The Childhood Years: Wash Behind Your Ears! (2-dvd set)

Do you remember your mother telling you to wash behind your ears or a patch of potatoes would start to grow there? How about being reminded to brush your teeth after every meal? These days we are bombarded by deodorant, toothpaste, soap and cleanser ads on a daily basis. Yet, you would be surprised that two generations ago hygiene in America was very poor! Running water was a novelty for much of America just 100 years ago! After World War II, advancing medical understanding made people realize that if America wanted to be healthy, everyone needed to keep clean!

So, during the 1940s, 50s and 60s a series of educational films were developed to teach America’s youth to keep germs at bay. This 2-dvd set contains the best, worst and funniest clips ever assembled. There is nothing dirty about this 2-dvd set!

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Preventing the Spread of Disease
Our first clip, from 1940, is one of the first times that film was ever used to impart hygiene lessons. Because it was considered on the cutting edge of education technology, it is far less direct than later films. It uses images and metaphors rather than stating exactly why soap and water should be your best friend!

Producer: National Motion Picture Company
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1940
Length: 00:10:48
Audio: Mono
Color: BLACK & WHITE

The Inner City
By the 1950s, poverty was becoming a real problem in the inner cities that hurt children both physically and emotionally. This film is about the United Fund and documents its efforts to care for emotionally disturbed and severely disabled children.

Producer: Wilding Picture Productions
Sponsor: United Fund
Year: 1958
Length: 00:09:37
Audio: Mono
Color: BLACK & WHITE

It Happens Every Noon
When the boom of the 1950s ended and America moved into the more turbulent 1960s, hunger became a real problem for many children. The government, under President Johnson, came to the rescue with the National School Lunch Program, which provided one free meal a day to children who would otherwise go hungry. This film describes the program and explains the importance of a well-balanced midday meal.

Producer: Department of Agriculture
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1966
Length: 00:13:29
Audio: Mono
Color: COLOR

Babies and Breadwinners (Part I)
This film discusses the importance of vaccinations to eliminate polio. According to this clip, the black and white communities in Muscogee County, Georgia came together to encourage mass vaccinations. The health department went to every single house in the county to check if the residents had been vaccinated.

Producer: Communicable Disease Center
Sponsor: N/A
Year: N/A
Length: 00:13:27
Audio: Mono
Color: COLOR

Babies and Breadwinners (Part II)
This film details the 1961 Polio vaccination program of Columbus, Ohio, showing the many ways the program was promoted, from radio broadcasts to posters all over the city. There is even a clip of Bozo The Clown getting vaccinated on television!

Producer: Communicable Disease Center
Sponsor: N/A
Year: N/A
Length: 00:09:56
Audio: Mono
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Patty Learns to Stop, Look and Listen
Do you look both ways before you cross the street? That rule has been instilled in everyone. However, back when cars were still relatively new, not everyone had learned this lesson. This film shows us the tragic story of Patty Garman, who carelessly runs onto a crowded highway and is hit by a car. The details of her treatment and recovery are shown as Patty is taught to look both ways before crossing the street in the future.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1947
Length: 00:15:52
Audio: Mono
Color: COLOR

Psychogenic Disease in Infancy
This film illustrates a series of psychogenic diseases and attempts to relate them to the infants’ relationships with their mothers. Various children are shown with “psychiatric problems”.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1952
Length: 00:19:13
Audio: Silent
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Immunization
This clip explains what immunization is and how it is built up either by having a disease or by being inoculated with vaccine. It shows how smallpox vaccine is produced and used and how diphtheria toxins are treated to produce toxoids, which can keep people from getting sick.

Producer: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Year: 1955
Length: 00:09:21
Audio: Mono
Color: BLACK & WHITE

Palmour Street
This 1950s public service film shows us the stresses and strains of a typical family, and how the ways that parents handle situations affect the children. It shows everyday aspects of mental health in an African American community in Gainesville, Georgia.

Producer: Southern Educational Film Production Service
Sponsor: Georgia Department of Public Health
Year: 1957
Length: 00:23:06
Audio: Mono
Color: BLACK & WHITE

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System requirements:
Computer: Pentium II, 300mhz, 64mb RAM, DVD-ROM, compatible video and sound card.
Player: NTSC compatible DVD player, standard TV.
Region: All players, irrespective of region

NOTE ON COMPATIBILITY: While our DVDs are designed for optimal playback for all home DVD players, it is possible that some older systems will have trouble playing our DVDs. Although rare, it is worth mentioning. If this occurs you will receive a full refund.

Given that some of these videos are extremely old and their original audio quality is not very good, we have tried to improve it to the best possible quality. However, due to their inherent quality problems, you might still have a few instances where the audio is of a slightly lower volume.