How to Be Popular - 1940's High School Dating Guide
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Lovely short movie from 1947 on how to be popular. How to talk to girls and date.
A nostalgic look at a very different kind of America, where respect for the other person took precedence over caring about one's self. Being considerate was a first step to being popular and making friends, and a sure fire way of getting a date! The #etiquette principles followed here by Carolyn and Wally seem less and less relevant today.
If you're a shy person, these same tips can be helpful too. You'll learn to worry less about yourself, and how you look and show more interest in other people. If you want to know how to ask a girl out properly, this film's charming example is one of the best you'll find anywhere.
Filmed in Kodachrome in 1947 by Coronet Instructional Films.
Director: Ted Peshak. Cinematography: Bill Rockar. Written by Robert Chapin and Patricia Kealy. Editor: George Wilbern. Educational adviser: Dr. Alice Sowers, Director, Family Life Institute of the University of Oklahoma. With Marilyn Fisher (Caroline Ames); Bill Fein (Larry); Bunny Catcher (Ellie); Lester Podewell (Mr. Ames); Marilyn Fisher's mother (Mrs. Ames); and Shaya Nash (Ginny).
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
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We love this film. American high school life is very different today. Do you think the suggestions here might still work these days?
Yes. Maybe not exactly but good manners and consideration and self standards will always work in a person's favor.
100%
Good question. I really don't know any girls in high school except my nieces, but we're not that close so I don't know how it goes with them. Good manners should always be uppermost and should work at any time.
Sad to see it, but I see alot of kids not learning how to plan, study or prioritize. Or most importantly, kids who dont know boundries. I remember being hassed in college dorms for being awkward ( I was new to thier lifestyle, I grew up in a cult and was dealing with getting out of it) ; but I wasnt the one interrupting do not disturb signs, or not knocking. I like to prepare for an event or a guest coming over, not be last minute, even if they are friends. These kids now point fingers at others when they should point at themselves for being rude.
I do These are great! Thank you for the uploads ;->
It’s cool seeing the guy not pressure her, and politely end the conversation when she said she couldn’t go out
That part blew my mind lol
Lol I doubt real guys were like this. A more accurate depiction of teen boys back then would be Catcher in the Rye
Factsssss
@@nm9688 Depended on the person. Some fellows were raised a LOT more strictly than most today.
Yepp.
People in the 40's: *having so many dates that they have to keep a calender*
Me now: *maybe being lucky if I get asked out one time in my life*
LOL Today is so hard and much more complex to date people that it is no wonder companies in Japan and Germany are creating companion robots.
Wait untill we terraform the mars. But that would be another 90 years atleast.
OMG Violin Lover425 this comment made me laugh 😂🤣
Violin Lover425 *guys actually asking girls on dates and being gentlemen while the girls respected themselves
Young women have no idea how much feminism has cost them. Men used to treat women much, much better before women became 'equal'.
This is so weird, like looking through a portal into a world I'll never be a part of. It's so cool we can watch things from this era, it was such a different time.
Things weren't really like this at the time. There were strict "morality" standards for TV when this was made. Which is why everything from the time looks overwhelmingly "wholesome" like this. It wasn't that there weren't serious issues going on or that some people were miserable. It was that depicting anything other than American exeptionalism could have you shut down by the government. It was censorship.
You said it 👏🏻
@@Thehouseoffail same. I'm black and my great grandmother was born in 1931. She was very poor and her life looked nothing like this.
If you genuinely believe that this is what everyone was like in the 40s then i don't know what to tell you. You're looking at a bunch of actors
Take another bong rip. 😂😂
So cool how grandmas still dress the way they did in high school; wonder if all the youth now will be dressing the way they do now even when they’re elderly 😲
Let's be honest woman are more beautiful back n dresses than pants. It's only my opinion.
I'll subscribe to your channel.
@@matthewpatrick7964 nah, katharine hepburn style suits rules
@@matthewpatrick7964 You are right, they were.
