- Title: F-1809
- Summary: THE YOUNGSTERS LEARN TO SWIM: CHILDREN SWIMMING, BURNING HOUSES, MAN BUILDING BOAT, EXPECTANT FATHERS, BABY BOOM'S BEGINNINGS. CHILDREN TAKE SWIMMING LESSONS. NETHERLANDS RED CROSS WORKERS IN JAVA. INDONESIA. 73 YEAR OLD WOMAN RIDES BICYCLE TO BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN FAMILIES, GIVING FIRST AID LESSONS. NEW ENGLAND FOREST FIRES. FLORIDA HURRICANE AND FLOODS.
- Description:00:35:45 - INSTRUCTOR POINTING TO LEARN TO SWIM POSTER, PRETEENS STAND AROUND POSTER. 00:35:54 - INSTRUCTOR HAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN LAY ON GROUND, TEACHES THEM SWIM STROKES ON DRY GROUND. 00:36:07 - WATER DEMONSTRATION, CHILDREN WATCH INSTRUCTOR IN SWIMMING POOL 00:36:29 - GROUP OF YOUNG GIRLS PRACTICE SWIMMING WITH KICK BOARDS. 00:36:50 - SAME GIRLS NOW SWIM WITHOUT KICK BOARDS. GIRLS WEAR BATHING CAPS. SWIM WITH INSTRUCTOR. 00:37:11 - PRETEEN BOY WALKS UP POOL LADDER 00:37:13 - GROUP OF GIRLS DRY THEMSELVES OFF WITH TOWELS AFTER SWIMMING IN POOL 00:37:18 - NETHERLANDS RED CROSS UNITS IN JAVA. INJURED MAN WITH SWOLLEN LEG HOBBLES OVER TO RED CROSS TRUCK GETS IN TO RECEIVE TREATMENT 00:37:37 - RED CROSS VOLUNTEER WAVES TO INDONESIAN CHILDREN WOMAN PICKS UP YOUNG GIRL, HUGS HER. TENDER LOVING CARE. 00:37:52 - RED CROSS WORKERS EXAMINING CHILDREN. JAVA. DR. CHECKS BOY'S EYES. NURSE TAKES CHILD'S PULSE. 00:38:03 - CU GROUP OF UNDER-PRIVILEGED CHILDREN. TORN CLOTHES EMACIATED STARVING CHILDREN. THIRD WORLD. PANS TO HALF-STARVING ELDERLY WOMAN 00:38:08 - RED CROSS WORKERS FILL CHILDREN'S BUCKETS WITH MILK 00:38:13 - CU INDONESIAN WOMAN, EXPRESSION ON HER FACE SPEAKS VOLUMES, PAN DOWN TO TINY SLEEPING BABY IN HER ARMS. 00:38:18 - RED CROSS WORKERS FILLING CHILDREN'S BAGS ETC. WITH GRAINS. 00:38:23 - RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS HANDING OUT CLOTHING TO NAKED THIRD WORLD CHILDREN. NEEDY CHILDREN. MS RED CROSS VOLUNTEER HELPS BUTTON LITTLE BOY'S COVERALLS. 00:38:38 - CU WOMAN IN JEEP GIVES THUMBS UP. ECU SMALL SMILING CHILDREN GIVES THUMBS UP. NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. GRATITUDE THROUGH GESTURES. 00:38:47 - ELDERLY WOMAN, 73 YEAR OLD RED CROSS VOLUNTEER OPENS FRONT DOOR OF HER HOUSE. SMILES AT CAMERA. 00:38:59 - 1950s WOMEN'S BICYCLE WITH BOX OF RED CROSS FIRST AID TEXTBOOKS ON THE BACK. 00:39:05 - 73 YEAR OLD WOMAN RIDES BICYCLE IN BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN COUNTRY. SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN LIFE. SHE RIDES UP TO STEREOTYPICAL MOUNTAIN HOMESTEAD MOUNTAIN FAMILY GREETS HER 00:39:30 - RED CROSS VOLUNTEER GIVES MOUNTAIN PEOPLE FIRST AID TRAINING. 00:39:58 - 73 YEAR OLD WALKING HER BICYCLE DOWN ROCKY MOUNTAIN PATH / ROAD. 00:40:19 - RAGING OUT-OF-CONTROL FOREST FIRES BURNING DOWN EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. HOUSES BURNING. DISASTER WORKERS, RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS, FIRE FIGHTERS HOSING FIRES, TAKING FURNITURE OUT OF HOMES BEFORE FIRE HITS. EMERGENCY VEHICLES. NATURAL DISASTERS 00:41:04 - RAGING, BURNING OUT-OF-CONTROL FIRES DESTROY EVERYTHING. SMOKING REMAINS OF WHAT USED TO BE HOMES. BURNED OUT FOREST. 00:41:27 - HS COASTAL FLORIDA TOWN, PALM TREES BLOWN VICIOUSLY BY HURRICANE WINDS. FLOODED STREETS. 00:41:35 - PEOPLE WATCH HURRICANE FROM BEHIND GLASS WINDOWS. 00:41:37 - URBAN STREETS IN MIDDLE OF HURRICANE. FOOLS WALKING. TREES BLOWING. FLOODED STREETS. LS PARK BENCH UNDER WATER. 