Film Record: Our Children’s Money

Identifier:

• 94939 (Source: National Archives)

Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

Kenneth F. Space

Dan Lindsay

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Length:

2 reels (645 ft)

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

National Archives list of titled amateur films

Description:

"On teaching children about money management." National Archives.

Resources:

Produced by the Harmon Foundation.

This film is a part of the Harmon Foundation Collection held by National Archives.

Subjects:

•           Family life
•      Children

Genre:

• Educational
• Sponsored

Form:

• Short

Repository:

Harmon Foundation Collection, National Archives

Viewing Notes:

"Reel 1: Mother, two children and grandmother await father's return from business trip. Grandmother pays for children's toys and mother's C.O.D. package. Boy, playing baseball, breaks neighbor's window; father pays for window. While paying bills, father complains to wife about extravagance. Grandmother says that he is partly to blame for not teaching financial responsibility to family. He gives children allowances and instructs them in their use. Reel 2: Children work and save for mother's birthday gift and items for themselves," via National Archives.

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