Students of Mothercraft: film synchronised with soundtrack

  • Burne, G. K.
Date:
1954-1955
Reference:
SA/HVA/G.3/36
Part of:
Health Visitors' Association
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

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Credit

Students of Mothercraft: film synchronised with soundtrack. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Digitised version of SA/HVA/G.3/14 and SA/HVA/G.3/13. Picture and sound were synchronised from different elements in 2018. The original film was created in 1954, and the soundtrack was created later in 1955. Colour film showing nurses in Hong Kong being trained in the care of mothers and babies. Among the subjects illustrated are how to bath and dry a baby, clothes for baby, breastfeeding, making baby comfortable in uts cot, baby getting diphtheria injection, issues of safety in the home, how to help a baby bring up wind, steralisation of bottles for bottle-fed babies, giving orange juice and cod liver oil to baby, the importance of teaching good habits like brushing teeth and washing hands, suitable toys and babies being strapped onto their mothers' backs in slings or shawls. Commentary by Miss Bourne.

Publication/Creation

1954-1955

Physical description

1 encoded moving image and sound file Sound, colour. 1 MP4 file. This version is digitised at 30 fps (frames per second), whereas the original film was 16 fps.

Contributors

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Health Visitors Association

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