https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/c437bf59-dddc-4952-8d01-3300c7086307 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Dating to between 1956-1961, this film (believed to be titled "Are You Ready for College?") from Guidance Films is aimed at high school students, with an eye towards motivating them to prepare for careers where they can support themselves and their families. It also suggests roles for students in the new Space Age. The film stresses the importance of a well-rounded education, including subjects like mathematics, science, literature, history, and foreign languages, and presents various career paths one might consider, such as law, business, science, and more. • 0:09: Childhood dreams of exciting careers like pilots, policemen. Visuals: DC-3 airplane. • 0:30 Child looks at a Buffalo PD cop on a downtown street. Police work requires an education. • 0:55 : In high school career thoughts become more serious. South Seneca Central High School and other high schools are shown. • 1:12 High school guidance counselors discuss career planning and college preparation. 1:30: Lower Merion High School, Pennsylvania motto, "Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve". • 1:36 : Uncertainty about attending college and the importance of college life. • 1:52 : College life includes social aspects like friends, dating, fraternities, sororities, and athletics. A baseball game is shown, students chatting by a fire, students chatting on steps. • 2:17: Increased competition for college admission and the importance of a strong high school record. Stop motion animation title card for admissions. • 3:04: College admissions officers look for good grades and relevant subjects. Visual: bell tower at University of Buffalo, New York. • 4:07: Example of Joe Hicks, a high school student preparing for college and considering a career in law. He has a Purdue pennant on his wall. 4:43: a lawyer gets into a cab in a busy city and heads to the Broome County Courthouse, New York. • 6:02 : Pre-law students skills. Myron Taylor Hall at Cornell University is shown. 6:53: Shakespeare's plays in book form are shown. • 7:16 - 8:01: Graduating from high school and receiving a diploma. University campus please drive carefully sign. • 8:04: Mathematics book, science, literature, and foreign languages texts are shown. • 9:04 : "Outer Space" book shown. At 9:43, the Hamburg Battery site of the Nike Missile system is shown, with crewmen servicing the missile in hazmat suits and being washed down. This site in New York operated from 1956 until its closure in 1961. • 10:19 : Future opportunities in science and the importance of preparation in high school. • 11:03: A woman uses a microscope. The role of women in science and the importance of taking the right courses in high school. A biology classroom. • 12:12: The importance of foreign languages and the ability to read technical journals. 13:03: a slide rule is used. • 13:07: The excitement of the business world and the need for knowledge in mathematics and finance. 13:29 Ithaca, New York Savings Bank. William Hengerer Co. department store in Buffalo, New York. Signs for insurance companies and real estate brokers. 14:25 Marine Trust Company building in downtown Buffalo, New York. • 14:04: Busy executive on the phone and intercom, talking to his secretary. • 15:04 : Women in business and the importance of high school courses for future careers. 15:40: downtown Buffalo, New York. • 16:05: The importance of foreign languages for international trade and diplomacy. 16:40: New York skyline as seen from the harbor. • 17:03 : Lifering of HMS Brittanic, images of life rafts. 17:19 Venice, Italy with its canals and lagoon. 17:48 Paris, France and the Arc De Triomphe and Champs-Elysées. Images of Morocco. • 18:03 - 19:00: The importance of English for communication and success in various fields. 18:53: Big Ben and Parliament in London. • 19:08: Buffalo City Hall 19:35 WWII Honor Roll monument. 19:50: Man flips through a magazine. • 20:12: a TV studio is shown with television cameras. • 21:03: recording studio, tapes for foreign language classes created, female student listens to magnetic tape recorder. • 23:00:Sign for Tompkins County Hospital, now Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca. Neon sign for a drug store. • 23:33: Television station control room, WICB-TV studios at Ithaca College. 25:43: film ends with animated diploma turning into the key to success. 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. 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