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French Children (main title missing)

Reel Number: 221271-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1948

Country: France

Location: Brittany,Dinan

TC Begins: 10:01:00

TC Ends: 10:10:52

Duration: 00:09:52

French Children (main title missing) Encyclopaedia Britannica Father & grandfather leave in horse-drawn wagon for fields; daughter Marie & Jean feed rabbits before school. Marie gives Jean one to hold; Francoise reading book as others get ready for school, take off wooden shoes & put on leather ones; mother sends off, older two walk away as younger brother waves goodbye, takes rabbit back. 10:03:22 Marie in classroom, teacher putting up map of France, points out Brittany where they live. Marie to map & points out Paris & Dinan. 10:04:19 Children home, father putting away horse & cart. Kids put on wooden shoes; mother opens churn & scoops out butter, then works out sour milk. Marie watches mother shape butter. Francoise bring cows into yard; Marie watches mother cook over open fire in cast iron kettle. All at table, bless bread & cut slices. Marie helps brother cut meat. Family eats dinner. 10:07:16 LS w/ cart & mother & children taking vegetables to market in Dinan. Past old castle w/ large stone walls & turrets. Crossing over high stone bridge & thru city wall gate. Pedestrians walking; market stalls set up in town square. Filling table w/ cauliflower. Woman shows mother lace. Views of town, windows & stone arcades. Wooden statues; dolls in traditional costumes. Noon clock on church tower. All get back into cart & leave for home. The End. Geography; Post-WWII; Rural France; Daily Life; Post-WW2; 1948; 1940s; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate

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