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Tomorrow's Citizens

Name: Tomorrow's Citizens
Duration: 11 min

Gordon Weisenborn

1947 | 11 min

This film examines contemporary educational methods and policies in the light of an age that has released new natural energies, to be used for or against mankind. It reiterates the question sociologists ask: is the development of social responsibility in today's children keeping pace with their technical knowledge?

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Credits

director

Gordon Weisenborn
producer

Stuart Legg
script

Stuart Legg
narrator

Lorne Greene

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