“ SPANISH CHILDREN ” 1948 EDUCATIONAL FILM POST-WWII LIFE IN SOUTHERN SPAIN XD80344b

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This educational film follows a family in Spain as they go about their day, visit the market and celebrate the young daughter’s birthday. It is produced by Encyclopedia Britannica films (:22). EB Films was a top tier producer of educational films for use in schools and libraries during the years of the 1940’s to the 1990’s. The film opens with images of the family’s home near a village in southern Spain (:32). Mr. Sanchez and their son Juan load into the family cart to head to the market (:44). Wife and daughter; Luisa, wave goodbye (:56). The journey to the market and back will take the entire day (1:03). Along the route, they pass a farmer with a herd of oxen (1:18) and a friend delivering the morning milk (1:36). The milkman and his milking goat (1:42). A housewife purchases milk (1:50). Juan and Mr. Sanchez arrive at the plaza in the center of the village (1:51). A woman fills her pitcher with water from the fountain here (2:05). Juan drinks from his personal pitcher (2:14). He then joins other youth for a game of “bullfighting“ (2:31). Juan reunites with his father to continue the trip (3:04). They pass an olive tree grove (3:25). Olive pickers knock olives free from branches with thin wooden sticks (3:31). The pair arrives in the city (4:22). A fishermen moves from house to house selling fish (4:43). At the market, locals sell goods such as fresh vegetables (5:01) and citrus fruits such as oranges (5:16). Juan feeds the donkey (5:25) as a new truck which had been imported from overseas drives by (5:48). The driver allows Juan to hop in the front seat (5:54). He then sets off to find a birthday present for Luisa (6:19). He chooses a store and browses the doll collection first (6:42). Juan decides on a pair of castanets as Luisa is a very good dancer (7:10). He bargains for a cheaper price (7:29). He and his father begin to make the journey home (7:38). At the Sanchez residence, Luisa works on a piece of lace (8:01) as her mother prepares gazpacho for dinner (8:22). Grapes are hung to dry (8:30). Juan and his father return home (8:46) and they gather around the dinner table (9:03). At the end of the meal, Juan readies his gift for his sister (9:31). Luisa begins to dance (9:40) and Mr. Sanchez pulls a guitar from the way to play for her as she spins (9:59). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit