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Disc 1
Health - Psychology
18-DVD Box Set
Disc 1: Child Psychiatry & Infant Psychology
Film (1952)
  
  
  
   
Brief Synopsis of DVD: This is a very interesting look at child
psychiatry & psychology in the early 1950s. Pediatrics and infant medical
practices have evolved dramatically in the 55 years since this film was
produced. Watch this rare DVD edition and catch an awesome glimpse of the
history of psychiatric research and pediatric theory.
Title #1:
Psychogenic Disease in Infancy
Production Date:1952 Running Time: 20 minutes Brief Description:
This piece from the NYU Film Library, subtitled "An Attempt at Their
Classification," is a collection of footage of infants with various
psychological & emotional problems. The video is silent with titles and mostly
consists of babies being observed in their cribs. There is also some
breastfeeding footage.
Disc 2: Children's Activity Group Therapy Film
(1950's)
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: One of the first reality films ever
created, this documentary was filmed with hidden cameras and microphones. A
group of 10 and 11 year old boys who are socially abnormal a brought together
for a group therapy session with a physiologist. The film was made as a
training film for physiologists about how to treat young adolescent boys who are
"at risk". A rare and fascinating look at the mental health field in the 50's.
A wonderful timepiece.
Title #1:
Activity Group Therapy
Production Date:
1950 Running Time: 50 minutes Brief Description:
Four part documentary about mental health of
young boys.
Disc 3-4: Military Psychology Films
(1945-1958)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Military Psychology
Title #1:
Management of Mass Casualties Production Date:
1958 Running Time:
23
minutes Brief Description:
Footage of soldiers looking very distressed and suffering from shock and
trauma.
Title #2:
Psychological Operations 1 and 2 Production Date:
1950s Running Time:
20
minutes
Title #3:
Preventive Psychiatry Production Date:
19?? Running Time:
15
minutes
Title #4:
Combat
Fatigue Production Date:
1945 Running Time:
16
minutes
Title #5:
Moral
Leadership Production Date:
1963 Running Time:
22
minutes Brief Description:
Moral dilemmas
of a Soldier.
Title #6:
Shades of Gray Production Date:
1954 Running Time: 12 minutes
Disc 5: Teen Social Psychology & Troubled Youth
Films (1951 - 1962)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
124 Minutes of classic Social Guidance Films!
Title #1: The Bully Production Date:
1952 Running Time:
11 minutes Brief Description:
A young and confused adolescent thinks that taking things by force and extortion
is the right way to get what he wants. His peers find a way to foil his bully
ways and the aggressive young man learns a little something about life and how
to treat people.
Title #2: The Dropout Production Date:
1962 Running Time:
28 minutes Brief Description:
This is a pretty good film about the myriad of reasons why young people drop out
of public schools before graduating. Most of the social situations still seem
realistic, even 40 years later. This film was shot in Los Angeles.
Title #3: The Good Loser Production Date:
1953 Running Time:
13 minutes Brief Description:
When you're used to winning everything, it comes as a shock to the system when
someone else beats you! Young Ray learns this lesson when he is defeated by a
girl, after he helped her prepare for the competition.
Title #4: The Gossip Production Date:
1953 Running Time:
11 minutes Brief Description:
A young woman rejects the advances of a male classmate on a weekend date. The
next day at school, the young man spreads false rumors about "what happened" on
the date, and the young woman is victimized and terrorized by fellow classmates
until she has to drop out of school. Gossip spreads like wildfire in this Sid
Davis 1953 classic!
Title #5:
The Outsider Production Date:
1951 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
Sometimes we only feel like an outsider when we aren't. Sometimes we are an
outsider but could change our social behaviors to become less of an outsider and
gain more acceptance by our peers. Follow the journey of one young woman as she
discovers these truths of painful adolescent emotional reality.
Title #6:
The Procrastinator Production Date:
1952 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
Jean is handed a lot of responsibility in her extra-curricular activities at
school, but when she fails to plan ahead and manage her time wisely, she can't
pull off what she was supposed to and her friends get mighty upset with her. She
learns a valuable lesson in time management and procrastination in this film.
Title #7:
The Show Off Production Date:
1954 Running Time:
11 minute Brief Description:
The pranksters and show-offs in this classroom have taken over, and no one is
stopping them. Poor behavior like this reflects on the entire class, and the
class clown is silenced with the right methods of social guidance.
Title #8: The Snob Production Date:
1958 Running Time:
14 minute Brief Description:
One of the girls at this high school is branded by practically everyone (even
her parents?) as a "snob" who thinks she is too good for everybody. This film
shows that she wasn't being snobbish, but rather, the social interactions
between her and others are just a little off-kilter.
Title #9:
The Troublemakers Production Date:
1959 Running Time:
12 minute Brief Description:
Some people just feel the need to start trouble, make up rumors and talk smack
about others in order to get ahead or make themselves look or feel better. This
film examines just why and how the process takes place in the mind of a troubled
teen.
Disc 6: Human Psychology Experiments & Research
Films (1940s)
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
This unique DVD features three feature films from the 1940s, each one showing a
different angle of psychological testing on both adults and children. Over 100+
minutes of rare human psychology films!
Title #1: Growth Study of Johnny and Jimmy Production Date:
1940 Running Time: 21 minutes Brief Description:
This 39 minute film documents the changing
physical and psychological development in two babies. Watching the two people
change over time is interesting, as differences in motor skills, metal
development and personality become visible quite soon.
Title #2: Judging Emotional Behavior
Production Date:
1940 Running Time:
23 minutes Brief Description:
Watch this interesting study of human behavior
when two people are told a story and their reactions to the story are taped.
Just the reactions are shown and then the reactions are replayed with the story
audible. How did your perception of their reactions change after hearing the
story?
Title #3: Experimental Studies in the Social Climates of
Groups
Production Date:
1940 Running Time: 41 minutes Brief Description:
Three groups of children are formed into groups
with each group assigned an adult leader with an authoritarian, hands-off or
democratic style of leading. Each group of kids responds much differently to
each new type of leader, showing us the important influence of leaders in social
behavior.
Disc 7-9: Adolescent Psychology Films
(1946 - 1962)
  
