When Should Grown-Ups Stop Fights? (1955)

When Should Grown-Ups Stop Fights?

1955

Documentary

Synopsis

Vassar College's Department of Child Study produced this training film for nursery school staff, one of a series on "Preschool Incidents." Unstaged playground scenes of two to five-year-olds in conflict are shown, then repeated for further analysis and discussion. We learn how to "size-up situations," differentiating between "playful attacks" the kids can adequately handle themselves and truly aggressive behavior (as when "a child has gone on a rampage") that requires immediate adult intervention.

Credits

Director

Eveline Omwake

Lawrence Joseph Stone

Mary Fisher Langmuir

Cast

Lawrence Joseph Stone as Narration

Crew

Josef Bohmer (Director of Photography)

Josef Bohmer (Editor)

Eveline Omwake (Script)

Lawrence Joseph Stone (Script)