Mental health, keeping mentally fit
"Defines good mental health, describes its attributes, and emphasizes four steps in acquiring, maintaining, and improving mental health: express emotions naturally, respect yourself, respect others, and solve problems as they arise. Stresses the importance of discussing problems with someone and briefly shows symptoms of mental ill-health"--Educational film/video locator, third edition, vol. 2, 1986, p. 1995.
Contributor:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc
Date:1952
Film, Video
Mental hospital
A dramatized case study demonstrating a patient's treatment for paranoid schizophrenia. Made for health professionals, Mental Health shows the daily life at the state facility in Oklahoma, including hydrotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy sessions. Illustrates how the patient progresses from hostility and depression to reasonable life adjustment through the efforts of a mental rehabilitation team.
Contributor:
Rock, Wayne - University of Oklahoma - Swain, Dwight V. - Mabrey, Layton - Oklahoma. State Department of Health - Oklahoma. Department of Mental Health - International Film Bureau
Date:1953
Article
Mental Health Films
The films in this presentation, dating mainly from the 1950s, are a striking example of how mental illness—so often sensationalized in Hollywood features—could be handled with considerably more nuance and sensitivity when produced for educational and training purposes. Many of these films were intended for mental health professionals. For example, The Steps of Age (1950) deals with the stresses that some people face upon…
Film, Video
Working and playing to health
Also known as: Working and playing to health (as we see it)
A dramatization of recreational, occupational, and industrial therapy in the psychiatric hospital, Manteno State Hospital. Tells the story of the personnel who operate these therapy programs, showing how they plan, organize, and conduct their work under the guidance of psychiatrists as part of the hospital team. Episodes on therapists at work are explained, pointing out the theories behind the practices. Depicts the problems that…
Contributor:
Illinois. Department of Public Welfare - Van Dyke, Willard - Affiliated Film Producers - International Film Bureau - Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.) - Bay, Alfred Paul
Date:1953
Film, Video
Preventive psychiatry in the Navy, the role of the junior officer. Part 1
Instructs naval officers on how to be effective leaders and "get the job done" through an awareness of the mental health of their men. Junior officers can offer their men psychological support to help sailors adjust to naval life by recognizing the needs and aspirations behind their behavior. Through a healthy emotional balance a sailor will want to do the job and achieve success.
Contributor:
United States. Navy - Wilding Picture Productions
Date:1954
Film, Video
Fears of children
Five-year-old Paul Robbins exhibits fears common among children between the ages of four and six. Paul's fears of the dark, of being alone, and of new situations affect his everyday life. These fears are exacerbated by his mother Helen being too protective and his father Jim being too severe. As the film closes, Helen and Jim begin to develop different attitudes which in time…
Contributor:
Bryan, Julien H. (Julien Hequembourg) - Glushanok, Peter - Hellams, Alfred A. - International Film Foundation - Thompson, Rex - Thompson, Francis - Ridenour, Nina - Cunningham, Sarah Lucie - Dushock, Joseph E. - Hobbs, Peter ...
Bryan, Julien H. (Julien Hequembourg) - Glushanok, Peter - Hellams, Alfred A. - International Film Foundation - Thompson, Rex - Thompson, Francis - Ridenour, Nina - Cunningham, Sarah Lucie - Dushock, Joseph E. - Hobbs, Peter - Senn, Milton J. E. - Oklahoma. State Department of Health - International Film Bureau - Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.) - Minot, Anna - National Association for Mental Health (U.S.)
Date:1951
Film, Video
Activity group therapy
"Training film made for mental health and social workers. Activity Group Therapy explores the development of socially maladjusted boys, 10 and 11 years old, over 65 weeks of activity group therapy. Using concealed cameras and microphones, the film records how the subjects act out their disturbances and documents their interactions with a therapist and with other boys. A dense and absorbing record of children's…
Contributor:
Jewish Board of Guardians - Nathan Hofheimer Foundation - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Slavson, S. R. (Samuel Richard) - Columbia University Educational Films - Campus Film Productions, Inc
Date:1950
Film, Video
Court of human relations. [1959-07-24?]
