Four Families
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1984.19.3 and HSFA 1994.21.183
name: label: Collection Production company
content: CRM/McGraw-Hill Films
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content: CRM/McGraw-Hill educational films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 2200 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Included are four edited films depicting family life in rural India (near Bombay), France (near Paris), Japan (near Tokyo), and Canada (in Saskatchewan). Documented are mealtimes, bathing rituals, playtime, and disciplining of children. Anthropologist Maragaret Mead discusses the films and traces the national characteristics inherent in each country to the treatment of its children.