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These Are Our Children (1948)

play Please note: this clip is silent
clip Hospital and home life

This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Molly trips down some loose stairs (possibly in her home) and falls badly. She wakes up in hospital with a bandaged head, her brother in the room with her. A nurse gives her some medicine before bringing her a tray of dinner – meat, vegetables, fruit and dessert. The next shot contrasts this meal with the family meal at home, where Molly eats a slice of white bread and a sausage surrounded by her many siblings at the table.

After dinner, John and Molly play out the back and amuse themselves by playing with old furniture, smashing a glass soft drink bottle, and rolling an empty tyre out onto the street.