School Without Walls - PT1
School Without Walls - PT1
School Without Walls - PT1 A promotional film for the National Home Study Course system of education (adult vocational home school courses). It features a mix of program success stories along with establishing footage of early 1970's lifestyles, occupations & technology.
School Without Walls - PT1
Exterior GV gaggle of grade school aged boys & girls in winter clothing running around corner of school building, carrying book bags & metal lunchboxes.
School Without Walls - PT1
DO NOT USE: Opening Credits
School Without Walls - PT1
MS exterior of school as cute boy in winter fatigues (knit cap, corduroy coat, thick gloves) runs up the steps and opens door. CU of boy entering school and displaying a relatively toothless grin. Montage of 1970s hi-tech gadgets: CU panel of colorful blinking lights, CU hand holding film with "Q" printed on it, CU male hand adjusting knob of computer console, CUs series of green "Q"s being displayed on computer monitor, CU perforated ribbon running through reel, CU automated machine dropping product, CU hands typing on keyboard, MCU woman looking at computer print-out pages, MS man pushing button on computer console, MS business man in office looking over papers, MCU man looking into high-power microscope, CU hand turning knob labeled "Baldwin 20-point Switching", CU workbench w/ hands tightening screw on small motor, CU male hands holding metal machine part over design blueprints, CU soldering. CU boy in winter cap looking all around in all different directions.
School Without Walls - PT1
Grade School Classroom: GV classroom filled with elementary students seated at their desks listening to an older female teacher w/crazy hair giving a demonstration. Several CUs of individual Caucasian boys & girls seated at their desks (about 1st grade level). MS teacher writing on chalkboard. More CUs of children at their desks, some wear eye glasses. MS pan small class of students (about 3rd grade level) seated at long table with books open. Quick CUs cuts of kids raising their hands to answer. MS classroom as young female teacher asks boy to come to the front of the room to point something out on a map.
School Without Walls - PT1
High School Classroom: MS boy in AV lab (Audio-visual) wearing headphones & watching a video monitor. CU finger punching telephone keypad. MS students in a darkened classroom watching film, film projector seen running, casting light. CU teen girl wearing headset with mouth piece. GV student in language lab. MCU pan students in language lab wearing headsets. MCU/CU male student using drafting tools. CU/MS male student in a one-on-one session with male teacher.
School Without Walls - PT1
Occupational/Technological Montage: CU hands adjusting knobs on machine. CU liver spotted hands pulling paper from IMB typewriter & stuffing it into an envelope. CU hand operating laboratory pressure gage. Quick CU cuts of machine parts. CU inside machine w/small motor & circuits as bolt is tightened. CU hand turning knobs on "Baldwin Strain Indicator". CU paper as it's printed on by an IBM typewriter (word processor). CU drafting tools being used by engineer. CUs computer monitor. MCUs computer control panel w/all sorts of blinking lights & buttons. CU hand adjusting knob on console. MS three young women typing away on early word processors. MCU large motor being marked w/chalk. MCU automated machine.
School Without Walls - PT1
Manual/Industrial Labor Montage: MCU machinist taking parts out of press. MCU worker retrieving metal from industrial oven. CU brush & dustbin being used to sweep linoleum floor. CU industrial concrete mixer. MCU laborer smoothing poured concrete. MCU molds being moved in factory. MCU laborer smoothing wet concrete over cracked step. CU factory molds. CU laborer smoothing wet concrete over cracked step. MS worker moving molds in factory. MCU/CU pipe welding. CU mold being removed from processed machine parts at tool & die factory. CU rotating machine part being lubricated.
School Without Walls - PT1
MS/TLS depressed looking male teenager in letterman's jacket exiting school . CU saddened looking teenage girl wearing powder blue eye shadow. CU young boy giving his mother a kiss on the cheek. MS inside kitchen as teen girl sends her younger brother & sister off to school, she plays the maternal role for their wheelchair bound mother. Exterior MS as bother & sister wave good-bye to their older sister. CU of a well-dressed young couple in front seat of car talking. MCU young couple kissing in the car. MCU a frustrated young man wearing dress shirt and tie seated in office surrounded by a mountain of paperwork. Narration parallels footage, highlighting situations where people might not be able to addend the traditional classroom style of education.
School Without Walls - PT1
High angle MS male factory worker opening his paycheck at the end of his shift. MCU/CU man in lunchroom reading newspaper. MS/MCU man in factory jumpsuit lifting & moving a box. MS young man carrying hardhat & lunchbox while walking to his car at the end of shift, his wife & child slide from driver's seat to passenger's seat as man gets in. MS man getting hugs & kisses from his family as he enters the car. CU teen girl with a saddened smile on her face. CU middle-aged woman looking tired & depressed. MS teen girl in kitchen with her wheelchair bound mother. MSs young African American man in tan delivery driver uniform sitting in car, he grabs a tube from backseat and exits, shaking his head. Narration parallels footage, highlighting situations where people might be able to addend the traditional classroom style of education but want to advance in life & career.