The Fun Of Being Thoughtful (1950)

Social guidance film for teenagers encouraging insight into the motives, tastes and desires of others.

[@janiesippel225]

I just want to crawl into these films and live there.....lol

[@zoesparrow-rk7se]

Same

[@calvinjackson8110]

Me too. If people were like that. I was going to say 'if only people could be like that'. Then I realized THEY COULD. The whole world could be like that.

[@mortalclown3812]

​@@calvinjackson8110 ❤😊

[@BrendanFraiser]

@@calvinjackson8110 It even was like that in the first place.

[@jeffreyg4626]

Time ol' lessons still valid in 2023. I'm in my late 50's. Who also thinks so?

[@DaneRates]

She received the dress because she is and always has been a fantastic child. Clarification the dress wasn't to buy her affection or love, neither was it payment for the dinner she made. She was cooking dinner for them weather she received a new dress or not. Great kids wonderful family.

[@earinggirls]

This was so sweet to watch! So often families become dysfunctional because members feel like they aren't cared about. This demonstrates how even the smallest consideration can make a world of difference! Thanks for sharing!

[@beefbreath]

“everytime i try i make things worse” girl same

[@paulaj.7685]

my life

[@jaminova_1969]

That's me as well.

[@tanyalarose8907]

I love watching these old films. They are so calming.

[@kenster8270]

Me too. Wholesome and innocent.

[@kdescossa]

Just got on them a few weeks ago too hot to sleep…

[@karaamundson3964]

A lot of people today might erroneously call these "corny," maybe because of different evolutions in language, dress, or social mores. But the last, as presented by Coronet, is generally very sensible and grounded, with helpful (age appropriate) information about solutions...solutions which are not, unlike the films, presented in black and white.

[@weahhh63]

Coronet made quite a few good educational films back in the day.

[@debbienuke]

I really enjoy the Coronet films. Do you know where they were originally shown? I'm wondering if these were intended for school use, or some other use?

[@tk-5268]

@@debbienuke meant for schools, most were filmed in color but distributed in Black and White format because most schools cheaped out

[@sfopera]

This should be required viewing everywhere today.

[@alicequayle4625]

'Everywhere you go, people are talking about thoughtfulness'. That would be nice.

[@lindathrall5133]

I WATCH AS MANY OF THE OLD FILMS AS I CAN

[@bjbrown]

That was a cute and...thoughtful...video! All meanies aside these are so much fun to watch. Remember, if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all!

[@DanWindibank]

I love these films. So epic.

[@ohheyfullmetal]

Eddie is such a sweetheart

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Very nice siblings in this film about thoughtfulness. Jane Proctor has a very caring older brother in Eddie.

[@brucemarsico6]

Dad was a WW1 vet. Mom was an army nurse, 1917-1919.The kids were born in the early thirties...…1950......

[@NativeWarrior88]

Wow! A man from that era who wasnt too good to do dishes! Pretty cool!

[@theroadlesstraveled3993]

"First let me straighten the sofa pillow." Moves from one spot to the next without actually straightening it. 😆

[@vickramgoswami2297]

Wow what a great 😊 beautiful family!

[@KL2010]

This is very helpful, I'm homing in on the precise time 'freezing compartment' became 'freezer'.

[@patrickmcdonald6116]

Growing up in the 70's-80's my dad always called the refrigerator an icebox. Drove my mother up the wall but I couldn't understand why. When dad was a child a horse drawn cart or a primitive truck with a freaking block of ice would pull up in front of the house. They would then put the ice into a wooden cabinet, with a drain at the bottom to chill food. Electric refrigerators really are a modern miracle.

[@friendofdorothy9376]

I’m 56 and still say icebox. My family just called our fridges that. Of course I also say fridge too. The freezing compartment was in those old old fridges and was this large “U” shaped freezing coil piece hanging down in the middle that cooled the main open part of the fridge. This usually also had a small door attached to its opening and inside you placed frozen things and the ice trays.

[@ericastier1646]

@@patrickmcdonald6116 Actually refrigerators are not as ingenuous as you think. It's nothing more than compressed refrigerant gas that is allowed to expand. The result is a drop in temperature. The trick is to put the compressor which generates heat outside the ice box and the evaporator which absorbs heat (creates cold) inside the ice box. Up to the 19 century meats were preserved with salt. People ate salted meat. The Rhine river had many ships carrying ancient salt mines salt to Western Europe. Did you ever understood how a fan or a draft of air create skin surface coolness ? It's the same principle as a fridge. Air is being moved causing a local partial vacuum, or drop in pressure, same as the evaporator in the fridge , except the fan skips the step of compressing a gas first. Fridge use the element of time and a box to separate the opposite effects of compression heat and expansion cooling.

