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A/V Geeks and Kino International team up to present two new DVDs! They can’t currently be ordered from the A/V Geeks site yet, but can be purchased online from your favorite DVD site..

how_to_be_a_manHow To Be A Man

For centuries, parents have struggled to usher their children through the magical, often treacherous, journey to adulthood. But in mid-century America, a new form of tutelage was engineered: the classroom film. Suddenly, the prickly issues of sexual development and juvenile delinquency could be addressed in tidy, ten-minute sermons disguised as dramas. To deal with the subtleties of behavior and the importance of fitting in, social guidance films were made on such topics as coping with failure (Planning For Success) and teasing (The Other Fellow’s Feelings). The films in this collection-curated and introduced by Skip Elsheimer, founder of the A/V Geeks educational film archive sample some of the lessons that were routinely taught to boys. In them, one sees slices of Americana, discovers the world of educational cinema (with a language all its own), and gains an insight into the hopes and fears of the parents and educators who relied on the power of cinema to initiate, educate and indoctrinate the young.

how_to_be_a_womanHow To Be A Woman

As the daughters of the baby boom reached adolescence, the American school system struggled to educate them on matters of sexual and social development lessons that were not always being taught at home. To the teacher uncomfortable with such topics, classroom films were a godsend. They depicted the reproductive system in anatomical detail (Growing Girls) or through puzzling symbolism (The Wonders of Reproduction, produced by the Moody Institute of Science). Beyond sex education, classroom films addressed a wide array of social issues, from the importance of cooking skills (You’re the Judge, starring a young Bonnie Franklin), to self-defense (Attack) and how to appear more pleasing to others (Improve Your Personality). Often corny, sometimes frightening, these cinematic life lessons curated and introduced by Skip Elsheimer, founder of the A/V Geeks educational film archive provide a fascinating window to the hopes and fears of parents and educators in mid-century America.

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Churchill – Wexler Films, 10 min 45 sec Shows how a gold-mantled ground squirrel at Crater Lake National Park has learned to solve problems connected with getting food. Illustrates how an animal can learn to find food that is hidden from view or out of reach.

This is one of the AV Geeks favorite films, mostly because Squeak is somewhat of a working class hero who, inspite of what obstacles “the Man” puts in his way, always perseveres.

This film is available on the Those Naughty Animals DVD-R


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Our animated hero questions his sanity after blowing his top and driving his car into a police station.

This film is available on the Angry Night DVD


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Only $10 each. Click on the images below to order.

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From The Archive

Good Health Practices, Part I (1953)

The makers of ‘“Soapy the Germ Fighter‘” are back to teach other things to keep us healthy. Young Jim and Judy learn about proper eating, keeping clean, proper rest and good toilet habits. The enthusiastic narrator reminds us not to be “bashful or silly about bathroom habits” and that we should “go” whenever we feel like it.

This film is available on the Educational Archives Volume 8: Social Engineering 201 DVD


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From The Archive

The Bike (1968)

Two boys take a friend’s awesome, new bike without permission and break it.

This film is available on Those Naughty Boys DVD-R


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From The Archive

Atomic Age Classics Vol 6 : Love & Marriage DVD

The films on this DVD were created as cautionary tales so couples could look at their own relationships and, hopefully, avoid taking a plunge into truly awful marriages. Films include – Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence, How Do You Know It’s Love?, Are You Ready For Marriage?, Marriage Is A Partnership, Should I Marry Outside My Faith?


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From The Archive

Your Government: Friend or Foe?

Classic postwar films about the government and how we have to be wary of its power. Films include – Despotism, How To Lose What We Have, Powers of Congress, Among Your Souvenirs and It’s Your America.

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From The Archive

Those Naughty Animals

Animals acting badly. Films include – Hoppy the
Bunny, Skipper Learns a Lesson,
Squeak the Squirrel
and more.

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From The Archive

That Damned Metric System!

that_damned_metric_system_dvdThe A/V Geeks present films made during the late 1970s push for the nation to adopt the metric system of measurement. Gee, it seem so easy to learn compared to the English system. Hmmm, wonder why it was dropped in the 1980s? Films include – Metric America, the rarely seen Schoolhouse Rock metric system shorts and much more!

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