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The Childhood Years

The Children Must Learn
This film is an authentic record of real people, living their usual lives. It documents one of several experiments carried on by various state universities -- experiments sponsored by the alfred p. Sloan foundation inc. -- to discover what schools can do to raise the level of living in the communities they serve.
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Education is Good Business
Contrasts a community in which business and industry support their schools with another where they do not. Shows how education influences the standard of living in a community. Producer: general pictures productions. Sponsor: u.s. Chamber of commerce. Year: 1947. Length: 00:09:26. Audio: mono. Color.
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The Sixth Chair

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Problems of underfunded and outdated schools. Highlights such problems in education as building construction and modernization, class size, more teachers and up-to-date educational tools. Portrays dangers of public complacency toward education. Producer: jam handy organization. Sponsor: national school service institute.
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Martinez, California Scenes
Scenes shot in martinez, contra costa county, california, on san pablo bay, apparently in the late 1920s. Images include: pans over the waterfront; workers at the bay specialty company; the erection of the american plywood factory; white-collar men exiting a meeting, greeting the camera and tipping their hats; workers at the martinez steam laundry posing; and more.
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