Sweden's Future Artisans (1950s)

Change description to: An educational film about children making things in Sweden in the 1950s. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com
1950s, educational films, Sweden, children, childhood, education, handicrafts, Stockholm, boys looking at high angle views of Stockholm including Stockholm City Hall and waterfront from other side of Riddarfjärden, “skola” (school) sign, exterior school building, children entering elementary school in morning, girls curtseying and boys bowing to teacher as they enter classroom, children making papier-mâché including miniature teepees, girls doing finger painting, boys and girls blowing out eggs, girls painting and decorating egg faces, boys and girls making miniature ostriches and dolls out of craft supplies, boys and girls weaving baskets, girls doing gymnastics on grass sports field, children playing on schoolyard at recess, girls and boys baking in home economics class, man conducting band of boys playing brass and woodwind instruments, field trip to Björkö aboard steamship Ejdern, boys making birdhouses, boys woodcrafting various items including model of Kon-Tiki raft, winter, children playing in snow outside school, boys making Christmas themed straw work, girls making miniature snowmen, boys and girls making Christmas tree decorations including paper chains and decorating classroom tree, children exiting school building for Christmas vacation, boys playing ice hockey, skiing contest, sausages being prepared and served outside, specialized classes starting in grade seven, manual training classes, manual arts, practical arts, older boys doing metal and woodcraft in shop using modern machinery and by handwork, older boys and girls learning household chores in home economics class, school post office / general store, ninth year typing class, older girls typing on typewriters, children taking home their projects on last day of school, exterior school building