Sponsored Films

Crowded Out (1958)
Sponsor: National Education Association. Production Co.: Agrafilms Inc. Director: Irving Rusinow. Writer: Sid Abel. Camera: Pinckney Ridgell. Music: Gerhardt Maasz. Editor: Wilkes Straley. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 29 minutes.

Film urging parents to join forces with educators to solve school overcrowding during the 1950s baby boom. In Crowded Out, a teacher is assigned so many students that she is unable to respond to their individual needs and must resort to rote instruction. Dissatisfied, she plans to resign. The film recommends that parents work through their parent-teacher associations to secure increased school funding.

Note: The credits also acknowledge the involvement of affiliated state education associations. A short version was released under the title I Wish I Could, Kathy.