Inventory title: Court of human relations
A three-member board mediates disputes and disagreements submitted for review by the people involved. Complainants and respondents are interviewed by A.L. Alexander and the mediators. In this episode, the board considers the case of a doctor, who was once a mental patient, resuming his medical practice. The complainant and respondent are a man and woman who live in the building where the doctor has…
Contributor:
Peale, Norman Vincent - Eddy, Paul Dawson - Collins, Fred - Ankers, Kathleen - Kenwith, Herbert - Davis, Ralph Emerson - Alexander, A. L. - Blaney, James - National Broadcasting Company - Gimbel, Roger - Gillaspy, Richard
Date:1959
Film, Video
Anger at work, the story of the headache switch
Explains the 'headache switch,' one of the mental mechanisms of man's personality which involves displacement of anger onto other people and impairs one's efficiency. Presents several incidents depicting some of the techniques people have developed for handling such overwhelming feelings as anger, resentment, and frustration. Tells the story of Ed Wilson as he begins a new job and what happens when he uses the…
Contributor:
Hockman, Ned - Swain, Dwight V. - University of Oklahoma. Extension Division. Educational Materials Services - Oklahoma. State Department of Health - International Film Bureau
Date:1956
Film, Video
Wastage of human resources
"Graphically points out the human wastage, at all age levels, caused by crippling disease, careless accidents, juvenile delinquency, unemployment, alcohol and drug addiction, mental disease, crime, war, and bad living conditions"--Educational film/video locator, third edition, v. II, p. 2966.
Contributor:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc
Date:1947
Film, Video
Man to man
"Warm sympathy and human understanding are powerful instruments in helping mental health patients; this is the inherent message of this film. This documentary is focused primarily on the relationship between two people: an elderly man who cannot feed himself and will not respond when approached, and a psychiatric aide (attendant) who refused to be discouraged even though help for the patient seems hopeless. Genuine…
Contributor:
Rennie, Thomas A. C. (Thomas Alexander Cumming) - Jacoby, Irving - Boyajian, Aram - Green, William F. - Leacock, Richard - Affiliated Film Producers - International Film Bureau - Neher, Jack - Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.)
Date:1954
Film, Video
Booked for safekeeping
Training film for police officers explaining how to recognize and handle people with mental disturbances as first responders in psychiatric emergencies. Using dramatized scenes featuring New Orleans, Louisiana, police officers and nonprofessional actors, the film illustrates some humane and safe methods for handling people with mental disturbances who are anxious, confused, and possibly violent. The film keeps the needs of both police officers and…
Contributor:
Rowland, Loyd W. - George C. Stoney Associates - Brown, William P. (William Paul) - Du Art Film Laboratories - Cutrera, Lucien - Matthews, Robert A. (Robert Archibald) - National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) - Hildreth, Harold M. - Daly, James - Cummins, Sylvia K. - Ziller, Robert - Louisiana Association for Mental Health - Stoney, George C.
Date:1960
Film, Video
Angry boy
10-year-old Tommy Randall is caught stealing money from his teacher's purse in an act motivated by the boy's wanting to strike back at the adult world that does not understand him. Tommy receives help from Dr. Marshall, a psychiatrist at the Huron Valley Guidance Clinic in Michigan. Tommy's hostility is traced back to his home life. Agnes Randall, Tommy's mother, takes out her own…
Contributor:
Rennie, Thomas A. C. (Thomas Alexander Cumming) - Glushanok, Peter - Hall, Robin - Wessinger, James - Jacoby, Irving - Boyajian, Aram - Kempf, Louise - Hammid, Alexander - Affiliated Film Producers - International Film Bureau - Middlewood, Esther Louise - Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.) - National Association for Mental Health (U.S.) - Michigan. Department of Mental Health
Date:1951
Film, Video
The lonely night
A dramatized story of Caroline Cram, a jilted and desperate woman who seeks the aid of psychiatry, following a near, and seemingly accidental suicide. We witness the process of psychotherapy peeling off her layers of suppression and guilt and relaxing the grip of fear. In unraveling her feelings, Caroline learns to recognize the relationship between her past experiences and her present problems of young…
Contributor:
Seldes, Marian - Silvera, Frank - Jacoby, Irving - Dufour, Val - Boyajian, Aram - Leacock, Richard - Van Dyke, Willard - Affiliated Film Producers - International Film Bureau - Meyers, Sidney - Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.)
Date:1954
Film, Video
First lessons
Framed around a class election, short demonstrates children's use of violence with each other and how a teacher is able to understand and help them.
Contributor:
National Association for Mental Health (U.S.) - International Film Bureau - Beckwith, Frank - Iowa Mental Health Authority
Date:1952
Film, Video
I just don't dig him
Dramatizes the problem of communication between father and son. When fourteen-year-old Ken comes home very late one night, he and his worried father have an argument. The events of the following day subtly suggest how father and son can learn to accept each other more realistically as individuals with strengths and weaknesses. Written in the teenager's language with an awareness of his resentments, angers,…
Contributor:
Connecticut. Department of Mental Health - Jacoby, Irving - Barlow, Roger - International Film Bureau - Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.)
Date:1970
Film, Video
Ulcer at work
A dramatized film on the health problems caused by emotional stress. The story follows Steve, a white collar worker with a peptic ulcer through tension-filled scenes at work and at home. Linking emotional stress with physical illness, Ulcer at work espouses the now-discredited theory that ulcers result from a child's unsatisfied oral gratification needs.