[@lw1343]

Very good. Parents looked like grandparents!

[@mikezylstra7514]

That dad would have been born in about 1895.

[@lolaboden2641]

We ALL need to be more thoughtful.

[@ladyklynne1970]

Whatever happened to words like "swell" and "splendd"?

[@miniena7774]

They were baked and eaten for supper.

[@TJ-kk5zf]

don't be square daddy-o

[@Clevoliver]

I know.. I wish I could live in the past because I hate this generation Edit: please don't bother replying to this comment because it's so cringey

[@junestone4712]

@@Clevoliver lol wtf? yeah modern medicine and equal rights are terrible aren't they. ahhh the good ol' days, where everyone was white and middle class and paint was made out of lead so we could properly poison ourselves from within our own homes. Women stayed in the kitchen, self expression was frowned upon blah blah blah. You have no idea what you're talking about, if you really hated living in the modern world you wouldn't be using the internet dumbass. How about you go socialize with real human beings instead of complaining about life underneath old educational videos from the 50's

[@joy5976]

Dylan Stone oh my god you’re genuinely so upset because a man likes how the worlds portrayed in this video. His first thought obviously isn’t “fuck modern medicine and equal rights!” It’s 2019, you can be anti vax, racist, whatever you are or want to be. That has nothing to do with the video. They meant the way the people talked, the thoughtfulness, the maturity and the respect portrayed here. Some things you obviously lack.

[@---John---]

Back when families cared for each other.

[@mikehudson8884]

I love your channel, it is VERY entertaining. Thanks for sharing.

[@Keng_Keng1710]

I love your chanel 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏👏👏

[@71kaye]

Comments about the parents age in this and other educational videos. Consider the time. World War 2 and the previous depression aged people considerably. Things like death of friends and family, untreated PTSD, being raised with financial insecurity, scarcity of food. Then, when it was available, it was rationed. People delayed having kids in their prime (20's to early 30's) A fair number of families started mid 30's to early 40's, so by the time the kids were in high school the parents WERE nearing their 60's(but looking a decade older just like in these films) Just a thought before laughing out loud.

[@20thCenturyManTrad]

And the fact that all that stress and tough times could have led to early graying and thinning hair. I know guys who are in their 50's but have had so much stress and problems that they've aged ten years.

[@FedUpSouthernGirl]

I don't think people understand also how eating out was not really a thing. If you couldn't buy it and didn't know how to cook it, you sure showed it.

[@mysecondemailatl]

I am the product of parents who had children late. they were married in 1975 at about 30 and 26. Had at least one miscarriage, then brother born in 81 (passed away in 2019) then I was born in 1984. Father was 39 mother 35. My paternal grandfather allegedly was 48 when my dad was born. His father was at least 36 when he was born. Both parents grew up in poverty; my issue is the quality of relationships than just money. I tend to favor my father in behavior. I'm in my mid 30s now with no children, no wife/fiance/gf. But if it was to happen it would be late. It does happen.

[@rosehdz499]

This video is splendid!❤️❤️❤️❤️😊👍

[@Navygrl58]

If only the pendulum will swing back that way again!

[@KassurinReiChan]

This is SO cute!

[@cbeautifulworld11]

This is sweet and wholesome 💛 While it was obvious that she was happy, she didn't say "Thank you". Still sweet, though.

[@jb6712]

Now that one is just plain and simply a happy PSA!

[@miriambucholtz9315]

I tried to give my older brother a hug once, and he gave me such a smack...

[@Likexner]

By smack, do you mean a slap or a kiss?

[@bobbymenon4057]

😅😅

[@bobbymenon4057]

@@Likexner Hard slap,, naturally

[@Navygrl58]

🤣😂

[@laurencrown7043]

I need an Eddie in my life

[@lampyrisnoctiluca9904]

Everywhere you go, people are talking about thoughtfulness. The times had really changed. Now it's all about politics of social media interactions.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Just never disagree about anything with anybody - especially girls. The flack and pity pot backwash you get will make you wish you just kept quiet.

[@valeriebellomo3573]

Yes. SOCIAL MEDIA has brought down America. It's disgusting!

[@Maha1J]

😊 what amazing family 💞 I like this videos thank you for making this channel you are thoughtful

[@ohmeowzer1]

Great film

[@donelleglatt]

Sweet!!

[@hal9000xxl]

That feeling when your gf grand mother is sick and you are all bummed and sad lol

[@maunster3414]

I'm wondering if someone showed up to a party single, would he be barred at the door?

