visit ncicap.org] >> according to the book, "learning with the lights off," in 1939, the alfred p sloan foundation funded an educational film institute at new york institute -- new york university. well-known documentarians these three films about the rural working class americans. up next, from 1940, "and so they live." filmed in the mountains of kentucky, it shows struggling, undernourished farm family, and a one room schoolhouse attended by the children. after seeing this and the two other films made by the group, a reportedly displeased alfred sloan ended funding to the short-lived project, disagreeing with the artistic approach of the film makers. ♪ >> biscuits, pork, and a handful of berries. children put into the lunch pails whatever is left over from breakfast and get ready for school. ♪ narrator: all over america, farm children are on their way to school to become familiar with words and figures, to learn something of the best thoughts of the world outside. and, above all, to bring home what they have learned and to use it in their daily lives. ♪ [bell clanging] [children singi

after seeing this and the two other films made by the group, a reportedly displeased alfred sloan ended funding to the short-lived project, disagreeing with the artistic approach of the film makers. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> biscuits, pork, and a handful of berries. the farmer's children put into the lunch pails whatever is left over from breakfast and get ready for school. ♪ narrator: all over america, farm children are on their way to school to become familiar with words and figures, to learn something of the best thoughts of the world outside. and, above all, to bring home what they have learned and to use it in their daily lives. ♪ [bell clanging] [children singing] [children singing] >> take your literature books out, please. and turn to page 137. you read the first sentence. >> and i'll tell you a story concerning -- that was [indiscernible] >> bessie? >> [indiscernible] >> margaret? >> [indiscernible] >> sarah? >> [indiscernible] >> albert? >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> laura may? >> these are hard questions. for my shallow wit. [indiscernible] i'll do my best to answer your grace.

after seeing this and the two other films made by the group, a reportedly displeased alfred sloan endedng with the artistic approach of the film makers. ♪ ♪

visit ncicap.org] >> according to the book, "learning with the lights off," in 1939, the alfred p sloantute at new york institute -- new york university. well-known documentarians these three films about the rural working class americans. up next, from 1940, "and so they live." filmed in the mountains of kentucky, it shows struggling, undernourished farm family, and a one room schoolhouse attended by the children. after seeing this and the two other films made by the group, a reportedly displeased alfred sloan ended funding to the short-lived

visit ncicap.org] >> according to the book, "learning with the lights off," in 1939, the alfred p. sloannstitute at new york university. a group of well-known documentarians produced three about the rural working class americans. up next, from 1940, "and so they live." filmed in the mountains of kentucky, the bleak film shows a struggling, undernourished farm family and the nearby one-room schoolhouse attended by the children. after seeing this and the two other films made by the group in 1940, a reportedly displeased alfred sloan ended funding to the short-lived project, disagreeing with the artistic approach of the filmmakers. ♪ c-span ♪

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