Greek Children (1951)

Titles. Man holding photo album on his lap; opens & title: Greek Children. Then looks at photos & film w/ footage of fishing boat in quiet harbor; kids out of school. Boy & girl walking home, woman carrying bundles of firewood. Walking thru village, watching man making lamp. With baby donkey. Into house thru wooden gate. 05:19:00 Girl picks up water bucket; at well talking w/ her mother as they go home. Boy goes up hill to where old man is tending sheep flock, playing flute & dressing in old costume. Girl feeding chickens in dirt of back yard. Mother cooking outside, grandmother spinning wool outside. Girl playing w/ cat. Father is sewing fishing nets. 05:22:04 Small fishing boat putting out, other getting ready. Men working on net. Bag of onions filled. Boy & father loading olives for export. Lifting anchor & leaving. Waving goodbye. Raising sail, passing small fishing boat & watching catch of fish pulled in. 05:24:35 Corinthian Canal & moving toward it, view from base w/ two bridges across. Train crossing bridge. 05:25:26 Mother & daughter w/ others dressed in finest costumes in school yard for final rehearsal for dance. Boy & large victrola type horn on record player. Girls dancing in folk dance, mothers clapping time. Boat arrives at Piraeus, crowded w/ small boats. Docking activity. Boy goes sightseeing; American freighter & others being unloaded by crane. Father unloading barrels of fish. CU of Greek pastries in cart; eating. Street scenes w/ traffic, sidewalk cafes. 05:28:52 Outside Royal Palace; Royal Guards changing ceremony. Pair marching, tourists leaving. Boy hunts for bell at stall on sidewalk; shakes several & buys one. Acropolis w/ Parthenon & wandering about. View down cliff. Carved statues in mcu. Coming down w/ tourists visible behind; walking w/ his uncle. The End. Post-WWII rebuildling; 1940s; 1950s; Economics; Archaeology; History; Historical Buildings; 1951 Daily Life; Post-WW2; Greece; Athens;