  
 
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
229 minutes of vintage adolescent psychology films on 3 DVDs you cant find
this special educational videos collection anywhere else! These films were
released from 1946-1962.
Title #1:
Age 13 Production Date: 1955 Running Time: 27 minutes Brief Description:
This is a
beautiful, dark film by Sid Davis that shows the downward spiral of a young 13
year old boy after the death of his mother. One of the best educational dramas
of the 1950s!
Title #2: Age of Turmoil Production Date:
1953 Running Time:
19 minutes Brief Description:
Aimed perhaps more at parents than teenagers, this films shows what six
different teens do during their day while explaining the how and why of their
actions in regards to their changing adolescent world.
Title #3:
Discipline During Adolescence Production Date:
1958 Running Time:
17 minutes Brief Description:
Showing multiple ways to parent, this film follows
a fathers choice of punishment for a rebellious son and also a mothers choice.
In the end, neither options seem to work very well. Which way would you choose?
Title #4: Boy with a Knife Production Date: 1956 Running Time:
20 minutes Brief Description:
A young boy with a troubled home life uses a
knife to gain control over his environment and the people around him. Chuck
Connors, a social worker with an awesome car, helps him find and understand the
better path.
Title #5: Cheating Production Date:
1946 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
John Taylor is caught cheating when he struggle with his math studies and gets
"extra" help from his friend Mary. His classmates verbal abuse him as he learns
the consequences of cheating are harsh in this off the wall classic.
Title #6:Am
I Trustworthy Production Date:
1965 Running Time:
11 minutes Brief Description:
Young Johnny, who feel left out because he wasn't
elected treasurer, learns an important lesson about being trustworthy.
Title #7:
Understanding Your Ideals P
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