Skoallereiskes Amelan - Oranjewald - Jan de Roos, 1954, 1958
Year: 1954
Country: Netherlands
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, summer camp, swimming
Description: School trip to Ameland. White farm on Ameland. Children busy in the camping farm. Eating together. Children take a bike ride across the island. Cycling through the dunes. Children playing on the beach. Cycling to the boat. Images of the upper deck on the boat.
School trip to Oranjewoud. Including images of the slide. Climbing the lookout tower. (in color:) Parent with child to school for the first time. Child is greeted by the teacher. Children in the school desk.
(in black and white) Jan de Roos comes to school (October 4, 1954 or 1958). Children walk with loaves of bread on which "October 4 Dierendei" is written (= animal day).
Video Added: 13.06.2025

En ny by blev til

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Year: 1975
Country: Denmark
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl, swimming
Description: Based on the construction of Albertslund Kulturhus, the development of Albertslund Municipality from bare ground to a modern suburb with nature, a station center, shops in the city center, kindergartens, schools, a moped track, a swimming pool and the large industrial area - the workplaces - with cluster houses and apartment buildings right nearby. The film follows the many phases of the construction of the cultural center and the decisions behind the urban development in general.
Video Added: 03.06.2025

De lange hete zomer
Year: 1975
Country: Netherlands
Section: reportage
Tags: boy, girl, swimming
Description: The long hot summer in Netherlands.
Video Added: 23.05.2025

Eto kasaetsya kazhdogo iz nas

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Year: 1957
Country: Soviet Union
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl, swimming
Description: The film talks about the importance of a healthy lifestyle, from the birth of a child to the very last years of an elderly person, about the influence of physical activity and bad habits on health, about the role of sports in the formation and education of a healthy society.
Video Added: 16.05.2025

Amyu. L'armée des hommes-guêpes

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Year: 2010
Country: France
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, girl, swimming
Description: In the depths of the Amazon forest, Beptoy and Baka are two young Kayapo aged 20. It is time for them to become strong and brave men. Urged by their elders, they will have to undergo a terrible initiatory ordeal by attacking the nest of Amyu, the most dangerous wasp , called "the killer wasp".
Video Added: 06.05.2025

Svømmeundervisning, Feriekolonien Nordstrand ca. 1950
Year: 1950
Country: Denmark
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, swimming
Description: The colony Nordstrand is located on the Kattegat between Rørvig and Nykøbing Sjælland. In the early 1900s, the Frederiksberg Municipal Teachers' Association began sending children to the countryside, and in 1905 the municipal teachers' association established the first holiday colony. The children were to have fresh sea air, sun and plenty of food. Boys and girls were sent to the colony separately. The holiday colonies were a reflection of the 1900s' growing focus on children's health and well-being. Frederiksberg Municipality still sends children to Nordstrand every year.
Video Added: 29.04.2025

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Artek pioneer camp 1950
Year: 1950
Country: Soviet Union
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, girl, sunbathing, swimming
Description: Views of the Black Sea, Ayu-Dag, Gurzuf, pioneer camp "Artek". Celebrations dedicated to the 25th anniversary of "Artek". Present V. M. Molotov.
Video Added: 11.04.2025

Rio Breaks

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Year: 2009
Country: USA
Section: documentary
Tags: boy, swimming
Description: RIO BREAKS follows the story of two best friends, Fabio and Naama, as they navigate their way between the pitfalls of life in the slums and the joys of surfing on their favorite beach.
Video Added: 08.04.2025

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

Shelter ship named after prince Alexei
Year: 1911
Country: Russia
Section: chronicle
Tags: boy, swimming
Description: The pupils pack the ship's equipment, march along the deck, and perform exercises with rifles. The boys nibble on sunflower seeds; wash themselves in the shower. The boys dive from the side of the ship into the sea. A group of pupils eat lunch sitting on the deck. The boys wash themselves in the shower on the deck; pack the gear.
Video Added: 02.04.2025