1920 National Children Adoption Society

Date: 11th March 1920

Location: ENGLAND

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

ENGLAND: London: Kensington and Chelsea: Knightsbridge:

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GV tilt down building of the National Children Adoption Society to street corner.

SV tilt down building to 4 nurses standing on steps - one runs across path in front of building (quick motion).

SV mothers sitting with babies outside door, nurses come up and carry off babies.

SV queue of mothers carrying babies walking in through side door.

GV doorway of Society building.

MV pan nurses standing on steps.

MV woman standing holding babies before walking through side door.

CUs babies in cots. (3 shots).

SV toddlers sit round table eating meal, nurses stand round helping feed them (quick motion).

MV four babies sitting behind table, one eating rusk.

MV nurse washing toddler in bath.

SV pan along nursery, from toddler sitting on his own at table pan along to small children in playpen.

SV toddler standing in playpen, another child being helped to walk by nurse in background.

SV woman standing by cradle.

SV five babies sitting in playpen, two in rocking cradle in background.

SV babies sitting in playpen, nurse helping toddler to walk in background.

MV shots nurses washing babies.

SV pan round cots lining room.

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ENGLAND: London: Kensington and Chelsea: Knightsbridge:

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MV four babies, one eating rusk.

SSV babies sitting in playpen pan along nursery showing in rocking cradle, pan to show toddler sitting by himself at table.

SV infants sitting round table eating, nurses standing behind them.

MV nurses helping feed children.

CU toddler shovelling food into his mouth.

CU baby in cot.

SV woman standing by cradle, nurse comes along with baby and hands it to her.

GV doorway, woman comes out of doorway carrying child accompanied by nanny.

SV woman climbs into car followed by nanny who hands the baby to her.

SV car draws off.

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