Life Begins

Emphasizes the need for a better understanding of the laws governing the infant's mental and physical growth, so that a happier social order can be developed. Similarities, differences, and characteristic ways in which infants react to standardized test situations are shown, as are their everyday life and social reactions to the family group. Discusses the education and mental hygiene of infants and the obligation of science, home, and society to promote the infant's welfare., Emphasizes the need for a better understanding of the laws governing the infant's mental and physical growth, so that a happier social order can be developed. Similarities, differences, and characteristic ways in which infants react to standardized test situations are shown, as are their everyday life and social reactions to the family group. Discusses the education and mental hygiene of infants and the obligation of science, home, and society to promote the infant's welfare. Provides a condensation of the individual films in the series and an overview of Dr. Arnold Gesell's work at the Yale Clinic of Child Development. Stresses the need for infant hygiene and treats many phases of infant behavior. Dr. Gesell introduces and concludes the film.; From Educational Film Catalog (1939); Culmination of 24 years of clinical practice and of research on problems of infancy at the Yale clinic of child development under the direction of Dr Arnold Gesell; Dr. Gesell directs attention to the need for a better understanding of the laws governing the infants mental and physical growth, so that a happier social order may be developed. He proceeds to interpret the similarities, differences and characteristic ways in which infants react to standardized test situations, their everyday life, including sleeping, waking, dressing, bath, their plays and games, learning and emotional behavior, and social reactions to the family group... Concludes with... comments... relative to the education and mental hygiene of infants and the obligation of science, home, school and society to promote the infant's welfare by periodical health examinations, and supervision of his mental growth." ProducerNOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.