https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/34369096-2874-47e8-a066-5a4653e37b08 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Charles Cahill and Associates (:08); presents this childhood developmental film "Runaway: Freedom or Fright". The film displays a series of unhealthy and dysfunctional family homes; stories collected from actual runaway youth. The targeted audience is future potential runaways who might be watching the film in school. The narrator focuses on the need to remain at home and in school.  It opens on the home of the first dysfunctional family (:42). The father screams at the mother from the kitchen table as the boy; Chris, chomps on cereal (:42). A father berates his daughter in the living room of another home (:50). A boy seeks assistance with his homework from his mother (:55). She rejects him (1:04). An alcoholic father pours a bottle of booze at the family table (1:12). A girl’s stepfather inappropriately leers at her from behind the newspaper (1:25). The first family's fight escalates (1:43) as the father smashes plates. A series of youth stand in the street thumbs extended seeking a way out (1:52). The narrator swings in to encourage youth not to run from home (2:11). Factory workers operate floor machinery (2:51) as he begins to address the targeted audience's future (2:51). College students Mill through a college campus (3:01): another example of a future possibility. He stresses the need to wait until one can financially support oneself (3:27). Other factors which will lead to the failure of a life stemmed from early departure from home without support include lack of employment opportunity (3:34). Lack of income leads to lack of residency (3:54). Without completion of high school, college becomes inaccessible (4:05). Homeless youth stories are heard (4:13). A boy slouches against boxes of food in a distribution truck (4:11). A young girl hitch hikes on the side of the road (4:27). Another sorts through the dumpster (4:35).a young boy moves past a movie advertisement for ‘Grease’ (4:47) detailing the constant movement and colder temperatures. A young girl is attacked by an older man (5:07). A patrol car swings up on youth wandering down the sidewalk (5:20). A runaway breaks into a car (5:46). Street survival often leads to breaking the law. Statistics are heard over runaways (6:02); many return home. A boy calls his mother from the police station requesting to return home (6:23). Students socialize on school grounds as school is mentioned as a good source of support for students with troubles at home (7:01). He offers a brisk suggestion that the youth remain in their situation (7:34) offering siblings as emotional support. He calls on peers of those who are in troubled homes (8:17) to offer support. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhI5SYzt2gs Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:01:53 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/34369096-2874-47e8-a066-5a4653e37b08 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.