School Libraries in Action (1961)
1961 · Ephemeral film · 16 min
- Action
Synopsis
Line of children (junior-high-age) entering classroom. Librarians in planning meeting, all women. Kids in front of library display board "Books Away!", showing books attached to little parachutes. Librarian reading aloud to kids Older children making puppets and Viking helmets with horns. Pan over kids listening Some African American kids in all-Black school library -- scenes highly underexposed (could rexfer) Kids rubberstamping books out Black students in library Black girl putting library book back in shelf in the "398 Folklore" section Kids learning library skills, signing out books, etc. Boy and girl picking out filmstrips (in little cans) from racks and planning their delivery to classrooms, using a plan of the school Lilttle boy pulling open card catalog drawer
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- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Wow - Technology Sure Has Changed Access to Info · FrankieTarwater · 2021-11-02
This film is a great reminder of just how much easier it is to access information now. The film is charming and I suspect many of the kids and teachers that appear were wearing their Sunday best. Rather happily surprised that Black kids were included in several scenes. It is evident from this production that NC schools remained segregated in 1961. As a product of the NC school system (1976-1988), I can attest that the equipment and furnishings in our school libraries (as shown here) were built like tanks and were still in use decades later.