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- A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop.
- Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
- Food Network's Guy Fieri rolls out to visit America's favorite diners, drive-ins and dives, interviewing the owners of the food establishments and samples the items on their menus.
- On the edge of revolutionary change at their all boys private high school, three friends set out to have one last great weekend while dodging authority, love affairs and violent foes in the longest weekend of their lives.
- A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
- An ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother. A romantic plot ensues, as well as a confrontation with the gang leaders.
- A distant, slightly dysfunctional family is brought closer together when the father's long-estranged Uncle Nino comes from Italy to Chicago for a surprise visit.
- A government experiment goes totally wrong as a creature confined in a hidden lab inside an abandoned house escapes. Afterwards, some teens show up to have a little fun in the house, not knowing that the beast is loose and watching them.
- "Holy Ground" is the story of Chicago's emergence as one of the largest cities in the world from the perspective of the Catholics.
- Rendezvous in Chicago is a short comedic feature film comprised of three vignettes corresponding to the beginning, middle and end stages of a relationship.
- A high school senior really has the hots for her boyfriend and wants to get married right after she graduates, despite the objections of her parents.
- A shy boy wants to ask out a girl on a date - but how can he know what she'd like to do, or what kind of activity would be best suited for getting to know her?
- Kay, a boy-crazy high school student, devotes her entire life to finding dates. She tries every trick she can to get boys to take her out, from pretendng that she cars about sports and cars to getting herself put on cleanup committees to meet boys.
- Phil, a student who recently transferred into his high school, keeps to himself a lot, spending time in his basement building radios and record players. His dad notices that he has no friends, and tells him that, like the electronic parts he assembles, "you have to fit in with all hte other parts." Realizing that the reason he has no friends is because he's not one of the "crowd," Phil studies the most popular kids at school, in order to see what traits they admire most, so he can be like them and fit in.
- Nora has been going steady with Jack and thinks she may be in love. Her mom, sensing that her virginal little daughter is about ready to do the wild thing with the horny Jack, tries to convince her that she's too young to know.
- A look into the lives of a seventh-grade boy and girl as they go through their morning and evening routines...and why not keeping clean and neat brands them as losers!
- Chuck, a young loner, is invited by a neighbor to a dinner party, but turns it down. He finds himself visited by "Chuck of the future"--himself at age 21. "Chuck of the future" knows the reason the current Chuck doesn't want to go to the party--he's embarrassed over his poor table manners. "Chuck of the future" decides to give "Chuck of the present" some tips on proper table etiquette.
- A teen boy is given advice on what to do, and what not to do, on a date.
- Teenaged Jeff stupidly thinks that the road to popularity is a fast car and nice clothes. However, his girlfriend and his dad soon show him the error of his ways by proving--via such examples as The Ten Commandments and the intricacies of hydroelectric dam construction, subjects of vital interest to teenagers in the 1950s--that sound ideals, of course, are the basis of popularity. Jeff learns a valuable lesson that will serve him well later in life: if you want hot chicks, forget the red Corvette and the Armani suits--drive a Studebaker and become a born-again construction engineer.
- A young, quirky man falls for a young divorced woman. After showering her with affection and the promise of being a loving guardian for her son, she must now choose between two very different men in her life.
- In 1872, the most undesired Parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago is sent new pastor Fr. William Netstraeter who spends decades reforming and building the whole area at large, only to have his legacy forgotten.
- Jeff Moore, a high school student, has trouble controlling his emotions. An expert in the subject (though it's never explained who he is or what he's an expert in) assures the audience that Jeff's problems stem from the fact that he lets his emotions escape, instead of reining them in like everyone is supposed to. At the end, Jeff realizes that he must not let his emotions get in the way of logic and reason, and goes to a marshmallow roast with the gang.
- Howard, a high school student, won't show his parents his report card, because he believes he should have gotten an "A", but didn't, and now he's ashamed to let his parents know. Mr. Edmund, the school principal/psychologist, counsels Howard that high expectations are not always realistic, and when they are not met one gets "emotionally upset," which is a bad thing for a teenager in the 1950s to be. So Howard promises that he will set his sights at a much lower goal from now on.
- A rebellious teen wants to be left alone. His family oblige him by leaving for a two-week camping trip. Left to his own devices, his internal monologue turns to missing his little sister and brother--not to mention some home cooking.
