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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
DAY AT CHILDREN'S HOUSE, DETROIT, MICHIGAN,A Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Taxicab stopping, children getting out - woman helping children out of car - children running into house, sign, ‘Children’s House,’ over door - children taking off coats, hanging them up - little boy helping little girl off with her snowsuit - children entering workshop. “Creating with wood.” Views of shop, tools, materials, children at work. “Group of objects created by these four and five year olds.” Display of wooden toy boats, airplanes, vehicles, buildings, etc. “Beginning their activities in clay.” “Some results of efforts in clay.” Display of clay figures; animals, Indians in canoes - children at easels painting. “Cutting designs in linoleum for textiles.” Children cutting blocks, inking them, printing. “Making costumes for their puppets.” Little girls sewing. “Trying out their puppets.” Several children with puppets. “Wearing the masks they have made.” “Music.” Children putting on wraps, leaving building, running - mask on wall by light of street lamp outside window. [1937]
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