Contributor:
Ritzman, Carl - Collums, Garner Greeson - Hockman, Ned - Hellams, Alfred A. - University of Oklahoma - Blakely, Wanda - Daniels, Chris - Swain, Dwight V. - Greene, Wesley H. - Oklahoma. State Department of Health - International Film Bureau
Date:1959
Film, Video
The steps of age
Original title: Stairs
Mrs. Potter, a widowed woman of 62, is at the critical age when she is crossing the threshold into the last quarter of her life. The dramatized story reveals her confusion, her fears, and her first uneasy steps towards insight as she attempts to adjust to life in the home of her married daughter.
Contributor:
Kaufman, M. Ralph (Moses Ralph) - International Film Bureau - Levitt, Helen - Odom, C. C. (Cleve Carrington) - National Association for Mental Health (U.S.) - Sylvia, Harvard - Agee, Emma - Film Documents, Inc - Spencer, Rose - South Carolina. Department of Mental Health - Meyers, Sidney - Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.) - Maddow, Ben
Date:1950
Film, Video
The roots of happiness
"Dramatizes the case of a family in which the father respects and loves his wife and children, permitting each to develop as an individual, and contrasts this family with one where discord and hostility prevail"--National union catalog, motion pictures and filmstrips, 1953-1957.
Contributor:
Puerto Rico. Department of Health - Datlowe, Samuel - Brun, Joseph - Sun Dial Films, Inc - Chalmers, Thomas - Bernard, Viola W. - Rodakiewicz, Henwar - International Film Bureau - Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.)
Date:1953
Film, Video
Farewell to childhood
Short film dramatizing relationship between a teenage girl and her parents. Eventually both come to understand that they both have their own issues and needs.
Contributor:
North Carolina. State Board of Health - Rennie, Thomas A. C. (Thomas Alexander Cumming) - Young, David A. - Norton, J. W. Roy - Roffman, Julian - Lambert, John P. - National Association for Mental Health (U.S.) - International Film Bureau - Beckwith, Frank
Date:1951
Film, Video
Palmour Street
Also known as: Palmour Street : a study in family life | Wikipedia alternate title: Palmour Street : a Black family in Gainesville, GA | Palmour St
Depicts an African American family, living in Gainesville, Georgia. Through typical situations of family living it demonstrates how parental love, tolerance, and understanding help little children to face everyday upsets and strengthen them against major crisis. This film encourages audience response by posing the question, "What would you do if you had problems like this family?".
Contributor:
Clifford, Bill - Hall County (Ga.). Health Department - Southern Educational Film Production Service - Health Publications Institute - Applebaum, Louis - Georgia. Department of Public Health - Merritt, Wes - Merritt, Mildred - Borders, William Holmes - Butler, E. E. (Emmett Ethridge) - Stoney, George C.
Date:1949
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Kids These Days
The postwar period was a golden age for films that carried a message of moral, social, and physical hygiene for the nation’s youth at a time when there was genuine cultural anxiety about the future of the American family. The movies presented in Kids These Days are collectively a fascinating artifact, sometimes unintentionally hilarious in their earnestness (Are You Popular?) but other times darkly…
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National Film Registry
The National Film Registry is a list of films deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" that are earmarked for preservation by the Library of Congress. These films are not selected as the "best" American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture. They reflect who we are as a people and as a nation. The Librarian of Congress…
Film, Video
Angel. The littlest leaguer
Littlest leaguer | Variant title from copyright catalog: Angel
Angelique, known as Angel, moves from France to the United States to marry American architect, John Smith. The newlyweds set up housekeeping in Los Angeles, California. She tries her best to be a good housewife but sometimes runs into problems as she learns English and adapts to her new life and culture. In this episode Angel persuades Johnny to coach a fatherless neighborhood boy…
Film, VideoMental health, keeping mentally fit "Defines good mental health, describes its attributes, and emphasizes four steps in acquiring, maintaining, and improving mental health: express emotions naturally, respect yourself, respect others, and solve problems as they arise. Stresses the importance of discussing problems with someone and briefly shows symptoms of mental ill-health"--Educational film/video locator, third edition, vol. 2, 1986, p. 1995.
Film, VideoMental hospital A dramatized case study demonstrating a patient's treatment for paranoid schizophrenia. Made for health professionals, Mental Health shows the daily life at the state facility in Oklahoma, including hydrotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy sessions. Illustrates how the patient progresses from hostility and depression to reasonable life adjustment through the efforts of a mental rehabilitation team.