It also looks more godly as well.
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@@matthewpatrick7964 well a lot of women did wear pants in the military, and at home during the Second World War
I see a lot of comments along the lines of, "I wish dating could be like this nowdays."
So ask someone out the old-fashioned way! You could be pleasantly surprised.
Be the change you want to see. Life is too precious for you to resign yourself in pessimism.
Great advice. Don't be afraid, people!
I agree ♡
YES please lets do this. It is SO much more grand to be asked on a date than to be snapped at 2 am like "wyd"
If you believe that, you're very out of touch with modern "dating".
@@FirstLast-cd6vv no such thing as "modern dating" somehow both ppl meet each other outside of the social media and the only thing that has change is the way we communicate with each other. If you look closely, people haven't change the way they talk, nowadays we feel more freedom and comfortable to talk to each other. My point is internet has allowed us to meet more ppl like right now
Instructions unclear: i tried this in school and they called me a boomer
Lmaooooo
I’m so sorry. Those people are losers.
@@ashleyolsen2916 it’s a joke Ashley
r/woosh
@@ashleyolsen2916 Its a joke...
Everything else has failed me might as well go for this
Me too, honestly. Hope the 40s can finally help me.
Em
😂😂😂
😂😂👍i like your approach
orry to hear. Do you want to hear what I´ve learnt about dating after many years of failed attempts? I don´t mean to preach so you don´t have to take it if you don´t want to. A bit more updated than these once?
Remember that being nice is the start, but never forget to show who you are. Chivalry and too much compliments are nothing without an interesting personality. What are some cool things you know? Any special interests that is a fun conversation piece? Ask more questions than you answer, do follow up questions and listen. I myself often gets all hung up on what I am going to say after they are done and most people can notice that easily.
If you are not experienced in how to get closer to someone physical or emotional, don´t be afraid of seeing what they do first. Not being obvious enough is better than making someone uncomfortable, once one have done so it´s very hard to find the way back.
And if the attraction isn´t there, don´t try to force it. It´s like a gay guy begging a straight guy for a chance at a date. If there is no "spark" from their side that can´t force themselves in to it how ever much time they give.
I used to paint up a picture of how we would be the one true couple and how happy we would be together already after the first couple of dates And when it didn´t work out I would deflate and feel as if I´d lost something that wasn´t really there from the start.
Remember to be the best and happiest you and to learn to be comfortable with yourself. You are a whole and worthy individual on your own. You do not have to be completed through someone else. Romance and sex is awesome, but it´s a + not a need.
Be awesome and some day you will find someone just as awesome to get together and be awesome with!
Your Quirk wow my comment was meant as a relatable joke but I guess I actually needed to here that. Thank you ✨
My mother was in high school in the 1940s. She told of wishing aloud that she were popular. Her father said, "I'll tell you how to be popular!" Her mother butted in, "No, you won't!".
Dad was gonna be like "The best way to be popular in high school is to learn how to swallow. That's what I did.".
Hey, good for your mom
@@Joke_Bidumb Y’know, I was having a good day today, though after I read this comment-I’m having an even better one
Lol
I don't get it
People were so respectful back then, I’m in highschool now and literally no one is like this anymore
But you can be. Be an example to others.
@@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus
America was destroyed by atheism and cultural marxism
@@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus I agree, I usually get made fun of for the way I talk [from the 50s] and they say "why are you so interested in dinosaurs?" I'm going to try your advice thank you
Boys back then: She's a swell girl
Boys now: *Throws water bottle into crowd* _SCREEEEEEE_
I laughed too hard at this.
I'm wheezing 😂😂
More like " hey yo shawty 😎😜😏😏" ......
Jo March “ayo ma you gotta phat ass😩🥵😍😉😏”
Correction: "She's a swell KID!"
“Well that phone call didn’t go on for hours, a pretty adult attitude towards telephone conversations” 💀
Back then all home phones were within a party line. You couldn't tie up the phone because your neighbors shared the same line. Couchgrouch
@That Creature 😂😂🤣 omg and did she find out anything? She must have been a funny lady.
