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- After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.
- A cautionary training film for those who operate and repair heavy equipment. Vignettes show men taking short cuts in their work, doing things they aren't trained for, neglecting to warn a less-experienced worker, using the wrong tool or a tool that's in disrepair, ignoring proper safety practices, trying to appear macho in front of fellow workers, thinking their reflexes are quicker than they are, working while distracted, and generally putting themselves and others at risk. The film is punctuated by the song, "Shake Hands with Danger," the story of Three-Finger Joe. Filmed using Caterpillar equipment.
- A teen drops out of a gang when they mug his father for his pencil.
- A student suffers the consequences of cheating.
- Don and Nicky journey to the big city one night, and pick up two trashy girls who smoke cigarettes and--even worse--wear eye makeup, so naturally they have sex. The next night Don, newly un-virginized, persuades his girlfriend Betty to have sex with him, too. Soon Don and Nicky discover that they have sores and itching "down there", and Don goes to see the school doctor. He is told that he has syphilis, and to tell Betty and have her get examined. It turns out she has syphilis, too. Can their disease, caused by Don's outrageous behavior--which, as the doctor sternly notes, "is condemned by society"--be successfully treated in time?
- Cindy, a 12-year-old tomboy, is devastated when she learns that she hasn't been invited to a neighborhood birthday party. That night in bed, her fairy godmother visits her, tells her enough with this tomboy baloney, gives her a frilly new party dress and some rules on how proper young girls are to behave at parties.
- Sarah, a pretty young high school student, doesn't want to associate with the other students at school, preferring to spend her time at home by herself, doing homework, etc. The other kids think she's a snob because of her behavior, but a fellow student's mother convinces them that all she really needs is for people to be friends with.
- A Primer for sensible food shopping and understanding the complicated food gradings.
- The life and legacy of Leo Beuerman. A disabled and disfigured man living in Lawrence in the 1950s and '60s.
- Calvin the elf is always getting into mischief. One Christmas Eve, Calvin stows away on Santa's sleigh and winds up in the possession of a little girl named Kim. Her brothers kidnap him, putting him aboard a remote-controlled toy airplane. Santa travels incognito in order to rescue Calvin, and return him to the North Pole.
- Pretty, bright high school student Jean is in no hurry to start her homework--not when she has comic books and the radio to keep her occupied. Her mother is tired of Jean's procrastination.
- The film provides insight into the public health efforts to combat the spread of syphilis. The infection has gotten out of control in a small town where local health officials seek assistance from the state health department. Help comes in the form of a health representative who interviews young people who are infected in order to identify others who are at risk of being infected. He then attempts to notify those exposed so that they can obtain testing and treatment. Though techniques have been refined and modified, this public health strategy is still utilized by health departments today for a variety of infections.
- Susan, a pretty high school student, has everything going for her--except popularity. She can't figure out why she is so "out of step" with the rest of the crowd. How can she fit in?
- High school student Mel spreads rumors and gossip about others, trying to turn them against each other. He may learn the error of is ways when he turns his verbal attacks on the beloved football quarterback in front of the loyal students.
- Cook School in Flint, Michigan is in trouble. All the students are getting killed, arrested, yelled at and injured because after-school activity facilities are always closed. Finally, the school wises up and soon there is no more chaos.
- The dramatized story of a young high school teacher who is falsely accused of communist sympathies is used to demonstrate how baseless accusations can foster the spread of suspicion throughout a community, thus causing insidious and lasting damage.
- Documentary safety short on both the importance of heeding signal warnings on the proper maintenance of machinery on construction sites and the equal importance of following the correct instructions on the operating of heavy equipment.
- The high school press club is awaiting the teacher's decision about the new editor-in-chief. As they wait, they make mental judgements about other students. The film ends with discussion questions.
- A young Eastern couple fall heir to a Kansas farm, on which they must reside for a certain time in order to qualify for inheritance. Their visits to well over a hundred scenic and historical points of Kansas lead the couple to permanent residence there.
- An animated bike named Ike explains the safety hazards of bikes, chanting "I like bikes" as he moves through various settings, then following live-action bike riders. One falls over in the street and is nearly hit by Lisa's parents. Ike then narrates Lisa's interest in bikes through to her teenage years when she gets a car to see if she can be attentive now that she's not using hers as much.
- Mary Wilkens, an elderly, retired woman, begins to feel ill and consults a Dr. Forrest Jacksburg, whose unusual healing methods that don't seem to help Mary at all make Mary's husband Fred suspicious. Fred goes to Dr. Jim Stewart for help, and they write to the American Medical Association to get any information on Dr. Jacksburg. The AMA uses its advanced research skills, looking through their files of all medical doctors in the U.S. and Canada. It soon becomes clear that Dr. Jacksburg is a medical quack whose license was already revoked once in the state, and once Mary testifies against him in court, Dr. Jacksburg's clinic is closed and a warrant is put out for his arrest.
- Judy, a pretty young high-school student, is being constantly teased and tormented by Jack, a class-mate. It seems that Judy accidentally dropped a bottle of perfume near Jack, and now he won't let up on calling her "Stinky" and making remarks about how she "smells". Judy is being slowly driven nuts by Jack's relentless torturing of her, until one day she finally snaps.
- Betty Ann, a perky high school student, is friends with George, a dour sort who is always complaining about life. Betty Ann's friends can't see how she can hang with a "wet blanket" like George, and eventually Betty finds herself more and more taking on George's attitude.
- Jean, an outgoing high school student, has been nominated for the presidency of the Pep Club. However, Laura, her best friend, has turnedf against Jean, and it's all because of the evil Frieda, who has been spreading lies and gossip about Jean and has gotten Laura to believe her.
- Barbara and her family move into a new neighborhood, and Barbara tries to make friends with her new neighbors. However, soon she realizes that no one wants anything to do with her. She can't understand why, until one day she overhears two of the local girls talking about Barbara's problem: she had bad manners!
- Larry, an obnoxous, ill-mannered little brat, is given detention after school and has to clean the chalkboard. However, instead of cleaning the chalkboard, he draws a cartoon-like character--which comes to life and convinces him that all of his problem result from the fact that he is a spoiled, nasty mannered little twerp. Larry vows to change his ways and become a good student.
- Chuck is the local high school bully, a big, strong kid who always picks on the smaller, weaker ones. He plans to raise hell at the class picnic, but one of his gang leaks his plans to the other kids, who have to decide what to do about him.
- Sisters Janice and Carol are trying to decide which classes to take next semester. Janice wants to take home economics, which leaves Carol stunned. "Why home ec?" she asks. Carol proceeds to take her to Miss Jenkins, the home ec teacher, who explains the virtues of learning cooking, sewing, and shopping ("present-day textiles cannot be judged with confidence just by casual examination"). Janice is convinced that her choice is the right one.
- Ray, a high school student, is one of those people who wins at everything. He enters a speaking contest, and magnanimously decides to gave a few tips to Marilyn, a young girl who has also entered the contest. To Roy's surprise--and anger--Marilyn cleans Roy's clock and wins hands down. Roy begins to harbor dark thoughts about Marilyn. The coach of the debating team, noticing this, decides to sit Roy down and have a talk with him about winning and losing, before Roy does to Marilyn what the contest judges did to him.
- Old short about the importance of good platform posture and how we can improve it through the simple knee test.
- A high school class discusses the problem of alcoholism. One student says that the alcoholics' problem is that they "spend too much money on liquor." Another thinks that they're all "spineless," and they all agree that alcoholics have to be brought back to "responsible citizenship," but they can't agree how.