How young children must behave to avoid transmitting germs to one another.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: Coronet Instructional Films
Sponsor: N/A
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keywords: Health and hygiene

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: ERD - - May 13, 2006
Subject: Dated mediocre instructional film for children
This film is now very dated. Spitting into the toilet bowl is nonsense. Some of the facts, however were good for the time. Acting is stilted, overall production is fair.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - September 12, 2003
Subject: Now you know what that white goo is in the toilet!
Very strange and dated film which gives kids ways on how to avoid a cold. Using vwey badly acting kids (at least the kids are better actors then the ADULTS!) the film follows Joan, and his brother, on a typical day. As you can probably tell, Joan is smart, her brother is not. After Joans Mother decides that her kids need to wear snowsuits (!!) on a perfectly nice but chilly day, the kids are off to school. Joan avoids the puddles. Her brother doesn't. Her brother takes a bite from someone else's food, Joan does not.. and so it goes. Pretty soon, when they are in school, Joan's brother's head is bobbing up and down in some indication I guess that he is sneezing. His teacher notices that his feet are wet as well. Off to the Nurses you go! After a thermometer check and discovering his feet are wet (a sure sign, apparently) his nurse who has a GREAT sign in her office that says "Bodies, like buildings, should keep erect" and determines that Joan's bro IS sick. Joan's mom then takes appropiate action. Makes sure he has a separate towel from everyone, boiling his dishes after he eats (!!) and making sure everyone spits into the toilet (why??). Strange and ancient fun from our pals at Coronet. Higjly reccomended!

Shotlist

Many provisos which must be followed if young children are not to transmit germs to one another.
doctors; never share another's food; schoolroom; examination; school nurse;
really bad acting; children washing; cod liver oil; boiling dishes; sleeping;
odd shot: child spitting toothpaste into the toilet [rather than the bathroom sink]




08:05:07
Joan (little girl) checks thermometer in window and dresses in a snowsuit for school
08:05:21
Jim (little boy) dresses warmly. Mom gives them a supply of tissues and sends them to school.
08:05:53
Children walking to school. One eats an apple. Boy asks girl for a tissue.
08:06:15
Little boy splashes in puddle.
08:06:22
Grade school classroom with children and teacher.
08:06:33
CU large thermometer with hands pointing to 40 degrees. Children look at large thermometer.
08:06:41
Little girl hold rag doll.
08:06:53
Little boy sneezes.
08:07:05
Woman blows feather across classroom.
08:07:10
Little girl with apple in her lap
08:07:23
Teacher shows little boy how to blow her nose.
08:07:35
School nurse examines grade school children. Examines throat, takes temperature, and calls boy's mother.
08:09:39
Two women behind desk examine a chart.
08:10:15
Grade school children in washroom and coat closet
08:10:22
Little boy checks thermometer and records temperature on a chart
08:11:13
Woman puts towels on bathroom rack
08:11:30
Little girl stands on box to reach sink in bathroom
08:11:42
Little girl brushes teeth and spits into a cup.
08:11:50
Mother gives little girl a spoonful of cod liver oil
08:12:20
Mother at breakfast table examines little boy
08:13:17
Little girl washes hands
08:13:45
School children dressed up in Dutch costumes
08:14:08
Little boy sick in bed
08:14:30
Little children in dutch costumes do folk dances.
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