13178_41113_public_library_kids9
1952
Film promoting children’s learning at the New York Public Library. Shot of librarian handing book to boy(approx 8-9 years old). Boy sits down at table and looks at a book about planets. Shot of girl with Raggedy Ann Doll (approx 5-6years old) holding the hand of another girl (approx 3-4 years old) as they walk by the card catalog. Librarian wheels a cart of books through the library. The two girls holding hands look at books on a shelf, take a book and walk past children sitting at a table. CU of children reading at a table. CU of boy with glasses looking off into space daydreaming He is dressed as a prince and is putting a crown on a girl dressed as a princess. There is a castle in the background. Clip ends with girl with Raggedy Ann doll and younger girl looking at a book.