Vorschulerziehung im Ausland
Year: 1974
Country: West Germany
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl
Description: The media project 'Preschool Education Abroad' originated from an initiative by Hans-Jürgen Weineck, a film and television journalist from Heidelberg, and the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs of Baden-Württemberg, and was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Science and the state ministries of education and cultural affairs. The starting point for the development of the media network was the fact that the new initiatives in the field of preschool education developed in the Federal Republic of Germany in recent years were, to a significant extent, influenced by corresponding developments in other countries. Concepts and experiences existed there that provided an opportunity to reexamine conventional ideas in the field of preschool education, which could offer inspiration for a structural and content-related reorientation. It therefore seemed sensible to present the models and activities for preschool education developed in various countries and make them accessible to all educational professionals who work with children. The episode 'Socialzation' begins by showing Israeli children in a kibbutz kindergarten. Here, the children experience separation from their biological caregivers at an early age and come to see the teacher as a surrogate mother. The parents work nearby, so the separation is only experienced in the immediate moment. Socialization under limited living conditions is illustrated with examples from a Bedouin camp, slum children in a redevelopment area, and a satellite town of Amsterdam. The film then explores socialization in kindergartens, focusing on the child's interactions with peers. The footage shows children from various kindergartens across Europe. Finally, the film highlights the important relationship between the teacher, the parents, and the child.
Video Added: 18.09.2026

Suffer Little Children
Year: 1945
Country: Canada
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl
Description: At the end of World War II there were sixty million sick and starving children in Europe. Clothes and toys from every village and town in the United States and Canada helped to bring comfort and cheer, but this met only a small part of the demand. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration undertook to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education and sympathetic attention to these terrorized victims of war.
Directed by: Sydney Newman
Video Added: 15.09.2026

La inocencia

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Year: 2016
Country: Argentina
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, girl
Description: In *La Inocencia* (2013), Eduardo de la Serna follows two six-year-old girls through their first year of school, capturing all the challenges that entails. However, their differing social, geographic, and political contexts mean that—despite following the same educational curriculum—each girl progresses through vastly different life experiences and conflicts, shaped by class differences and their relationships with peers and family.

Morena lives with her mother in the city of Buenos Aires and attends a private school. Meanwhile, Gabi spends her childhood with her father and two siblings in a modest home in the rural town of Jáchal, in the province of San Juan. Both girls learn how to make mistakes and how to interact with classmates in the school environment—a setting that is entirely new and eye-opening, yet sometimes harsh and cruel. Morena has an absent father and classmates who take advantage of her tendency not to stand up for herself. Gabi struggles to pay attention in class due to distractions posed by her surroundings, a lack of material goods, and the responsibilities of looking after her siblings and friends.
Video Added: 11.09.2026

Kak ryba v vode

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Year: 1976
Country: Soviet Union
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy, girl, swimming
Description: A documentary about teaching kids to swim.
Video Added: 08.09.2026

Landsbyen - om et kasteløst samfund

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Year: 1974
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl
Description: Although the caste system in India was abolished by law in 1950, its norms still apply. The film shows life in a village near Melpattambakkam in South India.
Directed by Per B. Rasmussen.
Video Added: 28.08.2026

Eventyrlandet Marokko
Year: 1948
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, swimming
Description: A journey through Morocco. The trip takes you to Tangier, Fez, Marrakech, Tizi n'Test, Taroudant, Agadir, Mogador, Casablanca and Rabat.
Video Added: 25.08.2026

Rätsel der Urwaldhölle
Year: 1938
Country: Germany
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl
Description: The expedition report documents the first south-to-north crossing of Brazilian Guiana. Between 1935 and 1937, the German geologist and zoologist Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel (who also authored a book of the same name) explored a previously completely unexplored jungle region by first navigating the Amazon and then its tributary, the Rio Jary, all the way up to Guayana. Among other things, the film depicts the jungle life of the Oayana and Oayapi. These two Indian tribes, whose culture had remained at the Neolithic stage, were believed to be extinct until that time.
Directed by Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel.
Video Added: 18.08.2026

Hvis det nu var her
Year: 1976
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl, medical check
Description: The film tells the story of the work, especially the international aid operations, that the Danish Red Cross has been involved in. The film is partly in black and white with footage from World War II and the Vietnam War, and partly in color with footage from the ongoing famine in Africa.
Video Added: 11.08.2026

Neobyavlennaya voina. Vietnamskiy dnevnik

SC 8.1/10 

Year: 1969
Country: Soviet Union
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl, swimming
Description: A film about American aggression in Vietnam, the heroic struggle of the Vietnamese people, and the USSR's assistance to struggling Vietnam.
Video Added: 07.08.2026

National Childrens' Home, Sherigham in the 1950's
Year: 1950
Country: United Kingdom
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy, girl
Description: Westcroft, at 15-17 Hooks Hill Road, Sheringham, was opened by the National Children's Home (NCH) in 1917. The property had been donated to the charity by William Garrood. The neighbouring house was also donated in 1918. The two properties were combined and extended, with a former stable being tumed into a chapel. By 1920, the home could accommodate 50 boys and girls. In its early years, it primarily catered for the orphans of soldiers and sailors but this was eventually broadened to provide for any orphan or destitute child. The initial and long-serving matron of the home was Sister Gertrude Gee.
Video Added: 04.08.2026