13178_41113_public_library_kids10
1952
Film promoting children’s learning at the New York Public Library. Clip opens with two girls at a table. One girl has a book open. A third girl sits down at the table and talks to the girl reading a book. Girl reading puts finger to her lips (shhh). CU of girl reading. She looks up and daydreams of working in a science lab. Shot of her pouring smoking liquid into a glass bowl. She is reading a book about Madame Curie. Narrator talks about the library being a place where children can dream themselves to greatness. Shot of librarian reading to small children. Shot of the girl with the Raggedy Ann doll reading and writing in a notebook. Boy is reading a book on Beethoven and daydreaming about being a concern pianist. Shows him in a tuxedo playing a piano. Clip ends with a boy taking four books off the shelf and the librarian sitting down next to him at a table.