Those old school educational films just a force for GOOD

I must have seen at least a few of these educational films way back in my elementary schools days. 

There is much good sense in them and they do rise above McCarthy Era propaganda. Take the above film , for example : what to do with your time is a question that your inner voice will be asking all your life.

 Reading and walking I have enjoyed all my life.Whatever God there is will talk to you in a walk in the woods.

 Time spent in the public library is never wasted. For the last 20 years the Internet has helped people keep alive any early interests.

 These old films stimulate Proustian memories - like old popular songs and the lyrics too. And today just about everybody has a digital camera, is an amateur photographer.

 Also, I can't find fault with all these " educational " films that just try to influence a kid to be a good, kind, useful citizen. Would they work in public schools today ? Too much domestic chaos ? How many American families even eat together ?

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Better Use of Leisure Time (1950) Instructional Film

GUIDES IN DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT LEISURE TIME. SHOWS HOW TIME CAN BE USED ...