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Oru Housewives Training School (1939)

Original title: Oru Kodumajanduskool

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Amateur films Duration 18:31

The daily life of Oru Housewives Training School in 1939. Two young women are ironing sheets with the wringer and electric iron; the linen will be placed in the cupboard later. Carrying water with the horse. Cultivating the ground with the two-horse harness. Young women learning, the teacher is reading. Headmaster Linda Jalvendi is leading the teachers' meeting. Visitors of the school, Aleksander Lellep among others. Views of Toila-Oru, bridge of the River Toila. VIews of the Presidential residence. The girls exit the schoolhouse and walk in a row to work. Students are raking hay and building haystacks. Students are ...

Keywords: atmosphere of an era | washing windows | education | making haystacks | mowing hay | raking hay | washing oneself in the morning | spinning | teaching housekeeping | household school | View all »

Main Data

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Color bw, color
Sound silent
Film Category Amateur films, Newsreel
Duration 18:31

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Cinematographer Aleksander Lellep

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