Students of Mothercraft: silent film

  • Burne, G. K.
Date:
1954
Reference:
SA/HVA/G.3/14a
Part of:
Health Visitors' Association
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

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Credit

Students of Mothercraft: silent film. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Digitised version of SA/HVA/G.3/14. Silent, 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. See SA/HVA/G.3/13 for the separate soundtrack. See SA/HVA/G.3/36 for the fully digitised version synchronising the film with the soundtrack.

Publication/Creation

1954

Physical description

1 encoded moving image file

Contributors

Copyright note

Health Visitors Association

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