My Mom was in high school in the 40's. Watching these kind of videos kind of gives me a glimpse of what her life would have been like. She graduated in 1944.
1940’s high school seems alright, I feel like they would even insult me ever so gracefully 😌
it's a skit :)
@@personone1382 it’s not
They would probably call me racial slurs
if ur straight and white that is
@@personone1382 they’d probably call me a Jap and throw milk cartons at me 🤔
I don't know if young people were actually like that back then, or if this was just what adults encouraged young people to be like. My parents grew up in the 50's and 60's (my mom was born in 1951, and my dad was born in 1949), and they said that things like bullying and cliques existed back then, just like they do now. So, I wouldn't look at educational films from this era as an indicator of what life was like back then; I'd see them as an indicator of the pro-social values that were encouraged back then.
Bullying and cliques have always existed and always will exist (unfortunately 😞).
Emily Adams I suppose it depends which country you were from my oma grew up in Germany after the war and this is what she told me her school was like,but no matter what place or period unfortunately bullying and cliques will always exist
For me it’s clear that this video it’s not a realistic perspective about teens of that time, it’s probably made by an adult gaze of how teenagers should behave back then
These films were made for schools. They were shown in health class or the like. They were supposed to represent the ideal or instruct kids how to behave with one another. They also had grooming, health, social and study habits, etc... This channel presents those films and they are fun to watch.
I know what you mean but my family has told me that although things were not perfect and not always like this they were more similar to this than they are now. They should show these films and modern versions of them to today's kids to help them with manners and etiquette.
I like how the video gives advice to the guys to consider what the girl would like to do on a date as to not put her entirely on the spot to plan the whole thing. Coming out of a relationship where my BF never planned anything, took me to do whatever he wanted to do, and always relied on me to come up with the well-thought out dates --- this is SOLID advice. I wish guys were as confident as they were in the 40's lol Jerry took that polite rejection like a champ, saying, "Okay Carolyn, well thanks a lot just the same! Goodbye." That was so kind to understand that she didn't want to go on a date, but i'm sure that wouldn't discourage him from asking out another girl.
They would be but their fathers have been removed. No more stoic movie heros either… women have voted for daddy government as the replacement for fathers in homes. Now they would rather date chad from the foam cannon party over Bill the nice guy…. This is what women have asked for and they have been lied to by CIA funded players like Oprah.
Go study Kissenger LBJ and the “great society.” The breakup of the family was paramount to convincing women to vote for communism- except it’s been rebranded as environmentalism or corporate ESG etc…
Sad part - few people question why they believe what they believe - today people value social acceptance > any moral calling….
Women hold the key…
I would love this level of courtesy in humanity as a whole, please.
Be the change you want to see.
How are you kenpachi?
@@mrsx7944 Yes, start by being courteous to others.
American society was also more homogenous back then-- it's easier to communicate with people who have similar values, upbringing, and culture as you. Diversity is wonderful, though I'd argue that we're still adjusting to it as a society-- miscommunication, misunderstanding, and ignorance all lead to prejudice, which leads to hate and violence if it's not corrected. We've seen a lot of that, especially in recent years, as society further shifts. We'll get there, just need to keep an open and clear mind, and to keep looking out for one another.
@Mrs X My mama raised me with courtesy, good manners, and empathy. I continue to follow those values to this day, and it has served me well. I also learned how to be assertive and respectful instead of insulting and entitled. Shockingly, I get my way far more often when I argue ideas and opinions instead of attacking people and places. Well, shockingly to others.
Boys back in the 40s: “Here, take my seat.”
Boys now: “Babe, can you find me a seat?”
Ha- as if the guys will talk to us, even my cousins ignore my existence.
Is that supposed to be a bad thing?
@@dumbledorf5029 Alabama?