[@miekekuppen9275]

According to some of the other films it was ok and called "going stag". Only mentioned for guys.

[@maunster3414]

Thank you. I had been curious about that question for a long time,.

[@mikepeterson764]

No but most party's involved dancing. If you dont have a partner your sitting on the sidelines

[@mikezylstra7514]

It would be very awkward.

[@ontarioguy2738]

I wonder what year people stopped saying "swell"?

[@jacobmorenzoni2469]

Ontario Guy 1956

[@ontarioguy2738]

What month Jacob?

[@edwardgaines6561]

Ontario Guy You smart-ass!😁

[@qwertasdcfghjklmo24z]

Probably around 1968 when they started saying far out and groovy.

[@terenarosa4790]

We haven't

[@fob1xxl]

I grew up in the 50s and this is what you were taught. The trouble is now we have generations that were never taught this because of poor parenting. It's ALL ABOUT THEM ! Society today really is a disgrace, even in POLITICS ! NO ONE HAS CLASS. NO ONE IS THOUGHTFUL. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED ?

[@mitsuhaferdous691]

This was really sweet 😊💝

[@mellwebb2220]

Eddies reputation??!! Asking another girl out. What will Amy think?

[@amyishere67]

I wasn't too thrilled

[@hersheyco08]

@@amyishere67 😭😭😭😭

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Eddie sounds like Jay Baruchel's grandfather.

[@RamonaQ]

How fast did meat thaw back then? O.o

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Because of all the nuclear testing, meat thawed more quickly than it does today

[@RagDollCookie]

My date's grandma is sick so let's focus on how this affects ME

[@littlephlox8255]

0:07 Being "thoughtfu" is so fun.

[@karenfitzpatrick6256]

So corny, so simple and so true... Whatever happened to the simple courtesies that prioritized another person's happiness so everyone benefitted? Seems we've lost something important.

[@poetcomic1]

My teenage sister was SUCH a bitch. I sent her this though I think its 50 years too late for her to change.

[@cherylevans23]

Ads are getting ridiculous. Remember when FM radio had no ads? Cable didn't have any either for a small fee, and now sat radio where you pay $30 monthly for more ads! Thanks, Zuckerman

[@StCausesARuckus]

Gawd, I remember calling "information" for a number 🤣

[@terenarosa4790]

The brother whistling at his sister was kind of creepy tbh.

[@irongrl]

I think it was a different time back then and was considered more like a compliment not something creepy. Now it would be very unacceptable I would think.

[@orlab-t9217]

@@irongrl still a bit wierd even if it is a compliment lol I'd find it do weird of my brother said "you look beautiful" or something but maybe that's just me

[@neolithic3]

@@orlab-t9217 I think it's just you

[@Likexner]

@@orlab-t9217 It probably was as normal as grandmas telling their grandsons they are dashing young gentlemen.

[@neetucyprus4771]

Love video

[@carlaifera5254]

...........Wow!!!.......don't know anyone who had a family like that!!!!.......imagine how one thinks/feels and sees life with a history like that!!!

[@carlaifera5254]

@@Gamer208010 ........ yeah, that might be true.........foster kid/multiple placements/abuse.......really affected how i think/feel/see my life........mercifully, committed my life to Jesus in the early '70's.......dreamed of being connected with "Father Knows Best" crowd (a 50's sitcom)........huge reality check when found out that crowd didn't exist........thankfully, Jesus was better than the institutional church and helped me sort thru the freight train load of abuse baggage i was 'gifted' via the foster care system........do yourself a favor and give some serious effort to finding out this for yourself.......thx for the getback to my comment........:)

[@shanesmith6941]

Awww shucks, I wanted to see if Marleen would go out with Eddie.

[@fiorellafenati5395]

the parents in this series all look seventy years old while looking at the children they must have been 45 years old (once they got married even earlier so they could be 40!!!!) and the fathers did nothing but read the newspaper

[@bobbymenon4057]

👏🏼

[@Gingerlove713]

Bahahahahaha!!!! Lucky Strike Marching Cigarettes Commercial brought me here...

[@mikepeterson764]

Were going to follow Jane Prcotor into her home, well that sounds kinda creepy.

[@Wa3ypx]

Eddie could go stag and meet chicks. Thats an option

[@josephkelley8641]

Good idea, Dad!

[@donnawarner6220]

It s like being back at home

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

What accent is that? Pittsburgh?

[@TJ-kk5zf]

0:21 what is this guy, Hugh Hefner?

[@dannydougin3925]

That couple must have had the children late in life... they are a bit long in the tooth! While a nice idea, there are very few families like this.... *very* few.

