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- After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.
- A cautionary training film for those who operate and repair heavy equipment. Vignettes show men taking short cuts in their work, doing things they aren't trained for, neglecting to warn a less-experienced worker, using the wrong tool or a tool that's in disrepair, ignoring proper safety practices, trying to appear macho in front of fellow workers, thinking their reflexes are quicker than they are, working while distracted, and generally putting themselves and others at risk. The film is punctuated by the song, "Shake Hands with Danger," the story of Three-Finger Joe. Filmed using Caterpillar equipment.
- Cindy, a 12-year-old tomboy, is devastated when she learns that she hasn't been invited to a neighborhood birthday party. That night in bed, her fairy godmother visits her, tells her enough with this tomboy baloney, gives her a frilly new party dress and some rules on how proper young girls are to behave at parties.
- Don and Nicky journey to the big city one night, and pick up two trashy girls who smoke cigarettes and--even worse--wear eye makeup, so naturally they have sex. The next night Don, newly un-virginized, persuades his girlfriend Betty to have sex with him, too. Soon Don and Nicky discover that they have sores and itching "down there", and Don goes to see the school doctor. He is told that he has syphilis, and to tell Betty and have her get examined. It turns out she has syphilis, too. Can their disease, caused by Don's outrageous behavior--which, as the doctor sternly notes, "is condemned by society"--be successfully treated in time?
- Calvin the elf is always getting into mischief. One Christmas Eve, Calvin stows away on Santa's sleigh and winds up in the possession of a little girl named Kim. Her brothers kidnap him, putting him aboard a remote-controlled toy airplane. Santa travels incognito in order to rescue Calvin, and return him to the North Pole.
- The film provides insight into the public health efforts to combat the spread of syphilis. The infection has gotten out of control in a small town where local health officials seek assistance from the state health department. Help comes in the form of a health representative who interviews young people who are infected in order to identify others who are at risk of being infected. He then attempts to notify those exposed so that they can obtain testing and treatment. Though techniques have been refined and modified, this public health strategy is still utilized by health departments today for a variety of infections.
- Sarah, a pretty young high school student, doesn't want to associate with the other students at school, preferring to spend her time at home by herself, doing homework, etc. The other kids think she's a snob because of her behavior, but a fellow student's mother convinces them that all she really needs is for people to be friends with.
- From the director of Carnival of Souls comes this short film providing safety tips for trick or treaters. The film offers tips about eye holes in masks being large enough to see out of clearly, carrying a flashlight, traveling in a group, etc.
- Cook School in Flint, Michigan is in trouble. All the students are getting killed, arrested, yelled at and injured because after-school activity facilities are always closed. Finally, the school wises up and soon there is no more chaos.
- Larry, an obnoxous, ill-mannered little brat, is given detention after school and has to clean the chalkboard. However, instead of cleaning the chalkboard, he draws a cartoon-like character--which comes to life and convinces him that all of his problem result from the fact that he is a spoiled, nasty mannered little twerp. Larry vows to change his ways and become a good student.
- A high school student really likes his shop class...perhaps a bit too much!
- A teen drops out of a gang when they mug his father for his pencil.
- A student suffers the consequences of cheating.
- An educational short film based on Your Marriage and Family Living by Paul H. Landis that offers tips on resolving marital issues by presenting a series of dramatized potential conflicts. The film follows two couples, the Kanes and the Addams, who have parallel arguments in their neighboring homes.
- High school student Mel spreads rumors and gossip about others, trying to turn them against each other. He may learn the error of is ways when he turns his verbal attacks on the beloved football quarterback in front of the loyal students.
- An animated bike named Ike explains the safety hazards of bikes, chanting "I like bikes" as he moves through various settings, then following live-action bike riders. One falls over in the street and is nearly hit by Lisa's parents. Ike then narrates Lisa's interest in bikes through to her teenage years when she gets a car to see if she can be attentive now that she's not using hers as much.
- The life and legacy of Leo Beuerman. A disabled and disfigured man living in Lawrence in the 1950s and '60s.
- Susan, a pretty high school student, has everything going for her--except popularity. She can't figure out why she is so "out of step" with the rest of the crowd. How can she fit in?
- The dangers of drinking and driving are illustrated in this tale of three friends - one who drinks a lot, one who drinks a little and one who doesn't drink at all - and what happens to them on a weekend evening.
- At Thanksgiving, the Johnson family is awaiting the dinner hour, but Mom and Dad have some bad news--because of increased expenses that month, there's no money to buy a turkey. However, instead of feeling bad that they don't have a turkey for Thanksgiving, the family begins to think about all the things they do have to be thankful for.
- The dramatized story of a young high school teacher who is falsely accused of communist sympathies is used to demonstrate how baseless accusations can foster the spread of suspicion throughout a community, thus causing insidious and lasting damage.
- Barbara and her family move into a new neighborhood, and Barbara tries to make friends with her new neighbors. However, soon she realizes that no one wants anything to do with her. She can't understand why, until one day she overhears two of the local girls talking about Barbara's problem: she had bad manners!
- A young Eastern couple fall heir to a Kansas farm, on which they must reside for a certain time in order to qualify for inheritance. Their visits to well over a hundred scenic and historical points of Kansas lead the couple to permanent residence there.
- A Primer for sensible food shopping and understanding the complicated food gradings.
- Betty Ann, a perky high school student, is friends with George, a dour sort who is always complaining about life. Betty Ann's friends can't see how she can hang with a "wet blanket" like George, and eventually Betty finds herself more and more taking on George's attitude.