Beginnings of Conscience
Beginnings of Conscience is a short film from 1957 released on 35mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Shows how one's behavior is largely influenced by his conscience -- the accumulation of restraints and sanctions which the individual learns as he grows from childhood to maturity through association with the social group. Explains that the child is taught moral norms by his social group through speech, force, punishment, exclusion, or ridicule.
| Beginnings of Conscience | |
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| Produced by | Knickerbocker Productions |
Production company | Knickerbocker Productions |
| Distributed by | Knickerbocker Productions |
Release date | 1957 |
Running time | 14:14 |
| Language | English |
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Shot List
Reel 1:
01:27:23:26 VS man in suit with buzz cut exits house; enters 1950s style convertible car; checks watch; backs out of driveway; drives down suburban street; stops at stop sign and looks both ways; continues on.
01:28:21:28 Little boy with buzz cut plays with toy truck on carpet; two mothers enter room one with boy and another toy truck; two boys play together on floor; two boys fight over toy; mother intervenes; boy slams truck on floor.
01:30:42:02 VS 30 to 50 monkeys in zoo.
01:31:00:03 Man shows camera honeycomb inside beehive.
01:32:01:08 VS children in preschool or kindergarten doing arts and crafts. Two boys get in trouble while finger-painting.
01:34:13:12 children hold hands in circle with female teach and run in run in circle. Little boy with buzz cuts gets in trouble for trying to break the circle. Boy puts hands in pockets.