[@Michelle77Va]

Do families still have dinner together anymore?

[@pattiharvey8889]

Apparently not

[@---John---]

The families that have a loving mother who likes to cook for their family, still eat together..Sad truth is most women are lazy these days. They don't cook, don't clean...don't do anything. 🙄

[@orlab-t9217]

@@---John--- ok boomer

[@ditsydaisys]

@@---John--- its sad, but so true.

[@That.Lady.withtheYarn]

I still cook and eat with my tiny human and hubby.

[@anitahendricks]

Swell!

[@johnkoval1898]

Ever seen such a functional family?

[@niapawina]

6:08 'glances nervously at camera'

[@Wa3ypx]

I see they have a bread box. I just asked my mother( 95 y.o.) the other day if people still use bread boxes

[@hannahmashburn7101]

I have a bread box

[@Wa3ypx]

@@hannahmashburn7101 Do you use it and does it keep bread "fresher"? Or is it to keep your counter clear?

[@hannahmashburn7101]

@@Wa3ypx I use it to keep my counter clear. It’s a family “heirloom” and I store bread and chips in it

[@Wa3ypx]

@@hannahmashburn7101 Why arent they popular any more?

[@hannahmashburn7101]

@@Wa3ypx I think it’s because people are just lazy. And leaving a loaf of bread on the counter in plain sight has the same effect

[@latriciaannhellums503]

I have been thoughtful towards ppl donated no telling how much money in clothes and other stuff. No thank you what. So ever. So I get where I I am tired if being thoughtful. No again.

[@cacatr4495]

We don't show kindnesses for the reward of the thank you's, we show kindnesses for the sake of being kind, itself. If we are looking for thank you's, we are doing it for our egos. Are we being kind for others' sake? or for our pride's sake? We have to check our motive. Being thoughtful, if it's for a reward, isn't thoughtfulness.

[@chickasawstarrmountain9747]

no shit about thawing meat in 3 min and they boiled those potatoes in 2 min damn

[@poetcomic1]

There's a girl I want to ask out but its too late to ask her - 56 years.

[@jb6712]

This was filmed 71 years ago.

[@poetcomic1]

@@jb6712 I was speaking of my own life not this movie.

[@RatzoMcFatso]

The parents are in their 60's.

[@heidimerchant5046]

That's okay Ratso..Pretty sure the kids are in their 40s..

[@SommyRaiden]

Why do people keep pointing out the parents' age? Does that matter?

[@FloatingOnCloudNein]

MMcCabe9502 ain't that better tho compared to the amount of teen moms and dads running around today?

[@elissamarcus]

Life finds a way

[@irongrl]

My parents were 40 and 47 when I was born so my dad was in his 60's when I was a teenager. That was kind of uncommon though and in these old videos it often looks like the parents are more like grandparents.

[@rfjohns1]

The parents seem more like their Grandparents

[@micham4897]

0:46

[@FedUpSouthernGirl]

Wait a minute. I just watched one of these that said it was rude to ask a girl at the last minute to go on a date. A guy can never win.

[@redwingfan9393]

I watched the same one. I think the difference is that in the other video the guy intentionally waited until the end and in this case he found out at the last minute he needed a date and was willing to offer an explanation. The rules are very detailed. :)

[@jb6712]

"Last minute," as in the same day of the event---but this was a new girl who's family only just moved into town, so he had that as far as explaining the "last minute" asking. It all depended on intent and common sense, the latter of which is seriously missing 71 years after this PSA.

[@thefirebreathingduck7386]

Jane got a raw deal. He peels the potatoes and sets the table and she does the other 95% for dinner. Not too thoughtful Eddie.

[@Likexner]

She got herself a raw deal. She was the one who suggested the arrangement.

[@loricaudill1440]

The new Super Woman is Jane .Brother is Eddie Super Man..Let's get our super powers together and cook dinner .Thats swell

[@jengillies9747]

Ah the idealized version of the past where families sat around having conversations about how to be more thoughtful to each other.

[@PuffKitty]

Eddie was advised twice to explain to the new girl why he was asking her late. "My real date Amy had to go out of town so I decided to ask you instead at the last minute cuz I'm thoughtful like that."😅

[@mikehudson8884]

Sis looks a lot like Karen Carpenter.

[@kenaldri4982]

or Annette Funicello

[@DaneRates]

This kind of thinking, attitude and work ethics is almost impossible to find. It was a family attitude and lifestyle I'd wanted and wanted to raise any children in.(simple honesty respect atmosphere) instead the people living in my house and some living in the Midwest community verbally physically ridiculed destroyed any effort or susses I had. Saying that God and all the angels together could not act or accomplished such attitude or lifestyle. Clarification they would only behave like that for someone if their getting paid for it via power money influence.

