As i was watching some YouTube the other night, i came across the video of Duck and Cover. An old instructional film of the 50s that was used to teach school age children how to protect themselves in the event of an unexpected Nuclear Attack. Im sorry i had to laugh. I know this was a very serious thing back then, but still...Bert???
Well than i got curious about these so-called infomercials of the 50s. and i found this website that had a lot and i mean a lot of old vids of these films. There was even old sex-ed films for boys of the 50s, (did they even teach that stuff back then??) an anti-homosexual film for young boys and how to avoid male molesters. Meet King Joe (1949) A animated cold war film aimed at American Workers to show them what good fortune they have. Mind Your Manners (1953) A film about how teenagers can cultivate good manners by having a real desire to get along with others. Mother Takes a Holiday (1952) A film about how electrical Appliances free women of housely duties. This could be taken in a good or bad way. lol.
I find these infomercials of the 40s 50s and 60s interesting. The mindset of people back then. but than again this stuff didn't happen that long ago...I suppose in 60, 70 years from now everything we now think of as very important and meaningful will be laughable and goofy looking too.
So visit this site and take a look at your past. makes a person think.
Or you can see a couple of the Vids i saved in my favs of YouTube at the bottom of this blog.
http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger
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