- The Miller family is in turmoil, with members arguing and fighting with each other. Mom finally figures out that all the family's problems can be traced directly to "bad management". She concludes that the way to solve the problem is to run the family like a corporation, with her and Dad as the CEOs and the children as the employees, and weekly meetings where the children will be told exactly what their duties are and how to do them. The kids, as all good children of course will do, think that being turned into soulless corporate drones is a wonderful idea and much better than having their own thoughts, opinions and input on family matters, and everyone naturally lives happily ever after.
- The benefits of being unfailingly polite and well-mannered to everyone are illustrated in this film, which shows teenagers that being polite and well-dressed is the key to making everyone like you and adults--and, more importantly, authority figures--think that you're not a juvenile dellinquent.
- Three teenage girls decide to throw a party to introduce their college-student friend Steve to the crowd. However, instead of just calling up friends & inviting them over--a bad idea, according to this film--the party must be organized to the last degree, with everything from refreshments to entertainment planned out in exacting detail (spontaneity is no fun, apparently). On the day of the party, a good time is had by all because of the "planning and skill" exhibited by the girls while setting up the party.
- James Manning comes to Chicago to achieve his fortune. Tug Wilson offers him a job running errands, then frightens him into taking a steady position when James realizes he is involved with opium smugglers. Milly Amory a ruse for the crooks, falls in love with Manning, but Manning has a sweetheart back home, Mary Slocum, and she comes to search for him. To get rid of the girl, Milly poses as a medium and warns her away, until Manning finds out and exposes her tricks to Mary, fights for his life with Wilson, who is killed by Milly, and returns to Harmony, Illinois with Mary.
- A boy realizes that he could help his parents by doing things around the house.
- 28-year old Brad Hutchinson is stuck in traffic school. Surrounded by foreigners, he meets the beautiful Emily Desmarais. His attempts to flirt and make conversation are successful until the instructor, Donald Johnson, intervenes.
- On a young woman's journey to heal, she must relive her past and face her conflicting feelings towards her unstable friend.
- In a story of love, science and music a creative 14 year-old cellist, Aleksandrya 'Aleks' Landis, competing for the Gold Pin award and a guest chair in a prestigious symphony, faces obstacles from an oppressive maestro, more competent string players, and her own skeptical parents. On a cold winter day, Aleks struggles to get to rehearsal. She arrives late, but offers to stay late and make up the time. Her maestro, rather than being sympathetic, berates her and closes the door on her. On her way home, Aleks joins a busker in a special duet, and has an innocent, romantic encounter with a classmate, Andreas. Aleks's parents remind her of the sacrifices they have made to pay for her cello lessons. Aleks informs her parents that she would be just as content playing in a rock band. A parallel group of young musicians is exemplified by the story of a 10 year-old violinist, Giovanni. While in Italy visiting the Museo del Stradivari, Giovanni meets a wise woman, Evelina, brilliantly acted by Domenica C. Scorsese. Giovanni also experiences a vision of Antonio Stradivari, seen in an amazing flashback laboring over his instruments. Evelina inspires Giovanni with stories of her great grandmother, an educator and America's first female luthier. In flashbacks from 1929, her great grandmother is seen organizing a science fair and building string instruments. What transpires on the day of Aleks's big audition will long be etched in the minds of everyone involved.
- Through simple illustrations and examples, we learn about easy ways to make life with other people more tolerable.
- Have you ever known what not to wear on a first date? Or tried to give a kiss goodnight that became a slap in the face? Then let us be your guide through six easy and foolproof rules for becoming the ultimate ladies man.
- A school principal counsels a young student caught vandalizing a desk on the proper behavior to exhibit while in school.
- Joe, a college student, decides it's about time for him to get married and settle down. He's drawn to two girls: Ann, a "sophisticated" coed who is so independent that--horrors!--she doesn't even go to church anymore, or Elsie, the sweet young thing he left at home (take a wild guess which one he winds up with).
- What is "personality" exactly? How would you go about improving it? You're in luck. You might've thought that your personality couldn't get any better. You'd be wrong. You, too, can IMPROVE YOUR PERSONALITY with help from this educational short.
- The filmmaker's genealogy search for his newborn's namesake brings him to the early 20th century lives and terrible mid-century fate of Latvian Jews. Nearly all trapped in the country during WWII are killed. The filmmaker's relatives are among the 25,000 murdered in two days by firing squads at Rumbula Forest in Riga, one of the Holocaust's largest massacres. Viewers see what occurred at Rumbula and throughout the country as survivors, escapees, perpetrators and bystanders describe the massacres. Stories of rescue, reunion and survival emerge along with how the vast majority were killed and what we all lost with their murder.