[@edwardgaines6561]

It's so refreshing to see young, wholesome women...WITHOUT TATTOOS AND BLUE HAIR! (Current Year😞)

[@msmoonbeam91]

Edward Gaines too bad there's still narrow minded judgmental assholes.

[@galenbjorn443]

Yea, for not accepting blue hair and a disturbing personality? Are you a narrow minded judgmental asshole then? Arent you the one how is judgmental right now? Aren't people allowed to criticize the current year and it's disturbing trends? and this comes from a guy with tattoos. Sherry take a good look in the mirror before you act upon

[@PootisArchiveshh]

oooh NNnOOOOOOOooooooo. TattOOs anD dYED HAir!!!! PeOPLE expressiNG ThemsleVES!!!! whAT A hOrRId yEAR ThIS iS!!!

[@annapaulikonis2433]

Those days are gone, Ed.

[@stephaniejade7056]

It would be equally nice and to see wholesome men..WHO AREN'T PORN-ADDICTED WOMAN-HATERS!

[@atlantis7070]

Yeah, that ground beef is NOT going to be thawed by supper.

[@poetcomic1]

Hooked on Coronet etc. but I am GETTING SICK of fat ankles and white bobby socks.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

They should paint some gravy on their legs like they did during WW2.............lol...

[@vincestupidface9046]

I’ve been wondering where these films were shown - churches? Reform schools?

[@kerim.peardon5551]

Ah, let me tell you of a time when the best thing that happened at school was when you came into a classroom and the teacher had set up the old reel-to-reel projector in the middle of the room. When I was a kid, the projectors had onboard cassette players. You would get the film loaded and the lens focused, then you would advance the film manually until it was on a start screen. Then you would start the cassette. The cassette would tell you to start the film running as soon as you heard a "ding." That was how you synced the sound (from the cassette) with the film. Back before there were cassettes, I assume there was a similar system that used a record player since there was no media widely available until the late 1980's that had sound and video on the same device. (The VCR tape was the first such device for home consumers.) But, long story short, films like these were primarily shown in schools. Some might have been shown in a Home Ec class (e.g. films about cooking or nutrition) or gym (e.g. films about health and exercise), but most were probably shown in homeroom (aka study hall). Occasionally the homeroom class (or a health class, if they had one) was sex-segregated and girls would be shown films about things like menstruation or pregnancy (as close as they got to sex ed in schools back in the day) and boys would be shown films pertaining to male puberty or other things that were male-specific. If I'm not mistaken, schools in the 1950's taught what's known as a "classical education" and personal development and the study of virtues and morals were considered a key part of a child's overall education. The classical education model is starting to slowly regain popularity again; it can sometimes be found in private schools (usually religious ones) and homeschool parents are starting to teach it more.

[@user-oq3cf3sf6h]

I was born in 55 so I don't remember the 50s

[@satanofficial3902]

This would be better in the original klingon.

[@satanofficial3902]

Qapla'

[@Cinnamon1901]

It was great until the brother got creepy at the 9:00 minute mark.

[@patricemarie2960]

Are you very thoughtful?? ..... No no no ...... McDonalds tonite!?? Supper is served! ......

[@tombob671]

Later Eddie was killed in Korea

[@wayneolsen8965]

Tom Burgess he forgot to take out the ground beef

[@joeyfortin7588]

I think Amy lied and said her grandma was sick cuz I mean like look at Billy ! He's so busted it's not even funny

[@magarac99]

Why is Dad so old?

[@8800081]

7:55 what the hell is with Eddie's hair? Eddie looks like he's going to end up borrowing his sister's new dress later on.

[@livelifeincolour]

What's wrong with it?

[@TJ-kk5zf]

the brother and sister make out in the uncut version

[@baronsorgi1]

T J Nothing wrong with being thoughtful

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

Joe Dirt....😮

[@mariannehall2686]

That has to be one of the ugliest dresses I've ever seen.

[@ReyBanYAHUAH]

Always remember to repent of your sins (sin is transgression of YAHUAH’S LAW: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy) And Have Belief On YAHUSHA HAMASHYACH. HE Died and Rose three days later so that you can be forgiven of your sins! HE Loves you! Come to HIM!🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@heatherhutchinson3625]

The gender inequality back in those days was horrifying. The woman was supposed to do EVERYTHING.

[@valeriebellomo3573]

Oh shut up. Whiner!