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School (1939)

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School (1939)
 Sponsors: Progressive Education Association; American Film Center. Production Co.: Lee Dick, Inc. Director: Lee Dick. Writers/Camera: Edward Anhalt, Rudolph Bretz. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 24 minutes.

Portrait of a typical day at the progressive Hessian Hills School in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, with narration by the students. The documentary includes scenes of the children studying and participating in projects.

Resources
Association of Documentary Film Producers, Living Films: A Catalog of Documentary Films and Their Makers (New York: Association of Documentary Film Producers, 1940), 50.