Stuck in class, forced to watch a lame educational movie? It could be worse. In fact, it was.
Before the days of DVD, VHS, and even TV, your parents and grandparents had to sit through some of the strangest educational films ever made. From Mechanized Death to Healthy Feet, they endured bizarre warnings and advice that today are hilarious.
In his book Mental Hygiene, author Ken Smith catalogs hundreds of bizarre educational films from pre-1970. Based on our descriptions (and a few movie posters weve imagined) tell us which of these 15 blasts from the past are real, and which are figments of our big screen imagination.
Click the reel to screen all 15 educational flicks:
