# An invention called childhood motion picture\]

Asserts that the notion of children as small, inefficient adults evolved into a postindustrial concept of a complex world called "childhood," in which children are revered and receive special treatment by society. Uses family portraits, interviews with sociologists, and animation to document modern society's generation gap phenomenon

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1973
- Runtime: 40 min
- By: Media Guild
- Genres: Education, Children's, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/aninventioncalledchildhood)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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