attractive as Eve, but she thinks it's wonderful that he's so wonderful. She's right for him. And John, boy meets girl, boy loses girl. Boy knows what he wants and on what terms. This girl doesn't know yet, but she's doing her best to find out. Every little experience, even the unpleasant ones, helps me know a little more about myself. And that's the first step. There are some things about me that I can't change. And those are the things that some man will have to live with the rest of his life. So, I'll pick him with those things in mind. I hope he'll do the same for me. We'll have to stay friends for a long, long time. [Music] So, these films were made to try to foster better coupling with people. Um, after World War II, the divorce rate spiked in the United States because people were getting married when they really shouldn't have been. And so, this film is trying to address that and try to talk about, you know, surprisingly from a woman standpoint of like who's a a decent mate. Um, and so it is it seems very uh patriarchal and conservative, but it's actually progressive considering what was going on at the time. Um, you know, some women didn't really get a choice. They were kind of who they ended up with. Uh, and so this is kind of interesting to see. All right. Um, this next film is from the National Film Board of Canada and uh it teaches us that fitness is a family affair. Enjoy. [Music] This is a street in a Canadian town become a convenient even though unsafe and illegal playground. But that's because to the youngsters it's their street. Most of the families have lived here a long time. They know each other fairly well and exchange casual visits now and then. They've all the makings of a community, but somehow they've never really started working at it. [Music] Take Ed Logan and Sam Jones for instance. Been neighbors for 10 years or more, worked together for the last three, but in temperament they're completely different. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Now, maybe Ed didn't start out like this, but he's certainly no ray of sunshine. At his job, he's tops. But at home, he seems to get worse every day. [Music] His grouchiness is infectious, and the whole family has come down with it. People say the Logans just can't seem to get along. Problem is, they don't really try. They're all so busy with their own affairs, they never think of anyone else. [Music] The youngsters are just as bad. Bolt supper, then off to goodness knows where. [Music] Cooperation is an unknown element in this household. [Music] Every night the same thing. Children out till hours. Ed snoozing his life away. As a family, the Logans have drifted apart. As individuals, they are lonely and feel not wanted. Now, Sam is different. Cheerful and full of fun. It shows in his family, too. There's a feeling of warmth and understanding in his home. Hard to pin it down to anything definite. Just a lot of little things. [Music] Sam's family started out right. They work together at running their home, each doing a fair share. Of course, even the best of us has an off day now and then. This family's cooperation pays off by keeping alive a spirit of mutual helpfulness. [Music] They all have hobbies or a leisure activity of some sort and are really interested in one another's work. Of course, they have their differences now and then, but as a family, they're a going concern. They take their fun together as a matter of course. It's spontaneous and draws the other youngsters like a magnet, particularly ones like Ed Logan's boy, who has never seen anything like this in his family. [Music] When Sam decided to build a rumpus room in the basement, he had no idea how popular it would It wasn't long before half the children on the street were playing there. They learned to play together and share one another's games. Mrs. Logan began to wonder at the change in her son. Without themselves realizing it, they developed a team spirit and made their parents sit up and take notice. [Music] With the older ones, it started by Marilyn and Bob inviting their friends over for an evening's fun. In a few weeks, the Rumpus Room developed into a real teenager's rendevo. They organized weekly fun nights and began to plan further activities. They wanted a workshop and could raise the money to equip it. But where to have it was a problem. Someone suggested Ed Logan's empty garage, but his son wasn't so sure. Knowing his father as he did, there didn't seem to be much hope of any cooperation there. But he said he'd ask about it. The going was tough, but he finally coaxed his father into the garage. Unused except for storage, it could be made over with little difficulty. [Music] Hard to believe perhaps, but underneath Ed's really okay. He's just been off on the wrong foot too long. His son felt if he could sell his father the idea, the rest would be simple. [Music] [Applause] [Music] The enthusiasm didn't take long to spread, and soon the grown-ups wanted to get in on the plan. Something new had hit the street. Team spirit, you might call it. Getting things done by cooperation. It wasn't long before Ed was drawn into it in spite of himself. Influenced by Ed's new attitude, Mrs. Logan began to be more cheerful, even daring to joke with him about missing his usual nap. [Music] [Applause] [Music] At first, the women were a little jealous of the new project. The men seemed to be having such a good time. They began to feel they should get busy, too. Working together, they found themselves looking forward to each other's company and the exchange of ideas. Their sense of social consciousness deepened and with this came a new feeling, satisfaction through giving and not just receiving. It surprised them to find the number of tastes they had always shared in common. Out of this understanding, new ideas began to develop. Through [Music] the local film library, they borrowed films on community activities, particularly on recreation. They discovered that many communities in various parts of the country already have wellestablished recreation programs. Schools, church, basement, town halls, as well as vacant factories and warehouses assume new duties and become community centers. Local councils give advice and funds for recreation can contribute much to the physical, mental and spiritual health of the community. With proper guidance, they began to plan bigger and better things for the neighborhood. They were getting to know one another, getting to know their groups and how to meet them as a group. They found they weren't just individuals, but important persons in a small community. A backyard nursery was their first major effort. Mothers took turns at looking after the children. This gave them time to spend on projects for which they had never found time before. [Music] A nursery school for children of the whole district was the next development. Using a room in the school and equipment made over in the workshop, they soon had it operating satisfactory. The children were encouraged to develop their natural talents and more important they learned to play together, sharing one another's toys. The parents obtained a better understanding of the patterns of child behavior. News of their progress was watched with interest by others outside of the neighborhood. [Applause] It wasn't long before the whole town was talking of the success of their efforts. Of that success, there was never any doubt. Through recreation, they have found an outlet for their creative abilities and for carefree enjoyment that satisfies both individual and group interests. [Music] It may be the dead of winter, but there is a warmth about the street that wasn't there before. Now, when neighbors meet, they come together with goodwill and friendliness. They're a family. Each family, one of a group, a real community. They're learning that their town can be what they want to make it. Their community something for everyone to enjoy. [Music] So that's surprising. I was expecting physical fitness, not uh social fitness. That's really um a great film. Uh and yes, 16 millimeter films. They that's how they got kids interested in going. I love it. Um of course, they were all National Film Board of Canada films, so you know, they're probably films about dental hygiene and about uh logging and stuff like that. I don't know. No, there's probably some good ones in there. Uh, so, um, I had mentioned that over the weekend I had done the bastard film encounter and I've been showing some bingo cards, uh, bingo cards where I would bring up once I got the number ping pong ball from my bingo blower. Then I would pull up a card and then talk about it. So, here's an example. Uh, N35 Facebook Jive. So, I maintained the Bastard Film Encounter page and at some point I got an a message from Facebook saying the page Bastard Film Encounter goes against our page policy due to the profanity. It must be changed by and so I tried to click on that message and it never brought anything up. And I got it a couple of times and I was like, "All right, whatever." So, I changed the name of it to bastard uh with an erd and then that took care of the problem. But it's so annoying because there were I was looking and there were hundreds of uh pages that had the word bastard in it. So, I'm not sure who complained or what the deal was, but Facebook is garbage. It's such garbage. I mean, I share stuff on there and um you know, I celebrate people's birthdays on there and stuff, but it doesn't make any sense. Okay. Uh so, I think we're going to probably wrap up a little early today. Um but I did want to share this, of course. Uh this is another uh bingo card that I showed yesterday, and it's a reminder uh to please rewind and to love each other. Uh that is something that I think is pretty important uh is to celebrate our community and that's what this last film was about is is celebrating and getting involved with your community. And that's one of the things that's good about social media is that community can extend beyond our borders and time zones. 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