This Hollywood Enterprises, Inc. film “Children of the Balkans” presented by Cine Art is a silent film, shot in the early 1930s and then re-released in 1939. This historic educational film features interesting "close-ups" of the children of the Balkan nations Yugoslavia, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. They are shown in intimate domestic scenes of spinning, plowing, feeding turkeys, chickens and geese, herding sheep and drawing water from a picturesque old well with a sweep.
“Children of the Balkans” title banner and credits (00:08). Informational text overlay (00:13). Geese and two women carrying hay (01:41). Informational text overlay (01:58). Geese and two women carrying hay (02:19). A woman walks with a small child and carries another (02:33). Informational text overlay (02:48). A woman is knitting whilst using her foot to rock the bed where her baby sleeps, while her other child sits beside them (02:59). A woman carries her child in a bassinet on her back (03:24). A young child with blonde hair (03:43). Informational text overlay (04:00). A young shepherd and the herd of sheep (04:42). Shepherds draw water for their herd (05:22). Children are standing amongst pigs (05:43). Children are plowing soil with a wooden plow (06:09). A young boy wearing a large hat (06:19). He is standing on a field with cows (06:27). A boy is standing near train tracks holding a bindle (06:34). He walks out of the camera frame (06:43). A child is walking from a house through the surrounding fence holding a bindle with jugs on each end (06:50). He smiles at the camera (06:58). A girl is feeding a brood of chickens (07:07). A girl is drawing water from a well (07:28). Girls are harvesting crops from a field (07:47). A woman places the harvested crops in a basket held by a young girl sitting on the field (08:00). Two girls are seated across from each other knitting/sewing (08:12). Informational text overlay (08:29). A boy exits a fences area and closes the gate (08:48). A boy adds an item to shoulder his bag (09:01). He stands still and looks into the camera (09:08), then walks away (09:14). Informational text overlay (09:24). School children rush to sit on their school benches (09:43). Views of the feet of three boys, wearing shoes formulated from fabric and laces (10:41). Informational text overlay (10:48). Views of traditional shoes in the region with turned-up toes, boot-like soles, and laces wrapped around the ankles (11:08). Another type of shoe with a sock type of ankle cover instead of laces (11:18). Informational text overlay (11:28). A boy stands with two dogs, petting one of them (11:36). Another boy is holding a dog and two other dogs stand behind him (11:44). Two girls are walking while carrying an unidentified item (11:53). Two girls are standing and crocheting lace trim (12:00). Two girls are kneeling on a field picking flowers (12:18). Informational text overlay (12:34). A cloudy sky (12:42). A body of water surrounded by trees and greenery (13:01). Snowy river banks and tree branches and two people walking through the snow (13:14). They continue to walk along the riverbank (13:24). Views of the water running through the snowy banks (13:36). A cloudy sky (13:50). “The End” text overlay (14:01).
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