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  • Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum (1904)
  • Short | 8 min | Documentary, Short
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Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum (1904)
Short | 8 min | Documentary, Short
A series of pictures showing the care taken of the little tots in one of the largest orphan asylums in New York City. A number of tables are spread in the gardens around the building and the children march to their places for their ...See moreA series of pictures showing the care taken of the little tots in one of the largest orphan asylums in New York City. A number of tables are spread in the gardens around the building and the children march to their places for their noon-day meal, The nurses place them in their chairs and distribute the food, which the children proceed to eat. After dinner is over and the children are removed from the tables, the gardens are cleared and the little ones who are not old enough to walk are given an outing in baby carriages. Each carriage contains two babies, and it is amusing to see the little smiling faces as they pass the camera, After the children have had their outing, they are taken indoors, and those who were allowed to play in the dirt are given a bath. Here is where trouble begins. As the children are dipped in the water they raise a cry and hastily endeavor to rub the water from their eyes. Next is shown one of the children getting its hair cut. An elderly nurse acts as barber, and after numerous twistings of the child's head she, with the aid of a large pair of clippers, removes all traces of hair. One of the important tasks of the nurses is the fire drill. Each nurse has a number of children assigned to her care. These she must teach what to do when the fire alarm is sounded. This scene represents the children marching out of the building when an alarm of fire is sounded after bed time. In very orderly file each group of youngsters hastens out of the building and down the stone steps to the ground clad in their night clothes and carrying their shoes and stockings. Written by Kleine Optical Catalog See less
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Edwin S. Porter
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Updated Jul 31, 1904
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Jul 1904 (United States)

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