The Childhood Years

Scenes shot in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California, on San Pablo Bay, apparently in the late 1920s. Images include: pans over the waterfront; workers at the Bay Specialty Company; the erection of the American Plywood factory; white-collar men exiting a meeting, greeting the camera and tipping their hats; workers at the Martinez Steam Laundry posing; and more.

Problems of underfunded and outdated schools. Highlights such problems in education as building construction & modernization, class size, more teachers & up-to-date educational tools.

Contrasts a community in which business and industry support their schools with another where they do not. Shows how education influences the standard of living in a community.

This film is an authentic record of real people, living their usual lives. It documents one of several experiments carried on by various state universities -- experiments sponsored by the Alfred P.