Ungdom på vår väg – Ett reportage från Ungdomens Röda Kors

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Year: 1953
Country: Sweden
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl, summer camp, swimming
Description: A day at the Red Cross summer camp on Flämslätt.
Video Added: 15.12.2023

Frk. Wagners instruktionsfilm
Year: 1953
Country: Denmark
Section: chronicle
Tags: girl, medical check
Description: The film shows part of the physical treatment of polio: Warm packs, so-called Kennedy packs, are given to relieve the pain and prevent contractures. Concentrated compresses and manipulation of the thorax (chest) are given to make it smoother and thereby facilitate respiration. The packs are changed until the skin is red. Manipulation is given of the entire thorax. A very important step in the treatment of contracture strencks. When the contracture first occurs, the muscles' working capacity is significantly reduced. Therefore, the stretches are started as early as possible, but only until the pain limit and everything after prior warming up. In order that stretching and fixing can take place as correctly as possible, there should be two physiotherapists about the patient. One to fix the patient and one to pull. Stimulation of muscles is performed by the physiotherapist as a light vibration of the muscle group in one direction of movement. Another important part of the treatment is balance exercises. In order to achieve as correct a gait as possible, all patients, regardless of the degree of paralysis, should do balance exercises, i.e. put the weight equally on both legs, keep the pelvis in place and have a good posture. These exercises are also done with two physiotherapists.
Video Added: 08.12.2023

Eventyret om julemærket

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Year: 1956
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy, girl, medical check, summer camp, swimming
Description: Since 1904, a special Christmas stamp has been published every year, which you can affix to your postal items in connection with the Christmas post. The sale of Christmas tags is the basis for the establishment and operation of the Christmas tag homes around Denmark. The purpose of the homes is to house and help vulnerable and particularly needy children. The film shows various recordings from the daily life of seven homes, including Hobro, Juelsminde (closed in 1956), Fjordmark at Flensborg Fjord, Holbølls Minde in Svendborg, Lindersvold, Mørkøv and Kildemose at Frederiksværk. Children's Day consists of, among other things, of teaching, doctor's visits, playing and having fun in the garden with pets, communal dining, light field and garden work, walks and beach trips. At Christmas time, the children frolic in the snow, and on Christmas Eve they dance around the Christmas tree and receive presents from Santa Claus.
Video Added: 07.11.2023

Livet på julemærkehjemmene

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Year: 1958
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, summer camp
Description: Peter is a lonely boy who does not thrive in his everyday life. His mother applies to the Christmas Label Committee for a stay. The story of the Christmas tree homes is told; the creation of the first Christmas stamp home in 1903, sale of the Christmas stamp that runs the 6 Christmas stamp homes around the country, and how everyday life goes for the many children.
Video Added: 31.10.2023

Fra Dansk Røde Kors' folkekuranstalt ved Hald
Year: 1950
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl, medical check
Description: A day at the children's ward. Treatment of polio in stage 2. The children's muscles are weakened after the paralysis. The task of the post-treatment is to train the muscles up to normal strength again. The treatment consists of a number of exercises, including in the pool and tub, lying movement exercises on a bench or in the hospital bed and strength training with machines. Some get electrodes on their body to stimulate the muscles. When the children are not in treatment, there is time for activities such as braiding, weaving, teaching, knitting, doll play, etc. Year unknown.
Video Added: 17.10.2023

Deti Stalingrada
Year: 1950
Country: Soviet Union
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, summer camp, sunbathing, swimming
Description: About orphans of Stalingrad.
Video Added: 29.09.2023

Wczasy w mieście
Date: 01.08.1951
Country: Poland
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, summer camp, swimming
Description: Young people walking to the building in the background.
Young people playing chess on the terrace of the building.
Children having a meal. Youth on deckchairs. Children running up the stairs. The instructor teaches children to swim. Young people learning sailing signals. Learning to swim. Youth in a rowing village. Youth in a canoe on the Vistula. A sailboat sailing on the Vistula.
Video Added: 18.08.2023

Valitse sinäkin

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Year: 1955
Country: Finland
Section: art
Tags: boy, girl, summer camp
Description: The educational film about children's organized hobby activities.
Video Added: 21.07.2023

Dagligliv på julemærkehjemmene

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Year: 1952
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl, medical check, summer camp, swimming
Description: Film about the six Christmas mark homes in Denmark, where over 1,000 vulnerable and especially needy children are helped each year. The film opens with b/w footage of poor children in Copenhagen backyards. Then a series of everyday pictures in color from the homes Lindersvold near Præstø, Hobro, Fjordmark near Kollund, Mørkøv, Kildemose near Ølsted and Holbølls Minde near Svendborg are shown. Also b/w footage from King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid's visit to Hobro in 1949. The year of the film is uncertain. Many of the recordings can also be seen in 'Julemærkefilmen 1952'.
Video Added: 18.07.2023

Ad lange veje

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Year: 1952
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy, girl, medical check
Description: Informational film about polio, which was made in collaboration with the National Association for the Polio Association to show the association's work. The film explains how far they have come in the treatment of polio patients, i.a. by demonstrating different forms of treatment and their effectiveness. You follow two severely affected adults from their first time in hospital to the National Association's clinic on Tuborgvej, where they, together with other polio patients, adults and children, are trained to fend for themselves.
Video Added: 02.05.2023