Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: The Historical Archive
• Run Time: 124 minutes
• ASIN: B000NJXSHA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,506 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This DVD explores Juvenile Delinquency in all its forms and what could be done to counter its effects in the 1940s to 1960s. The films explore gang violence, bullying, the effects of childhood anger, vandalism, cheating, knife fighting and more. While the films are very simplistic when compared to our modern troubles (i.e. more guns, drugs, violence, etc. than back then), the DVD still offers a very good presentation of the roots of juvenile delinquency and shows specific steps that could be taken to ward off bad influences at an early age. The films are simultaneously quite entertaining and educational. Here are all the films that make up this historical collection: A Chance to Play (1950) - Sound, Black & White Run time: 18:05; Boy with a Knife (1956) - Sound, Black & White Run time: 19:15; Cheating (1952) - Sound, Black & White Run time: 11:00; Ask Me, Don't Tell Me (1961) - Sound, Black & White Run time: 20:55; What About Juvenile Delinquency? (1955) - Sound, Black & White Run time: 10:41; Why Vandalism? (1955) - Sound, Black & White Run time: 16:08; As the Twig Is Bent... (1943) - Sound, Black & White Run time: 10:49; Boy in Court (1940) - Sound, Black & White Run time: 10:15; That Boy Joe (1944) - Sound, Black & White Run time: 17:27