St Joseph's Scholars & St Matthew's Pupils, Blackburn (1905)

[Papdog1]

Many of the young boys here would die in the trenches of WW1. Strangely moving when you see the innocence here.

[robharding1957]

although the scene shows the teachers looking authoritative and the children in awe,, it also shows the total respect for authority, which is sadly no longer the case today,,it is rather sad to think all the teachers and in perticular the chidren are all long gone ,,atleast in most cases,,for the time of this film,, its amazing,,almost magical in its presentation,an age captured in the timewarp sphere,,,

[forlife69]

It's sad to think all them children would be dead now.

[stonedinsect]

footage like this is the closest thing we will ever get to a time machine

amazing moments in history thanks for sharing this

[greenisland75]

One of the better Mitchell and Kenyon films. The children look healthy and happy. I expect they were thrilled to be filmed and also to get out of the classroom. However, Some of those teachers look a bit severe and strict it has to be said. None of them look at the camera.

[robcmoseley]

Exactly my thoughts. "Doomed Youth"

[robharding1957]

this was my first school in blackburn,i was five,we had a xmas party that year and the school arranged tohave a reigndeer and asleigh go past the hall window with father xmas driving it, and it fooled the lot of us, sadly no longer there,

[JuceeeUpNorf]

How surprisingly healthy and well nourished the children look in this clip.Its heart wrenching to think that a large number of these happy little boys probably died in World War One.The futility of war.God bless them.