@@panicattheeverywhere8878 nayyy- i hate them all(well except one- she's old) ((family wise, mind you- i hate the other trope)
@@aisha5156 you don't want people to be nice/considerate to you? i feel bad for you 💀
I'm seriously going down a rabbit hole of old videos from the 19[insert literally any decade]'s. This is THE most adorable thing ever I can't deal
No one:
1940’s teens: *manners*
No, just the kids who don't have any respect for themselves or others.
It's only a movie. But I do think the consequences of bad choices were well understood back then.
@Oritra Kar I think it's always been a mixed bag, but kids used to get a lot more discipline. That went out of fashion 20 years ago. I'm glad I grew up in the 60s and 70s.
@@markrichards6863 dang, I wish I grew up then
@@xerilaun I think you romanticize history. Times were hard the 40s, food rationing, gas rationing, air raid drills, family members fighting a World War, not knowing if they'd come back. Then when the war was over, a lot of guys had PTSD. And also remember, all if that was preceded by the Great Depression. My grandmother kept her last ration book. Every time we'd start complaining about stuff she'd pull it out of her junk drawer and tell us about sacrifice. All 4 of her brothers and a sister came back. I think every era has it's difficulties. We got covid and bad leadership, economic shut down for one very bad year, and maybe a second bad year. I just wouldn't minimalize what your great grandparents went through.
I love how polite everyone was back then 😀
I’m just here cause I like hearing how they talked back then.
Why does everyone think that this is an actual representation of high school life and teenage behavior in the 40s and 50s? We've all seen those cheesy videos and short films from the early 2000s about drugs, respect, not talking to strangers, etc, etc. Imagine your grandkid watching that in the future and believing that's what school life or society was like when that couldn't have been further from the truth.
You're so right. This was probably organised by vintage version of boomers lmfao
The thing is, this is an instructional.video, so it seems more believable.
thesix107 people stayed married because it was harder for women to live alone and it was harder to get a divorce
My grandparents who were actually there always told me stories of their youth and how they acted etc. This is a good representation of how manners were so important back in the day.
thesix107 ok boomer.
can't believe people used to talk like this in real life, it's so interesting
Well this is a movie, not real life. Like watching a movie from 2021 in 2080 and saying "wow kids really talked like that, haha"... no, probably not.
@@culwin except they DID talk like that back then.
@@mrsx7944 They didn't though.
@@culwin They really did. My grandmother was born in 1927 and sounded very much like this her whole life. Very proper.
@@mrsx7944 They really didn't. My grandmother was born in 1926 and sounded like a normal person.
Everyone was so respectful and polite.
“Nothing is more casual and more fun than raiding the icebox after a date!”
"A skating party and weenie roast" LOL. The innocence of the time is fun to laugh about. But to be fair. Our modern age could use a good dose of it.
I for one would love to be invited to a skating party and weenie roast.
This is also a production, not an accurate protease on what life was actually like back then, like how today teens ideals are to be healthy, carefree, skinny, but obviously not everyone is like that, it’s just the ideals
@katelyn jacobs At that age skinny is where it's at. You'll have 40 years to pile on weight while you don't grow even an inch upward..
@katelyn jacobs Most people don't. Especially these days. You probably don't remember when size XX and XXX were only in the orthopedic clothes department.
@RR P. Gee ya think?
"Caroline keeps a date calendar: she'll never have the embarrassment of forgetting a date".
Me: Yeah I have soo many dates that I forget so it seems like I don't have dates
There weren't phones back then you know
Well I like weird girls so I'd have been happy to have a spot on your calendar.
Me with so many appointments, counselors , advisors : yah
Even the jerks were wholesome in the 50’s
A Spectator this is a film, not reality
Not hardly.
They acted like and looked like males too.
wait were there jerks in the video I didnt even notice LMAO
We've made so much progress since then.
50s: Be kind, respectful, friendly
Now: Be mean, hard to get, always in trouble
50s: Be racist bigots and homophobic
Now: Be racist gun loving bigots and homophobic. Times have not changed.
