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World War 1 training demonstrations by naval reservists at the Great Lakes training station in Illinois,United States.

Naval reservists at the Naval Station Great Lakes training center in Illinois, United States, circa 1917. The World War 1 U.S. Navy reservists standing on the parade ground and demonstrating their activities. The reservists demonstrating stretcher drill. People gather on the ground and watch the sailor demonstrations. The reservists demonstrate a machine gun. The soldiers firing the machine gun. Smoke rises from the firing of the machine gun.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063010
African American children being benefited under Project Breakthrough in Illinois,United States.

A documentary about Project Breakthrough by the office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program to teach preschool children language skills in Cooks County, Illinois. An African American child at a typewriter. The Director of Research and Statistics Division, Cook County Department of Public Aid Walter Hudson speaks about the development of a testing device that can monitor the progress of a child on ERE (Edison Responsive Environment) device. An African American child seated at a desk. View of a group of African American boys and girls running outside in a paved lot or playground area, and seated on a step of a housing building. Juan Tracey, an educator speaks about the cost of the project. The Director of the Project Breakthrough A. Louie Scott says that the cost of the project must be measured against the number of dropouts from school. Sister Marry Williams, a member of the Board of Advisors of the Project Breakthrough says that through this project they are saving a lot of money for the larger society. Director Walter Hudson labels illiteracy and poverty to be contagious for the society. Sister Williams says that this project aims at working with children having tremendous potential. Separate lockers for children at the school. Juan Tracey says that this project provides with basic things one needs to go to a school. Director Hudson says that this project makes the children adequate to enter the main stream of life in the United States. An African American woman with her child. The child spells out the word MOTHER and the woman kisses the child.

Date: 1967
Duration: 5 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059883
Children learn to read and write with the aid of a talking typewriter under Project Breakthrough in Chicago, Illinois,United States.

A documentary about Project Breakthrough by the office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program to teach preschool children language skills in Chicago region (Cook County, Illinois.) Film begins showing various parts of a "Talking typewriter." A very young African American girl is seen talking near the device. A young African American boy is seen pounding the keys of the device. Pamela Jung, one of the project officials, is seen talking into a telephone. She is next seen explaining the talking typewriter to an interviewer, and noting that the children involved perceive it as a game. Another woman official tells the interviewer that the devise is a computerized typewriter, containing a keyboard, voice audio, and screens. A small African American girl is seen entering the booth housing the Talking typewriter. Inside the booth, she tentatively touches some of the keys. As she does so, a voice identifies the keys she actuated (in this case the numbers: 7, 4, ...). Another girl, in the booth, looks all around to see what it contains. One woman, involved in the project, holds a phone as she views a subject in the booth. Camera shows the boy, seen earlier, looking all around the booth and another girl, each trying to find the source of the person talking. A woman in the project explains that the children chosen to participate in the project are from three housing projects in one low income housing area, where poor families are receiving public assistance.

Date: 1967
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059874
Poor African American people on streets of Chicago who are intended to be benefited by Project Breakthrough in Illinois,United States.

A documentary about Project Breakthrough by the office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program to teach preschool children language skills in Cook County, Illinois. A poor household in Chicago. Poor people around the sidewalk. Poor people, mainly African Americans on the street. An African American girl crosses the street. A woman carrying a child walks along the sidewalk. Litter on the street. Director of Cook County Department of Public Aid William H Robinson.

Date: 1967
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059875
Director of Project Breakthrough explains about the project to mothers of 4-5 year old children in Chicago, Illinois,United States.

A documentary about Project Breakthrough by the office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program to teach preschool children language skills in the Chicago region (Cook County, Illinois.) Project Supervisor for Special Cases Jenine Bloomberg speaks about how the mothers of 4-5 year old children were invited for tea and explained about the project. Juan Tracey, an educator, says that with the help of case workers mothers were contacted and invited. Director and Originator of the project A. Louie Scott addresses the mothers of 4-5 years old children. Director Scott explains about the Project Breakthrough and how it could benefit their children. Mothers get their questions answered by the Director. Interested mothers make an appointment for testing their children. Juan Tracey shares how the children were tested and research was conducted after dividing them into experimental and control groups.

Date: 1967
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059877
Children undergo IQ test before being inducted into Project Breakthrough in Chicao, Illinois,United States.

A documentary about Project Breakthrough by the office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program to teach preschool children language skills in Chicago (Cook County, Illinois.) A child at a talking typewriter. The Director of Research and Statistics Division, Cook County Department of Public Aid Walter Hudson speaks about testing each child before inducting him or her for Project Breakthrough. Director Hudon says that various tests like IQ test, metropolitan reading readiness test are conducted. He says that parents' ability to read and write is also evaluated. A woman conducts an IQ test on a child as the child points out at a picture. The woman hands over a string to the child during the test. An adult undergoes a Stanford reading test. The Director of Project Breakthrough A Louie Scott speaks how the project started in a makeshift space at Garfield District office. Workers make fittings at the office. Director Scott says that later the project shifted to Westing House Vocational School. The Vocational School building.

Date: 1967
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059878
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