Movie Details
Theatrical Release:July 17th, 1904
Original Language:English
Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum (1904)
Audience Score
8 minJul 17th, 1904
The subject of this documentary is an orphan asylum for infants The beginning portion includes the dining facilities for the children A woman dresses as a nurse leads approximately two hundred small children into the eating area where they stand behind their chairs At a given signal each child sits down and begins eating The remainder of the film is devoted to showing some of the infants less than a year old being pushed in baby carriages and bathed and later having haircuts All of the children wear similar attire and the nurses wear uniforms New York City
DirectorEdwin S. Porter