@Virgo’s Bonnet That's mostly an American thing. Also I was talking about popularity standards, not middle aged men
@@LatchKeyKid_78 oh shut up whiner
@@LatchKeyKid_78you have a myopic and small mind
What a different concept of social behavior amongst teenagers. , than we have today.
Wanna elaborate?
This is acting. Teenagers were not like this. Ask your grandma.
Steve Reichard meow meow
This was pre-segregation and pre-Jewish media/entertainment industry control. Nuff said.
@@nabielw Name calling isn't really much of a retort.
She’s the swellest! :)
Just me I say let’s bring this term back. 👍
@@elderlypoodle9181 I use it all the time lol.
Jinny Von Machin 🏆🏆🏆
She sure is! :D
@@elderlypoodle9181 let's not lmao
“hey Jerry thats the new girl in our math class”
Hey dude stop worrying about girls your gonna get drafted soon.
Edit: so uhm thanks for all the likes, I didn’t expect people to find this funny at all.
Well damn lmao
This was made in 1947
Quing Ching Hua Rong Im aware of that but it was a joke 🙂
@@namiluvz oh okay, it was funny
God dam this is dark but kinda funny I feel bad
High school? They looked like they were in their 30s.
I agree
For what I've seen, most people back then tried to look older, so that may explain some things, but again they might just be actors impersonating teens
They're probably actors. If not then it's probably because they smoked. Smoking was super common at the time. Smoking really ages people.
The teenage fashion beggined on the 60s
High schoolers now look like babies
This reminds me of a yearbook my dad got at an estate sale. It was from a high school in the early 50s. I read some of the notes and what not and they really loved to use the word "swell." One of them said "To a swell student, from a better one." it made me laugh more than I thought I would. They also had extremely neat handwriting and great use of vocabulary
Then: makes space for her*
Now: “Just sit at another table jeez Carol stop being so sensitive”
What?
Nagisa Dies they used to make room for her but now they dont
Noxoir Yeah, they don’t because she’s either dead or too old to sit at a high school lunch table
"well, that phone call didn't go on for hours!"
😂😂😂
My 5 year old sis asked me once, "what type of cell phones did they have back then?" My mind: you poor soul
She is 5 years old, give her a break
This made me chuckle a bit. Lol
That's depressing
@Trey Stephens OK boomer
She doesn't understand lol
I needed this for college in 2019
@Corporal Dunn Good Manners never go out of style.
@Anita McGuire College campuses in the US are not full of rapists.
@Anita McGuire Where did you read that?! 😂 Don't believe everything you read in the internet...
@@marywebb9127 oop
me: wants to live in the 40's or 50's
those time periods: *sexism* *racism*
redirewolf facts 🤦🏾♀️💀
i was just thinking that 🤦🏽♀️
Yup 🤦🏽♀️
Though we must always act against it, racism and sexism always exist becuase human beings are flawed. Because cultures change over time, defintions of racism and sexism change too.
I think about that too. It's an internal conflict.
"nothing is more casual and more fun than raiding the ice box after a date"🤣
Guys were actually handsome & dressed nicely back then. Plus their voices omg ❤️
I love the guys haircuts
SINGLES WHERE YOU AT? 🙋♀️
Yee yee fellow single ARMY
Meow meow
Me!
Here 🙋
Why are u single?
Those were the good days. It’s catastrophic now in high school. I’m tired of guys acting like I can’t hear their remarks about me or “playfully” hit me in the arm. Or make everything inappropriate. People are so fake now. It’s hard to find real gems of friends and boys.
Same here girl. Talk about shallow.
Your comment was shallow. You sound like this guy Holden. If you think sexism, rape, homophobia, racist, and etc was okay then you must be crazy. You’re obviously not a person of color or just uneducated, because these days weren’t the best. This video isn’t how it really was.
@@xeecstasy3183 I am educated. And no I don’t think those things are ok. But they have always been a thing and always will be. I was talking about social life in general. And yea I know the video is not 100% realistic either.
