Let's Be Good Citizens at School (1953)
1953 · Ephemeral film · 8 min
Synopsis
Shows the importance of being neat and careful and of helping in such ways as picking up another's coat and making a new child feel he belongs to the group.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Released
- 1953-01-01
- Running time
- 8 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Social guidance
- Social guidance: Etiquette
- Citizenship
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Let's be conformist! · Spuzz · 2003-09-24
A group of bad acting students show us all of how they've been brainwashed by the school teacher to pick up after themselves, obey the rules and generally help their fellow students. Who ARE these kids? As I said, these kids are NOT the best actors in the worldm some of it turns out quite funny.
★★★ · Just perfect? · jafran · 2005-09-13
Perfect little boys and girls, perfect little school, perfect little 1950's world. Perfectly unreal! Funny to watch in today's times.
★★★ · More Etiquette Than Citizenry · Dodsworth the Cat · 2025-10-28
This film has an odd concept of being a good citizen, other than usual indoctrination pledge at the beginning of the school day, or picking up litter. It never explains why being on time to school, or being careful and neat, makes you a good citizen. We just have to accept that. There are some basic lessons in courtesy for the young ones watching this, and a nice example at the end of accepting newcomers that are different than you.
