Coronet Instructional Films

Box 42^20,548^^Barcode: 10743^The Peddler & the Monkey:^Coronet Instructional Film^Storyline: Teacher tells story to kids in classroom. Told in the standard voiceover with still drawings. Cutaway shots to kids' reactions. Also shots of monkeys at zoo. Kids later act like monkeys, wear cone hats a la the Ku Klux Klan in acting the stories out themselves.^^Theme: Storytelling can be enriched by acting out^Note: teacher and kids all white.^Keyword: 1950s grade school.^^The Skeleton:^12 minute film on importance of spine, posture^Encyclopedia Britannica film^^Opening shot: spinning skeleton, dissolve to discus player, other track and field participants in slo mo -- discussion of vertebrates vs. invertebrates^^Sets of bones, joints, sockets looked at via the motion of ballerinas, weight lifters; also many diagrams^^Posture: women walk with books on head. Stock shots of kids ice skating. ^^Weather For Beginners:^11 minute film on what causes weather to change^^Coronet Film^^Shots: Kids going home. Snowball fight. Boys biking. Lifeguard at beach. Kids playing ball. Grilling hamburger at beach. ^^Lab experiment with sand, smoke and water^^Street scene with wind. Teakettle on burner. Steam. More shots with snow. Others with lifeguard.