Camp Hawthorne 1940 - 1949, (Volume 2)
Year: 1949
Country: USA
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, swimming
Description: The early years of Camp Hawthorne narrated by Sandy and Lorraine Sheldon. Music by Lorraine Sheldon. Lex Sheldon (Lorraine's husband and Sandy's (and Bill's) father) was director of Camp Hawthorne from 1950 to 1969 and a camper and counselor at the camp in the 1920's and 1930's. Lex attended Poly Prep where he was the captain of the football team and Dartmouth College.
Volume 2.
Video Added: 09.12.2025

Maalaisemännän työsaralta I
Year: 1943
Country: Finland
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl
Description: Women's everyday life on a farm in winter. Working from early morning until late at night, milking, caring for children, cooking, cleaning and sewing.
Video Added: 24.10.2025

Vore mindste Københavnere

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Year: 1941
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl
Description: Depiction of what the public sector does for infants and preschool children. One of the aims of the early intervention is to keep infant mortality down. Last year, the Mothers' Aid helped around 2,500 women, including running a home for expectant mothers. Copenhagen has 55 health visitors who travel around and visit newborns under the age of 1. She checks for illnesses and helps to get breastfeeding started. Approximately 10,000 children are born in Copenhagen each year. In addition, Copenhagen has 25 childcare centres spread across the city. 150 nurseries, asylums and kindergartens are also spread across the capital.
Video Added: 06.06.2025

Et lille Besøg hos Familien Soya

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Year: 1944
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, girl
Description: Photographer Jørgen Gregersen visits author and playwright Carl Erik Soya and his family in Kgs. Lyngby. The film is in two parts. The first part was filmed in the summer of 1941. Here Soya is seen in the garden with his wife and youngest daughter, Maj. Soya's two other children, William and Hyben, are also seen. The second part was filmed in the summer of 1944. Here the contrast is shown between a war-torn Denmark during the occupation and the idyllic family life in the garden of the Soya family, where they enjoy the warmth. The summer also offers a visit to the author's colleague Cai M. Woel and a trip to Dyrehavsbakken.
Video Added: 02.05.2025

Simdynor av säv
Year: 1946
Country: Sweden
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, swimming
Description: Nordic Museum's cultural history films no. 121. Recorded by the Nordic Museum in Norra Rörum parish, Skåne in 1946. Direction and photography: Albert Eskeröd.
Video Added: 04.04.2025

Reykjavík vorra daga, seinni hluti

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Year: 1946
Country: Iceland
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl, sunbathing, swimming
Description: The second part of Reykjavík in Our Days by Óskar Gíslason is quite long and overall less elaborate than the first part. However, it contains a wealth of beautiful and interesting videos from the capital in the mid-20th century.
Video Added: 18.03.2025

Gripsholm Cruise I
Year: 1940
Country: USA
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy
Description: Cruise to the South Sea Islands.
Video Added: 25.02.2025

Guldkorn Från 1945
Year: 1945
Country: Sweden
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, medical check
Description: The newsreel footage from 1945. This was broadcast on SVT on December 27, 1995.
Video Added: 10.01.2025

Ringe på Fyn 1935-1945
Year: 1945
Country: Denmark
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl
Description: Daily life in Ringe 1935-1945. The clip includes images of the town's various businesses, public offices and schools.
Video Added: 29.11.2024

Honkien keskellä...
Year: 1948
Country: Finland
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, summer camp, swimming
Keywords: scouting
Description: The big camp of the Finnish Boy Scout Organization in Vierumäki.
Video Added: 24.09.2024