Family Counseling (1960)

Director	Brooks Leffler
Producer	Corvallis, OR : KOAC-TV
Contributors	Filmed as part of a summer workshop at the School of Education, Oregon State University.Coordinator- Maurice Bullard.
Length	59 min
B&W/Color	Black & White
UO Library Catalog description:	Rudolf Dreikurs conducts a family counseling session in front of a television audience. A couple with some previous counseling continues work on how to deal with one of their children
Call #	Md12
Genre	Television
Rare	YES
Online	Yes
Copyright status	Public Domain
Physical condition	Fair
Oregon-related	YES

Notes:

The film starts abruptly without a title sequence, I’m not sure if it was cut off or simply that the reel we own is the raw material from the filming.  The first reel also had one very noticeable splice at the very beginning that, during initial assessment, I figured would be problematic.  It ended up running through the projector quite smoothly with no problems.

Also during the intial condition assessment (before screening through the projector) the beginning of the second reel was also found to be physically damaged.  There were gold spots all over the images during the first minute or two of the reel.  When screened they also were apparent on the film.

Other than these minor problems, the film is in pretty fair condition for a reel from 1960.  The image is clear and the sound as well.  The emulsion scratches ended up not affecting the screening quality too badly either.

Rudolf Dreikurs, the man conducting the counseling session, was an American psychiatrist and educator that worked within the realm of family and child rearing.

I found information on a Brooks Leffler, director, that invented aerial kite photography.  He is said to have worked in public television before leaving the industry in 1982.  He is the appropriate age and could very well be the same Brooks Leffler that directed this film.