This is a film that captures the children at Linthwaite School taking part in various physical activity exercises and was filmed by their school teacher, Lucy Fairbank. Title-Linthwaite Council School 1936. When the heart is young. Title-Raw materials. Infants The film opens in the school playground; two young boys stand in front of the camera and appear to sing. Then a group of young boys and girls gather for the camera and sing and wave. The following shots capture the children playing in...

This is a film that captures the children at Linthwaite School taking part in various physical activity exercises and was filmed by their school teacher, Lucy Fairbank. Title-Linthwaite Council School 1936. When the heart is young. Title-Raw materials. Infants The film opens in the school playground; two young boys stand in front of the camera and appear to sing. Then a group of young boys and girls gather for the camera and sing and wave. The following shots capture the children playing in the yard; some girls play ring a ring o' roses while other play with balls, hula hoops and skipping ropes. After this the children perform various formation dances with a partner. Then they do some exercises like jumping about and stretching. Some of the children pose for the camera and sing while some others dance and wave at the camera. Two young girls sit at a desk in the school and unpack a box which contains wooden figures. In the next shot a teacher sits beside a young boy and shows him how to use a wind up car. Title-Stds I & Iib dance. There are lingering shots of the children dancing. Title-Std. Iia & III Country dances. Some more children do a variety of formation dances with partners. Title-Std. IV. Physical exs. The children are lined up in the yard; they do stretches, exercises, they play with hoops and jump over skipping ropes. Title-Senior girls. Physical exs. Older girls do similar stretches and exercises as well as jumping over sticks, playing ball games and jumping rope. The film closes with them finishing this lesson.