" CHILDREN OF THE BALKANS " -- 1930s SERBIA, ALBANIA, YUGOSLAVIA, BULGARIA, GREECE, TURKEY 74612
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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thank you very much for this rare footage
Im 14 and my grandpa was born in Bulgaria 1929
From the begining to about 4.00 - I think this is Bulgaria. After that it's probably Serbia. The mothers with the small children in the begining- the way they are dressed - I still keep some of those clothes from my grandmother. The flowers on the skirts, the way they carry their children on their back and the way the woman is knitting and swinging her baby in the trough - this is exactly from the stories I have heard from my grandmother. Some of those customs are preserved as rituals and presented at holidays as plays with music and songs. The clothes are preserved everywhere in Bulgaria and most people still have them from their grandmothers, each created by their hands. They are rich with colours, and by the patterns and the colour palette the diferent regions in the country can be separated. Every village had a certain paterns and if people know them, they can tell even the village they belong to. The patterns on the edge of the sleeves and the neckline, on the chest have a certain meaning. The different shapes can mean protection from illness, motherhood, wishes for fertility, ets. After the 4.00 min there is significant change of the way children are dressed, the type of hats is different from the bulgarian, but I know less about that anyway. This is amazing video. Thank you.
@dreambites
3 жыл бұрын
I’m from Serbia and all of the customs and clothing you’ve highlighted are Serbian as well
this is my new thing
That kid has an iPad at 9:00 mark.
I’m from balken
These are serbs
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serbs are not children of the Balkans they migrated from russia in 800AD
@djoleyt
9 жыл бұрын
Illyrian Warrior lol
@playaddavy429
7 жыл бұрын
Illyrian Warrior That means albania and bulgaria migrated from serbia?
@user-cz3ws9yb9j
6 жыл бұрын
D Racy No brain detected......
@Mile19825
6 жыл бұрын
Illyrian Warrior Haha...in your Fantasy...
@nestormihajlovic4745
5 жыл бұрын
hahahahha, there's always good time for good joke!