- Ed, a teenager, applies for a job, but upsets his interviewer, Mr. Wiley, by criticizing a former employer. Mr. Wiley tells Ed the story of two brothers, Bob and Walter, who worked for him. Bob was neat, deferential and went along with the program and was promoted, while Walter was sloppy, surly and ungrateful, and was fired. Ed begins to think that being a company man maybe isn't so bad after all.
- A teenager eager to make the high school basketball team fails the tryouts. Devastated, he turns to the family doctor to find out what happened. The doctor tells him that he failed because of his "poor attitude", and proceeds to show him a parade of losers, rejects and derelicts who let their "bad attitudes" get the best of them. Shaken to his very core, the young man vows to improve his attitude, and begins to succeed in life.
- It is a short film written and directed by Nicholas Tinsley. It stars Angela Sprinkle as Maggie, a young woman who has just lost a loved one, and follows her over the course of three days as she is haunted by the memories of the deceased. The film also features Andrew Strenk, Adam Stephenson, Claudia Di Biccari and Dianne Bischoff.
- The issue of popularity, specifically amongst the high school set, is dramatized. Jerry occasionally goes on dates with Ginny, who goes on "sitting in parked cars" dates with many boys, which makes Jerry feel less special. When Ginny comes by and wants to sit with the gang, they brush her off. Is she popular because she goes on these dates, or is the exact opposite the truth? Jerry is also attracted to the new girl in school, Caroline. He can't verbalize why he likes her, but all in the gang, including the girls, invite her to sit with them. But if Caroline is popular, it means that others, like Wally, are interested also in dating her. Jerry and Wally take two different approaches in asking Caroline on a date, with two different results based on their consideration of her feelings.
- This ephemeral film is a primer on the origins of the American people, from the Native Americans to the European, African and Asian immigrants who arrived in successive waves to form the melting pot that made America great.
- Jeff and Marie have been dating for a while, and come to the realization that they might be considered to be "going steady." They ponder the significance of that situation, while Marie's mother worries that Jeff might feel that going steady may entitle him to "take liberties" with her virginal (but seemingly not happy about it) daughter.
- Larry, a popular young boy, is looked up to and admired by his friends. It turns out that the reason he is so popular is because of his personal hygiene habits. He constantly washes his hair, cleans between his toes, lines public toilet seats with paper and has even more disturbing obsessions. As the narrator says, Larry's extra-squeaky-clean hygiene habits--something psychiatrists nowadays call obsessive-compulsive disorder--"are what give him such self-confidence!"
- Bob used to be a loner, keeping to himself and thinking "my own thoughts"--until he meets Joe, a "sincere and real" young man who befriends Bob, and several other local boys, and together they form a group of happy young teens. Joe eventually wins a trip to the state capital by turning in the winning essay on Junior Citizenship in a contest, and Bob and the other boys learn of the rewards of friendship--which are, apparently, that all the hard work you put in on a project results in someone else getting a trip to the state capitol.
- Starlet CoCo Darling who plays Detective J. Giordano in a TV Series is hounded by an aggressive paparazzi while negotiating a new deal with her agent.
- This classroom training film is somewhat unusual in that, instead of the usual indoctrination about fitting in and not doing anything to draw attention to yourself, it actually encourages teenagers to think for themselves and act on their conscience. It tells the story of three teenagers and how they resisted the temptation of drinking, smoking and sex by standing up to the gang and not going along with this dangerous and immoral behavior.
- The virtues of families doing things together is shown in this classroom training film. It follows the Brent family, as they go about helping strangers, and each other, throughout the day.
- The joys of secretarial work as a career for young women are illustrated in this classroom training film. Secretaries (all women) are shown to be the ones who transcribe the ideas of their bosses (all men) into "perfect and permanent form" via the training they get from Gregg Shorthand Books (which just happen to be published by McGraw-Hill, the producers of this film). In addition, this film shows how a good secretary, in addition to her office duties, also knows how to take care of her boss' personal needs, such as getting him coffee and reminding him when to get a haircut. At the end of the film, as a little "bait," the boss is shown with a well-dressed young woman in a mink stole--obviously his wife--who just happened at one time to be his secretary. As the "wife" winks at the secretary, the narratr asks, "Will you be the one that every bright young career man of tomorrow hopes to find?"