@@xeecstasy3183 No, I think I know what I’m talking about. Back then it was a lot less racist and sexist than it is today, coming from personal experience and not FROM THE WEB. Not everything you read it true. And not crazy. Reasonable. Except for rape, that wasn’t something that was prominent until the sexual revolution which happened later. You could have said all those incorrect opinions without the attitude too.
@@runner4ever523 the point is back then it was way worse especially how poc were treated. This is in the 1940’s? Segregation was legal. Like come on why? Like how exactly is this better than now? The good old days? Nah it’s never the good old days. I don’t understand how people can say that it doesn’t make sense when more people back then suffered.
*this is like the alternate ending of Grease.*
"Meow meow"
"OKAY, Ellie 🙄"
"little" note for how to be popular in 2021: no one will ever truly feel that they are popular, there will always be one social group who appears cooler and to strive to climb your way up will be forever if you let it go too far. However, if you want to be well liked and accepted wherever you go- be kind and energetic. Smile at people you're only acquainted with in the hallways and soon you'll feel familiar and friendly to them, get involved in clubs and societies and you'll know more people. If your friend has another friend try and see if you can tag along to expand your social group- and when you get into arguments with people try and either resolve it as soon as possible so it doesn't become gossip, or make sure you stop being friends with them in a civil way so that neither of you become socially ostracised. If you want other people to think that you're cool or to pursue you- leave more to the imagination and try not to overshare so that they can ask you those questions instead. And finally- don't be a douchebag or act how you think other "popular" people do. If you don't like that person, they're not popular, they're just intimidating, and they won't find their company much appreciated in groups outside their own. Stay safe and don't do drugs kids
This is how it worked in mid 2000s in southern Europe. Not anymore, sadly. 🙄 Anywhere, probably.
Since I was a little girl (26 now) I always had a strong connection/fascination with the 1920-50’s . It’s like I get nostalgic to those times even though I wasn’t alive then
“How do you do?” That’s what we learnt from English text book in China, and hardly see anyone talks like that in western countries😂
How do you do Hua Bai?
It has been replaced by "What's goin' on?" which to me sounds like a confused person.
I use it when I speak English
@@biancaverdeschi880 It still works just fine.
Aura Darkskipper 我很好，谢谢😃
im in 8th grade right now and i sure wish school was this enjoyable
i’m in 7th and i’ll have to agree with you on this one, middle school is hell
it depends on a country you were lived in. i stay in indonesia and it's a common thing because i feel it every single day with my friends.
@@juicebloom YES
It depends where you live. Middle school in CA was awesome. Middle school on east coast sucks (indoor school, dont see the light of day, strict teachers, too much focus on school, no fun).
@@twice8091 yup sadly
This reminded me of my grandma, Lucille. Her generosity and consideration towards others was a personality trait one rarely sees anymore. I love you And miss you granny ❤️
I liked this. They acted in a very mature manner. These films are great! Young people today could seriously benefit from them.
Lol dude no. They did not act like this back then. This was an ideal which was extremely toxic. It’s better now than then. Back then they were less accepting of people so they aren’t mature in my eyes.
Isn't it surreal to see people interacting so effortlessly. People spoke to eachother more often so they were good at it, enunciating every word, pausing at the right moments, listening to the other person with interest. Now people do not make eye contact or acknowledge eachother, everyone has social anxiety and they do not know how to hold a conversation, they feel the need to congratulate themselves because they managed to go grocery shopping, take a shower, or even get out of bed. It's amazing how much life has changed.
It is true, well said.
I disagree a little bit
It’s scripted, but yes
Yep
Good communication
No one:
That one girl: *meow meow*
Except that this was her way of calling him a catty bitch so it's really everyone now days.
This is a fun insight into my own mother's high school experience. She is long gone now and was an "old mom" when I was born so we were more than a generation apart. I could only imagine but this helps. She was in theater too and had the romantic heart of every other school girl. Thanks for posting this.
i just love the way they speak
She didn’t even get to eat her lunch! Meow meow!
