When Should Grown-Ups Stop Fights? (1955)
Vassar College's Department of Child Study produced this training film for nursery school staff, one of a series on "Preschool Incidents." Unstaged playground scenes of two to five-year-olds in conflict are shown, then repeated for further analysis and discussion. We learn how to "size-up situations," differentiating between "playful attacks" the kids can adequately handle themselves and truly aggressive behavior (as when "a child has gone on a rampage") that requires immediate adult intervention.
Directors: Mary Fisher Langmuir, Eveline Omwake, Lawrence Joseph Stone.
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Lawrence Joseph Stone as Narration |
| Directing | Mary Fisher Langmuir | Director |
| Crew | Mary Fisher Langmuir | Script |
| Directing | Eveline Omwake | Director |
| Crew | Eveline Omwake | Script |
| Directing | Lawrence Joseph Stone | Director |
| Crew | Lawrence Joseph Stone | Script |
| Camera | Josef Bohmer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Josef Bohmer | Editor |
| Sound | Josef Bohmer | Sound Recordist |