Moving Image:So, You're Going to High School

So, You're Going to High School is a short film from ca. 1950s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

18:17:02:07 1950s Teenagers working in wood shop, cutting wood with saws. Teenage girls in Home Education courses working in kitchen, girl shows class her pie.

18:17:22:25 High-angle shot of large technical high school in New York; VS students working in various workshop classes in technical high school, boys looking at blueprint; building a house in workshop; working in industrial chemistry lab; pouring molten metal from furnace into a mold; teenagers, mostly female, playing in high school orchestra music class; boy in letterman jackets showing other younger boy the timpani drums; boy in gym class doing demonstration, boy�s P.E. uniform T-shirt reads Bryant with a picture of an owl; boys punching boxing bag; teenage boy on the gymnastic horse coached by teacher while class watches him.

18:20:08:23 Teenage boys working on car engine in auto shop class; boys welding; boys in printmaking class; VS boys and girl in pottery and sculpture class; young woman wearing glasses soldering; girl at sewing machine in sewing class; teacher instructs two girls on fitting a dress onto a mannequin in front of the blackboard.

18:22:38:28 VS 1950s interpretive dance class, girls in black leotards dancing to woman beating a drum; girls doing choreographer interpretive dances. Boys in wood shop class.

18:23:49:25 Teenage boy and girl with teacher demonstrate science experiment in front of class, blackboard with chalk writing on it behind them.

18:24:42:21 Boy approaches school teacher at desk lined with books holding a poster, text on poster reads �What kind of high schools are there in our city? To which high schools can graduates of our school go?�

18:25:52:19 CU held between disembodied fingers for Directory of the Public High School of the City of New York.

18:28:01:13 MS boy fills out form at desk with mother looking over his shoulder; CU disembodied hand holding pan fill out form for P.S 152 high school in New York, boys writes in French as his desired language class.

18:28:44:05 VS 1950s boy taking entrance exam test for high school, CU boy�s scratch sheet with long division and math problems worked out in pen; CU type-written paper addressed to parents congratulating them on their son�s admission to high school.

18:29:18:23 Three girls at blackboard, one reading dictation, another writing dictation in chalk on chalkboard in stenographer�s code, third watches for errors.

18:29:29:08 CU White and Black girls practicing cello.

18:29:55:02 Boys and girls filing into auditorium through separate doorways.

18:30:29:22 High-angle shot high school students working on test; CU disembodied hand leafs through multiple choice answer sheet.

18:31:51:24 VS two woman in winter coats window shopping.

18:32:09:22 Parents and daughter at dinner table, girl shows father paper form; CU father and daughter looking form; Father lights up cigarette.

18:34:16:19 CU boy looks at his reflection in mirror as he puts boutonniere in his 1950s style brown suit.

18:34:34:20 VS boys and girls about 13 years old wearing white dresses and black suits, boys with boutonnieres girls with flowers on their dresses, march through separate doorways in single file line.

So, You're Going to High School
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Production company	0
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Release date	ca. 1950s
Running time	18:10
Language	English

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