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Film, Video Farewell to childhood

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About this Item

Title

  • Farewell to childhood

Summary

  • 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.

Names

  • Roffman, Julian, 1915-2000, direction, camera
  • Beckwith, Frank, writing
  • Norton, J. W. Roy, 1898-1974
  • Young, David A., M.D.
  • Rennie, Thomas A. C. (Thomas Alexander Cumming), 1904-1956
  • Lambert, John P.
  • National Association for Mental Health (U.S.)
  • North Carolina. State Board of Health
  • International Film Bureau

Created / Published

  • United States : International Film Bureau, 1951.

Headings

  • -  Teenagers--Drama
  • -  Adolescent psychology--Drama
  • -  Parent and child--Drama
  • -  Empathy--Drama

Genre

  • Sponsored films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  Based on the original treatments by Len Peterson and Ben Kerner.
  • -  Supervising for the Mental Hygiene Section North Carolina Board of Health, J. W. R. Norton, M.D., David A. Young, M.D. ; psychiatric consultants, Thomas A. C. Rennie, M.D., John P. Lambert, M.D. ; film editor, Stanley Cypher ; dialogue director, Joyce Henry.
  • -  Sources used: National union catalog, motion pictures and filmstrips, 1953-1957; Internet movie database, viewed August 3, 2018.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 23 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018601441

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Beckwith, Frank, Writing, J. W. Roy Norton, David A Young, Thomas A. C Rennie, John P Lambert, U.S National Association For Mental Health, North Carolina. State Board Of Health, and International Film Bureau. Farewell to Childhood. directeds by Roffman, Julian, Ection, Camera United States: International Film Bureau, 1951. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018601441/.

APA citation style:

Beckwith, F., Norton, J. W. R., Young, D. A., Rennie, T. A. C., Lambert, J. P., National Association For Mental Health, U. S. [...] International Film Bureau. (1951) Farewell to Childhood. Roffman, J., dir United States: International Film Bureau. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018601441/.

MLA citation style:

Beckwith, Frank, Writing, et al. Farewell to Childhood. dir by Roffman, Julian, Ection, Camera United States: International Film Bureau, 1951. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018601441/>.