00:41:44 - HOME OWNER EXAMINES DESTROYED HOME. HOUSE CRUSHED UNDER ROOF. ELDERLY WOMAN WALKS AROUND RUINS OF HER HOME. HOME OWNERS WALK AROUND IN DISBELIEF. SHAKING THEIR HEADS. 00:42:08 - FLOODED STREETS. FARMLAND. MAN CARRIES WOMAN THROUGH FLOODS FROM FLOODED HOUSE. EVACUATING. 00:42:16 - RED CROSS SHELTERS SET UP AT ABANDONED ARMY BARRACKS. HAM RADIO OPERATOR IN DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS UNIT AMERICAN RED CROSS DADE COUNTY CHAPTER. 00:42:33 - RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS MAN AMPHIBIOUS TRUCK TO EVACUATE FLOOD VICTIMS. TRUCKS, VEHICLES IN FLOOD WATERS. UP TO HEADLIGHTS. 00:42:52 - AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE PICKS UP STRANDED FLOOD VICTIMS, BRING EVACUEES TO RED CROSS SHELTER 00:43:08 - INTERIOR, RED CROSS SHELTER. PARENTS & CHILDREN SLEEP ON COTS. TWO MOTHERS HOLDING BABIES SLEEP UPRIGHT AGAINST WALL. 00:43:43 - CU TWO YOUNG BOYS IN THEIR UNDERWEAR SIT ON PORCH WITH FAMILY PET. PETTING DOG. 00:43:45 - RED CROSS FOOD KITCHEN. YOUNG BOYS HELP PEEL POTATOES. WOMAN USES HER APRON TO CARRY LOAD OF POTATOES FOR BOYS TO PEEL. CU BOY PEELING POTATO MOVING HIS TONGUE AROUND HIS MOUTH IN CONCENTRATION 00:43:59 - FLOOD REFUGEES IN RED CROSS FOOD KITCHEN. CU LITTLE BOY EATING CHICKEN LEG. BABY BOTTLE FED. CU BIG BROTHER FEEDS BOTTLE TO LITTLE BROTHER 00:44:21 - RED CROSS VOLUNTEER TELLS STORIES TO GROUP OF BLACK CHILDREN, FLOOD REFUGEES. EVACUEES. CU HAPPY SMILING FACES 00:44:34 - CHILDREN PLAY GAMES TO PASS THE TIME. CU CUTE LITTLE RAG-A-MUFFIN WITH DIRTY FACE. 00:44:43 - NURSE TAKES SICK BOY'S TEMPERATURE. HOSPITAL BED. NURSING CARE. 00:44:47 - PATIENTS AT RED CROSS NURSING STATION. NURSES BANDAGE WRIST, ANKLE 00:45:04 - RED CROSS BUS TRANSPORTS CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. 00:45:07 - CU FOUR TOW HEADS SIT ON FENCE 00:45:09 - RED CROSS USES BILOXI COMMUNITY HOUSE AS A REHABILITATION CENTER. WOMAN ON CRUTCHES WALKS OUT 00:45:16 - RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS SIT AT TYPEWRITERS. ASSISTING FLOOD VICTIMS FILL OUT PAPERWORK. 00:45:36 - FAMILY LIVING IN A TENT WHILE FATHER STARTS TO FIX THEIR HOME. 00:45:51 - RED CROSS VOLUNTEER CONSOLES CRYING WOMAN, HER FACE IN HER HAND. HUSBAND HELPLESSLY WATCHES ON. 00:45:52 - BOAT BUILDER WORKING ON BOAT. LITTLE GIRL STANDS INSIDE BOAT 00:46:08 - POV READING LONG ISLAND DAILY PRESS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON BABY BOOM. "RED CROSS URGES EXPECTANT FATHERS TO SIGN UP FOR HOME NURSING CLASS" 00:46:25 - RED CROSS NURSE TEACHING EXPECTANT FATHERS HOW TO HOLD NEWBORNS. CLEVERLY USES FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO HOLDS BABY IN " FOOTBALL" HOLD. 00:46:32 - MS MEN HOLDING BABY DOLLS, LEARNING HOW TO HOLD BABIES PROPERLY. 00:46:40 - MEN WEARING APRONS LEARN TO CHANGE BABY DIAPERS. USING DOLLS. 00:46:50 - MEN LEARN HOW GIVE BABY A BATH. MEN DIPPING THEIR ELBOWS IN BABY BATH WATER. CU MEN IN APRONS WRAP BABY DOLLS IN BLANKETS. 00:47:22 - EXPECTANT FATHERS LEARN HOW TO ASSEMBLE BABY BOTTLES 00:47:31 - NEW FATHER AT HOME FILLS BABY BASIN WITH WATER, TESTS WATER WITH HIS ELBOW. GESTURES TO WIFE TO GIVE HIM THE BABY, SHE DOESN'T TRUST HIM, HE SHOWS HER HOW HE WASH BABY BY USING BABY DOLL. SHE IS IMPRESSED BY HER HUSBAND, 00:48:03 - CU HAPPY FAMILY, FATHER GIVES BABY A BATH. BEGINNING OF THE BABY BOOM. LATE 1940s 00:48:09 - HAPPY 1940s FAMILY, FATHER HOLDING NEWBORN, WIFE PUTS BIG "MEN OF MERIT" BADGE AROUND HIS NECK 00:48:25 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-1809