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What to Do on a Date
ES ES-OVNI RSC-2670 · Item · 1950
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

A high school senior learns how and where to ask a girl for a date, where to take her for a good time, and how to avoid spending too much money or being bored by commercialized amusements.

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Shy Guy
ES ES-OVNI RSC-2663 · Item · 1947
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Phil, new in his high school, follows his father's suggestion and observes the most popular students to determine what makes them popular. By offering to help others he becomes popular himself and sheds his shyness. (The Prelinger Archives are a source of educational material, mainly ordered by theme, giving a vision of the dark side, the underbelly, perhaps naive of the American dream and the America that is often hidden behind the media curtain.)

Dating: Do's and Don'ts
ES ES-OVNI RSC-2671 · Item · 1949
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare (but incomplete) Kodachrome version. (The Prelinger Archives are a source of educational material, mainly ordered by theme, giving a vision of the dark side, the underbelly, perhaps naive of the American dream and the America that is often hidden behind the media curtain.)

Are You Popular?
ES ES-OVNI RSC-2665 · Item · 1947
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

One of the best examples of post-World War II social guidance films, with examples of "good" and "bad" girls, courtesy to parents, and an analysis of what makes some people popular and others not. A scream and a sobering document of postwar conformity. (The Prelinger Archives are a source of educational material, mainly ordered by theme, giving a vision of the dark side, the underbelly, perhaps naive of the American dream and the America that is often hidden behind the media curtain.)