This is a unique DVD compilation of historic Thanksgiving films from the 1950s. Enjoy both of these rare gems of cinema history on this DVD compilation. You cant find this DVD anywhere else!

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Dining Together

Length: 10 Minutes | Produced:1951

Dining Together, a film about teaching children dinner etiquette, is a powerful example of social conformity and what a traditional American family is supposed to resemble. Gender roles are clearly defined: mom cooks, dad carves. As this typical American family works on dinner table etiquette at Thanksgiving, the children are also indoctrinated into American family traditions as well as social influence and conformity. Family social values are laid down hard with a smile that exemplifies conformity for a Cold War American family.

A Day of Thanksgiving

Length: 13 Minutes | Produced:1951

This touching vintage film begins in the living room of the Johnsons, the classic 1950s nuclear family. The household, however, is suffering hardships and can no longer afford to provide the typical Thanksgiving feast that their children are accustomed to. But with heavy emphasis on patriotic themes, the parents try to make their children appreciate the things they have. For instance: the right to suffrage, their family, and the luxuries that living in America provides them. Eventually, the children begin to realize that they do have much to be grateful for and they all enjoy the humble meal together. Uncommon for a patriotic film in the 1950s, the point of the film is not the accumulation of wealth but the appreciation of what one has.