I feel like this was an educational video for a school. I'm having trouble believing if life back then was this angelic, dreamy and blissful.
Dark Knight Films it wasn't
it was for white people
I just realised I've watched this at least twice
the way they speak is so soothing and their manners are so nice. I wish we had the same manners as they did. Would be so much nicer.
I love this channel LOL. This is accurate to my situation in college early 90's.
And fairly accurate to mine way back in the 1970's, High School and College, but especially high school.
I can't tell you how much this comforted me
This is so beautiful, everything had a way of going about it, from asking her out to the way they talked to the parents.
I don't know what I was expecting, but I was pleasantly surprised.
I think a lot of kids want to act this way-- outside factors have changed dating more than teenage kids. Just take it slow, have fun, and make sure your really in love before you get married. And also, guys wore belts back then, you know, to keep their pants up. Its just good manners..
I was born in 1979....but, I always wish I could have been born many decades prior...if I could take a time machine bk into any decade I'd want, it would be this one!! It just seemed so wholesome.... You wouldn't see too many divorces because families stuck together... Families ate dinner together and talked about how their day was... People in general just seemed much more genuine back then!! Times most definitely have changed from back then and definitely for the worst in my opinion!!💜
That's because we pretended that legal equality affects biology and that there was a zero sum equality which is simply not true. Men and women are different. "Families ate dinner together and talked about how their day was"
Ellie is a damn trooper, what a wing woman! ❤️
I love watching these because it’s interesting to learn about the culture of the time period, but people to need to remember these most likely aren’t the most accurate reflection. Consider the intention they were made with: to educate a teenage audience at the time by standards of adults. Beyond that, people also fail to realize how strict many of these social rules were. Chances are, you really wouldn’t want to live in these times.
I watched this one video essay about these old films where the crucial point of the absence of history is also brought up. Those joyful parents just went through a world war less than five years ago, where did that go?
People in the comments just love to say they “wish people now had the same respect and manners as people back then” but accuracy aside, norms evolve for the better. I doubt anyone woke up one day and decided, “today, I’m going to make the world a whole lot ruder.” No, when a trend or habit is unnecessary or bad, it tends to fade away as people dislike it more and more, in favor of new trends and habits which could be better or worse. The lifespan of these lessons, at least in my opinion, was rather fitting.
There’s a lot more to say than just this, but I’m just kind of tired of what people say in comments and descriptions in these videos.
Thank you. Perfectly said. Those comments drive me up the wall. I studied history in college and I frequently spoke with my grandparents about their youth in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.
Yup. My grandma always idolized how normal and proper times like the 50s were, but she had clear undiagnosed mental health issues that had a large impact on her life for years. It's good that we're more casual and open about things now. I'm in therapy and I can talk to my friends about it and it's not weird.
Also, those guys may have had good manners and marriages may have "lAsTeD lOnGeR" like people say, but their wives had way less rights; women couldn't even get credit cards separate from their husbands until the 70s, and divorce was heavily shamed, so people were stuck in these miserable marriages with no way out :/
This was a teaching video from that time, not a discrimination of what the teens did and didn't do.
Thank you! This is really refreshing to read in a sea of comments glorifying a time period that they clearly know nothing about.
THANK YOU! You summed up everything I thought and felt about it lol. It's a teaching video for the teens back then, not a demonstration.
I wish i was born in this era where people have a normal conversation instead looking at their phone
@Brian Allen We still do that lmao. Try looking at the environment around you instead of reminiscing on the past and complaining.
@@pixaafterdark9915 finally someone who realizes not much changed
Am I the only one in love with her room!!!?!❤️
That makes me wanna clean up my room & become more organized...
I love the simplicity
Love how the boys stood up for her to sit.
I want to live in a 1940's "How To" video
Mm I wonder what it would be like if the fashion trend of the 40s to 60s never left and was still in today? I personally think the dresses were pretty.
