Familiefilms Schiethart. 1938-1939. O.A. Pangkalan Brandan, Tobameer
Year: 1939
Country: Netherlands
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, swimming
Description: Amateur film footage of a Dutch family taken in Indonesia between 1938 and 1939.
Presented by Amateurfilm Platform.
Video Added: 07.07.2026

Alltag nach dem Krieg
Year: 1948
Country: West Germany
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, medical check
Description: The documentary contains exclusively original footage by amateur filmmaker Elisabeth Wilms from the years 1945-1948 and shows (using examples from Dortmund) the living conditions in a city destroyed by the Second World War: living in bombed-out houses, in cellars and emergency shelters, completely inadequate supplies of food, fuel, clothing and general consumer goods, the consequences of the emergency situation for people's state of health, chaotic traffic conditions, self-help and support from foreign charitable organizations, clean-up and reconstruction work.
Video Added: 02.06.2026

Guysborough (1930s, pt. 1 of 2)
Year: 1930
Country: Canada
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, swimming
Description: Scenic footage of Guysborough area, and shots of family sailing, at the beach, etc.
Video Added: 13.03.2026

Indië - aanleg kanaal, zwembad, huis, kennissen
Year: 1930
Country: Netherlands
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, swimming
Description: India - construction of canal, swimming pool, house, acquaintances. Ca. 1930s.
Presented by Amateurfilm Platform.
Video Added: 10.03.2026

1stA BB Denmark 1966
Year: 1966
Country: Denmark
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, summer camp
Description: Summer camp for boys in Denmark.
Video Added: 17.02.2026

Andhra Pradesh
Year: 1978
Country: Switzerland
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl
Description: Following the destruction caused by cyclones that ravaged regions in the south of India towards the end of 1977, this documentary focusses on the second phase of the international rescue operation co-ordinated by the League of Red Cross Societies [former name of the IFRC] in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry. The Indian Red Cross organized 170 camps for more than a million people who were made homeless. Distribution of blankets, milk powder, rice, medicine, and cooking instruments. The relief operation then concentrated on the reconstruction of more solid houses. Communal shelters could be used as educational and medical centres when not needed in emergencies.
Video Added: 13.01.2026

Uimakouluja 1962 Isossakyrössä
Year: 1962
Country: Finland
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, summer camp, swimming
Description: Antti Haataja worked as a youth director in Isonkyrö from 1961 to 1965. During this time, Antti reformed the youth activities in Isonkyrö and at the same time brought new sports activities to the municipality.
Video Added: 02.01.2026

I torkans och Svältens spår
Year: 1972
Country: Sweden
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy
Description: Swedish Red Cross, "Drought in West Africa"
Video Added: 16.12.2025

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

Sommerliv i Rørvig
Year: 1957
Country: Denmark
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, swimming
Description: Footage from life in the summer house of the composer and conductor Erik Tuxen (1902-1957) and his family. Presumably from the late 1940s. Erik Tuxen was a refugee in Sweden from 1943-1945. In the film, a milk wagon appears with the inscription "guaranteed tubercle-free milk". Around 1950, tuberculosis in cattle was eradicated.
Video Added: 25.11.2025