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MOTHER GOOSE AT HOME

Mother Goose At Home (1932)

Brief item about a goose farm.

CHILD ROAD SAFETY

Child Road Safety (1936)

A mother teaches her child road safety skills with model cars.

BUTCHERS TRAINING

Butchers Training (1951)

Footage of a lesson to educate budding butchers in Smithfield, Cumbria.

DAVID LOBER

David Lober (1950)

Dance instructor David Lober gives girls lesson in keeping the body supple. London.

DENTAL CLINIC

Dental Clinic (1954)

Good footage of children having treatment at Dental clinic in London.

ALL TOGETHER

All Together (1933)

Hundreds of women perform a synchronised exercise routine at a sports stadium.

DIVERS TRAIN ON LAND

Divers Train On Land (1931)

Funny footage of men who practice diving suspended by ropes.

 

 

YOUNG SIGNALLERS issue title - ALL CLEAR

Young Signallers Issue Title - All Clear (1940)

Schoolchildren in New South Wales learn to semaphore...

FRENCH LESSONS

French Lessons (1954)

English children going to French school in Kensington, London.

FLORAL SCHOOL

Floral School (1954)

Students of a school of floristry in Hammersmith learn to make various floral...

SANTOS CASANI

Santos Casani (1931)

Santos Casani dances with a partner and other couples.

IN THE LAND OF THE LAPPS

In The Land Of The Lapps (1934)

Children of a Nomadic tribe in Lapland go to school in a tent and...

EVE GOES TO IT!

Eve Goes To It! (1941)

Excellent story of women 'doing their bit' by making speedboats to be used in...

THE TRAFFIC SCHOOL!

The Traffic School! (1931)

Young girls are given instruction on road safety.

DANCE DANCE LITTLE GIRLS

Dance Dance Little Girls (1931)

Excellent film showing young dancing girls including a 3 year old doing...

WOMEN SEWING

Women Sewing (1929)

Nice footage of a group of young women making Belgian lace.

SCOTLAND'S OUR SWITZERLAND!

Scotland's Our Switzerland! (1932)

People having fun on skis - including being towed behind horses.

ETON COLLEGES STEEPLECHASES

Eton Colleges Steeplechases (1932)

Boys from Eton school wade through stream on cross country run .

SOME STEPS FROM THE KALGOORLIE FOX-TROT

Some Steps From The Kalgoorlie Fox-Trot (1924)

New ballroom dancing steps are demonstrated - dancers...

CAMERA INTERVIEWS - WILL HAY

Camera Interviews - Will Hay (1928)

Nice but incomplete film of Will Hay performing one of his...

BEAUTY SCHOOL

Beauty School (1921)

Fantastic contraptions and beauty regimes - bizarre rubber devices and electrolysis...

DANCE FACTORY

Dance Factory (1928)

Dancing school - chorus girls are groomed.

"When We Were Young" (1930)

Very young girl is taught to dance, two young dancers do a Charleston and a...

BLOW THE BANTU BOYS!

Blow The Bantu Boys! (1940)

Bantu Africans taught to play western instruments by white instructor who...

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 110

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 110 (1940)

Young men in athletics training and women learning to cook,...

"Make-Up" School! (1940)

Actors learn how to age themselves and change their appearance with make-up.

SAPLINGS IN THE SUN

Saplings In The Sun (1931)

Physical jerks performed by Australian schoolboys.

BONTOC VILLAGE ON LUZON ISLAND IN PHILIPPINES

Bontoc Village On Luzon Island In Philippines (1931)

Various scenes in the village of Bontoc in the...

BUDDING BALLERINAS

Budding Ballerinas (1932)

Young girls practice ballet steps en masse on a roof top.

BALLET IN THE MAKING

Ballet In The Making (1932)

Young ballet dancers in training at a dance school.

SUGAR AND STARCH - A BANANA SIDELIGHT

Sugar And Starch - A Banana Sidelight (1933)

Boys perform experiments on bananas in a science...

THE FRENCH TANGO

The French Tango (1927)

Dance demonstration by ballroom dancing champions Maxwell Stewart and Barbara...

TANGO STEPS BY MR SANTOS CASANI AND MISS JOSE LEONARD, THE WELL KNOWN LONDON...

Tango Steps By Mr Santos Casani And Miss Jose Leonard, The Well Known London... (1924)

The...

ONE MAN AND 22 LADIES!

One Man And 22 Ladies! (1933)

Young girls get to work aboard a training ship in the Baltic Sea.

DESIGNING LADIES

Designing Ladies (1933)

Great footage of girls learning how to become fashion designers at a school.

OH! FOR THE LIFE OF A SAILOR!

Oh! For The Life Of A Sailor! (1935)

Young Italian sailors attend training school at Genoa.

RISING GENERATION - AND SOME FALLS

Rising Generation - And Some Falls (1932)

Teenage girls practice self defence techniques and perform...

COACHING UP TO DATE

Coaching Up To Date (1932)

Young rowers are taught in a special boat.

RAILWAY SCHOOL

Railway School (1936)

Boys and girls learn about the world of railways in Hartlepool.

SCHOOL OF INTERIOR DECORATION issue title is SO THIS IS LONDON

School Of Interior Decoration Issue Title Is So This Is London (1939)

Female students at Arnold...

SUMMER SCHOOL aka CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY CAMP

Summer School AKA Children's Holiday Camp (1939)

Children attend a summer school where they get...

OPEN AIR SCHOOL

Open Air School (1948)

Boys and girls have their schooling outdoors at Marchant's Hill camp. Hindhead,...

COUPLED COOKERY

Coupled Cookery (1949)

Married and engaged couples are given cookery lessons together in Woolwich,...

ITALIA CONTI SCHOOL

Italia Conti School (1952)

Footage of young children in training at the Italia Conti School in London.

SCHOOL FLAT

School Flat (1953)

Girls at a secondary school have to clean a small flat so they learn to be good...

BEAUTY CULTURE

Beauty Culture (1953)

Great shots of scary-looking beauty treatments at the Academy of Beauty Culture.

PATERSON WALK

Paterson Walk (1954)

Fashion model is shown how to walk correctly (and strangely) by designer Ronald...

WATER SKIING

Water Skiing (1953)

Two young bikini babes go water skiing in the south of France.

ART CLASS

Art Class (1954)

Middle-aged and elderly men and women attend an afternoon art class in Southend.

WATER SAIL

Water Sail (1954)

Barmy story shows a woman pretending to be a yacht in a swimming pool.