ArticleMental Health Films The films in this presentation, dating mainly from the 1950s, are a striking example of how mental illness—so often sensationalized in Hollywood features—could be handled with considerably more nuance and sensitivity when produced for educational and training purposes. Many of these films were intended for mental health professionals. For example, The Steps of Age (1950) deals with the stresses that some people face upon…
Film, VideoWorking and playing to health
Film, VideoPreventive psychiatry in the Navy, the role of the junior officer. Part 1 Instructs naval officers on how to be effective leaders and "get the job done" through an awareness of the mental health of their men. Junior officers can offer their men psychological support to help sailors adjust to naval life by recognizing the needs and aspirations behind their behavior. Through a healthy emotional balance a sailor will want to do the job and achieve success.
Film, VideoFears of children Five-year-old Paul Robbins exhibits fears common among children between the ages of four and six. Paul's fears of the dark, of being alone, and of new situations affect his everyday life. These fears are exacerbated by his mother Helen being too protective and his father Jim being too severe. As the film closes, Helen and Jim begin to develop different attitudes which in time…
Film, VideoActivity group therapy "Training film made for mental health and social workers. Activity Group Therapy explores the development of socially maladjusted boys, 10 and 11 years old, over 65 weeks of activity group therapy. Using concealed cameras and microphones, the film records how the subjects act out their disturbances and documents their interactions with a therapist and with other boys. A dense and absorbing record of children's…
Film, VideoCourt of human relations. [1959-07-24?]
Film, VideoAnger at work, the story of the headache switch Explains the 'headache switch,' one of the mental mechanisms of man's personality which involves displacement of anger onto other people and impairs one's efficiency. Presents several incidents depicting some of the techniques people have developed for handling such overwhelming feelings as anger, resentment, and frustration. Tells the story of Ed Wilson as he begins a new job and what happens when he uses the…
Film, VideoWastage of human resources "Graphically points out the human wastage, at all age levels, caused by crippling disease, careless accidents, juvenile delinquency, unemployment, alcohol and drug addiction, mental disease, crime, war, and bad living conditions"--Educational film/video locator, third edition, v. II, p. 2966.
Film, VideoMan to man "Warm sympathy and human understanding are powerful instruments in helping mental health patients; this is the inherent message of this film. This documentary is focused primarily on the relationship between two people: an elderly man who cannot feed himself and will not respond when approached, and a psychiatric aide (attendant) who refused to be discouraged even though help for the patient seems hopeless. Genuine…
Film, VideoBooked for safekeeping Training film for police officers explaining how to recognize and handle people with mental disturbances as first responders in psychiatric emergencies. Using dramatized scenes featuring New Orleans, Louisiana, police officers and nonprofessional actors, the film illustrates some humane and safe methods for handling people with mental disturbances who are anxious, confused, and possibly violent. The film keeps the needs of both police officers and…
Film, VideoAngry boy 10-year-old Tommy Randall is caught stealing money from his teacher's purse in an act motivated by the boy's wanting to strike back at the adult world that does not understand him. Tommy receives help from Dr. Marshall, a psychiatrist at the Huron Valley Guidance Clinic in Michigan. Tommy's hostility is traced back to his home life. Agnes Randall, Tommy's mother, takes out her own…
Film, VideoThe lonely night A dramatized story of Caroline Cram, a jilted and desperate woman who seeks the aid of psychiatry, following a near, and seemingly accidental suicide. We witness the process of psychotherapy peeling off her layers of suppression and guilt and relaxing the grip of fear. In unraveling her feelings, Caroline learns to recognize the relationship between her past experiences and her present problems of young…
Film, VideoFirst lessons Framed around a class election, short demonstrates children's use of violence with each other and how a teacher is able to understand and help them.
Film, VideoI just don't dig him Dramatizes the problem of communication between father and son. When fourteen-year-old Ken comes home very late one night, he and his worried father have an argument. The events of the following day subtly suggest how father and son can learn to accept each other more realistically as individuals with strengths and weaknesses. Written in the teenager's language with an awareness of his resentments, angers,…
Film, VideoUlcer at work A dramatized film on the health problems caused by emotional stress. The story follows Steve, a white collar worker with a peptic ulcer through tension-filled scenes at work and at home. Linking emotional stress with physical illness, Ulcer at work espouses the now-discredited theory that ulcers result from a child's unsatisfied oral gratification needs.
Film, VideoThe steps of age
Film, VideoThe roots of happiness "Dramatizes the case of a family in which the father respects and loves his wife and children, permitting each to develop as an individual, and contrasts this family with one where discord and hostility prevail"--National union catalog, motion pictures and filmstrips, 1953-1957.
Film, VideoFarewell to childhood Short film dramatizing relationship between a teenage girl and her parents. Eventually both come to understand that they both have their own issues and needs.
Film, VideoPalmour Street
Film, VideoAngel. The littlest leaguer