Me: *yell "YOOOHO" to the boys in my grade*
Them: yo wtf Clarissa, get a life!
people were so respectful in this video. now, we don't care if they see our parents, often sneaking out, to be popular we just are mean and put down everyone else, and people are not just like "well, thanks the same" when we are reject. rumors can be spread about that person for "punishment" in their decision. at least that's how it worked in my school
Dad is DEEPLY into the daily newspaper.
I wish men were still like this and girls this classy
i absolutely love how they spoke. it’s so bizarre to see high schoolers talking like that, but it’s nice. also lol i will most certainly be adding “that went over like a lead balloon” into my vocabulary, love it!!
Im 38 and I need my dates to be this way! Lol
Wish You that! 😊
I am 28 and I am dreaming about going on a date. My last date was in 2016 with boy that is such an ashole...
I wish I could meet a nice, intelligent, warm, handsome, honest, good, rich (not a millionaire 😀) , single, older than me guy (for example 45 years old surgeon), fall in love with him, marry him and give him love, help, and everything he deserves for.
You mean you still need to tell your parents when you'll be home?
I'm 53 and wish there were more gentlemen!
@@charlesscott27 Is that supposed to be funny?
@@Roxi-xz9oy gentlemen exist but not for thots
This was a pleasant video to watch to say the least.
I see people writing how this is a better way of dating than now and just wanted to comment: This is probably more a film about how adults wanted their kids to be popular? It´s not really a documentary, guys. Kids drank, fought and had sex just like they do today. With the added benefit of even more slut shaming, teen pregnancies and no consequences for sexual assault.
Your Quirk 👏 👏
This is fascinating. We speak so differently now
Narrator: “Nothing is more casual and more fun than raiding the icebox after a date”
I’m dying 😂😂😂
My mother and father met similarly like this.
Few jokes, confidence and talking on phones. Then met her parents.
Nowadays its way different timeline. Its about get on bed with every woman, gluing their eyes on phones and worse things we already know.
This theatre kid appreciates this group of Theatre kids
Honestly, this could teach everyone a thing or two, even in 2023!!! 👍
Kids can really benefit from healthy examples of human interaction if they don't have it at home, where it really counts. Most families today are broken to some degree, and social media is now more and more toxic. Movies don't often portray good families, and religion is frequently and increasingly unhelpful.
This is suprisingly filled with actually good dating advice.
I really only have two complaints. The mention of the phone conversation length is a bit annoying, but considering how phones worked that day and most households only had one or two and lengthy calls were more expensive and there weren't any wireless options, I'll let it slide. It was good advice for the time.
I also how they act like this automatically means popular. Reality check. This does not garentee popularity, though it does help you avoid some (not all) unwanted drama.
Gosh golly gee, this was a real swell guide. Just dandy!
oh my goodness!! I've only seen the black and white version of this
their fashion tho! i really like it! it's very nostalgic!
This was actually a lot better and respectful than I thought it would be
So much politness, consideration and respect shown...The world could use alot more of this.
Social media has really screwed up things
5:07 that is SUCH a nice doorbell omg
The clothing and speech is dated but the basic message of kindness and respect and consideration are timeless.
Perhaps if these sorts of educational videos were still shown in schools today (updated of course) our youth would be more polite, less socially awkward, people would have more boundaries and there wouldn't be as many PFAs needed.
You're kidding yourself if you think everyone was like this back then
No one was like this actually. The mental health back then for children was really bad. It still is now, but at least it’s taken more seriously. As well as you can’t change someone from being socially awkward because of videos like these. A matter of a fact many teens act polite just like how some don’t. They are kids after all! They have to learn.
@Reo Grande yes obviously and there was a lot of history about it as well as books.
@Reo Grande no I have as well do you like to troll? You have to be joking.
Those were men and women talking,amazing.
This is too fun to watch
I subscribed because these old films help me at ease and calm a lot lately