Kinder in Japan

SC 4.7/10 

Year: 1968
Country: Japan
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy, girl
Description: At the sliding door of a small wooden house in Tokyo, eight-year-old Kazuko and her ten-year-old brother Makoto say goodbye to their mother before heading off to school. Kazuko begins her day with a reading lesson, during which she and two other children act out the story of the little wonder pig that they read the day before. Makoto's class has math. All the children use a special calculating machine called a soroban. Makoto gets to work out a problem on the board, and then all the students work on it individually. In gym class, Kazuko shows off her climbing and throwing skills. She and her classmates play dodgeball on the sports field, which, due to the limited space in this Tokyo suburb, is located on the school's roof. While Kazuko goes home, Makoto eats lunch at school. After lunch, he has a writing practice session. He grinds his ink on the inkstone with water and then tries to paint the character exactly as shown in the picture using a brush. The teacher hangs up the completed worksheets in front of the class to show improvements. Meanwhile, Kazuko and some friends are playing the song 'Neighbor, Come Over Here' in their garden. Makoto goes to play baseball after school. When Mr. Nambara comes home from work, dinner is served, eaten from many small bowls at a low table. After their hot bath, the 'ofuru', the children go to bed, which their mother has already spread out on the floor of their nursery.
Directed by Karl Koch.
Video Added: 03.04.2026

Der schnelle Draht

SC 3.9/10 

Year: 1982
Country: West Germany
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy
Description: When Nick Köster from Ratingen watches an electrician at work, the electrician tries to explain to him why electricity can 'flow upwards' and how fast it does so. The fact that electrical current can be used to transmit messages is explained using the example of telegram and telex transmission (wired message transmission).
Video Added: 31.03.2026

Guerra ai batteri - How Our Bodies Fight Disease
Year: 1954
Country: USA
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy
Description: The film uses animation to show how the skin and mucous membranes, the lymph nodes, and the antibodies and white corpuscles in the blood work to defend the body against disease. It points out how immunization aids in the defense.
Video Added: 24.03.2026

Detskiy kardiologicheskiy sanatoriy
Year: 2020
Country: Russia
Section: reportage
Tags: bathing, boy, girl, medical check
Description: Treatment of Children at a Cardiac Sanatorium.
Video Added: 20.03.2026

La mirada de Myriam

SC 5.3/10 

Year: 1987
Country: Columbia
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy, girl
Description: The film tells the life story of Myriam. She is 30 years old and lives with her three small children in a slum on the outskirts of Bogotá. Her husband has left her, but she doesn't let that get her down. In flashbacks - intercut with acted scenes - the film tells how Myriam, as a little girl, was cured of the 'evil eye' she was said to have. The film memorably documents how Myriam overcomes the bitterness that comes from poverty, difficult living conditions and a loveless childhood. Unlike her own mother, who was consumed by concern for the family's material needs, Myriam exudes strength and confidence that benefits both her children and the people in the neighborhood.
Directed by Clara M. Riascos.
Video Added: 17.03.2026

Der Schmutzfink
Year: 1954
Country: Germany
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy
Description: Little Hans Peters only feels truly comfortable when he's allowed to throw himself into the dirt as goalkeeper during a football match. He has no understanding of washing or other forms of personal hygiene. When his family doctor, "Miss" Dr. Sturm, invites him one day to see her new home cinema, the little rascal is allowed to use her modern bathroom beforehand. An amusing post-war film promoting personal hygiene.
Video Added: 24.02.2026

Brilliantovaya ruchka korolya komedii
Year: 2021
Country: Russia
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy, girl
Description: A documentary film dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the poet, playwright, and screenwriter Yakov Kostyukovsky.
Video Added: 27.01.2026

Rolf und Susanne gehen ins Hallenbad

SC 3.8/10 

Year: 1974
Country: West Germany
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy, girl, swimming
Description: Rolf and Susanne visit an indoor swimming pool. They learn how to buy tickets at the ticket office, how to find and use the changing rooms and showers and how to behave correctly in the pools for swimmers and non-swimmers. Motivating animated film shots interrupt the real scenes.
Video Added: 05.12.2025

Het leven van den inlander in de dessa
Year: 1913
Country: Netherlands
Section: chronicle
Tags: bathing, boy, girl, swimming
Description: A documentary about village life on a river in Java in the Dutch East Indies in the 1910s. The river is used as a playground for children, and as a washing place for food, horses, and buffaloes.
Director: J.C. Lamster.
Video Added: 04.11.2025

Une enfance crucifiée

SC 1.8/10 

Date: 30.03.2017
Country: Switzerland
Section: documentary
Tags: bathing, boy
Description: Because their parents were too poor or deemed lacking in virtue, thousands of children were placed in care. A veritable hell, the Marini Institute in the canton of Fribourg housed thousands of children. Many were beaten and raped there, and some may even have died as a result of abuse. Temps Présent investigated this often unbearable reality.
Video Added: 09.09.2025