This color educational film is about Boys Town, the famous refuge for orphaned and neglected youth which was originally founded on December 12, 1917, as an orphanage for boys. The organization was founded in Omaha, Nebraska by Father Edward J. Flanagan, a Roman Catholic priest. This film is circa 1951 and was produced by Carl Dudley, directed and written by Herman Boxer, and released by Dudley Pictures Corp.

Opening credits and then a title card (:06-:31). Young boys run around a city block and play. They then play cards. A broken liquor bottle on the floor near the arm of a drunk father as a young, upset boy stares at him. Police bring a young boy to the station. A priest, Father Edward J. Flanagan. Exterior of a shabby building. Boys Town sign outside of the building. This is located 10 miles west of Omaha, NE. Boys play in the yard (:32-2:32). A statue of Father Flanagan and some boys is being looked at by a young boy at Boys Town. Father Wegner, general director of Boys Town, sits at a desk and writes. Boys play as Father Wegner walks by, takes their ball, and throws it. Boys walk toward the building. Boys in class. Older boys are taught. A student raises his hand while a female teacher teaches. Exterior of a Trade School building on campus, boys walk towards it. Students look at a printing machine. Students work on an automobile. Others look at a machine and are taught. A boy receives a high school diploma (2:33-5:20). A student plows a field with a tractor. Shots of corn field, cows, chickens. A student readies a hose. Others round up sheep. Boys take care of a cow. Boys fix a bicycle as others play. A boy who has recently arrived is not socially adjusted as of yet, he is shy and lonely. A boy runs away from a woman. A student stops working. The welfare department at Boys Town work as a group. Boys leave class and run wild across the grass. Boys play checkers as others do other things (5:21-8:07). Exterior welfare office at Boys Town. An instructor walks a boy out. Boys play. Some boys water the grass. Boys play baseball. Boys walk towards a campus building. Boys run out of a building. Track and field, football, varsity football played for a while (8:08-11:22). A boy eats. All of the boys eat at ‘feeding time.’ A boy puts on ties and wears a dress shirt. Boys dance with girls. A house band at a party plays. A couple dances while others watch and clap. A Chapel on the campus grounds. Catholic service as a boys choir lines up on the altar (11:23-13:44). Boys play on the streets as a cop approaches. A woman brings a boy to Boys Town. A boy sits on a wall. Boys play and walk. Feeding time at Boys Town. A boy plays a trombone. A student works in the machine shop. A truck pulls up, a boy gets out of the back of it and walks in to Boys Town (13:45-15:24). A boy talks with a priest. A boy writes at a desk. A bus pulls up to Boys Town. Boys sit in a rec room. Boys throw a football around. Others play on the grass. The ‘feeding room.’ The campus of Boys Town, boys wave at the camera. Boys walk along the campus grounds. One approaches a priest (15:24-17:41). The Boys Town motto: ‘He ain’t heavy, Father…he’s m’ brother’ (17:42-17:49). End credits (17:50-17:51).

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