An Indian Washing the Baby (1906)

[RajaMalhar]

I saw my cousines had the bath same way till today. Best thing to watch is after this warm bath baby immidiately go to sound sleep. Nice video ..timeless piece.

[rosesss1990]

@RajaMalhar You dumbass , ofcourse they go to sleep because they are dead tired after this torture.

[vincevega0]

Ghandi was just sitting there the whole time.....it was part of his non-involvement movement.

[InnannasRainbow]

Thank you for posting this! Very unique.

[aquaholic1004]

Lol baby's like " bitch I can't breath!" haha

[llivi]

at 0:08: yoga practice started :)

[ericberner]

WMG has blocked this for reasons of copyright. And also, the Earth blew up.

[vikaskapil26]

I have never had such an elaborate bath...

[Lemon020202]

Funny how babies back then born in 1890's and 1906 still live long lives well into their 90's....todays kids will never cause 10 year olds look like 17 year olds! have you seen 9 or 12 year old girls today? in the 50's 70's they looked like little children. todays kids will all the over sheltering will only live around 50 or 60 years. children that had no safety things and walked, respected adults etc.. some of them are like over 100 years today. there are alot of people over 100 still.

[mariepete1]

the original "water boy" .....dang!!

[yadavjiification]

IN indian villages still mother used to wash there youngones in the similar fashion....still its a widely practiced custom...just move around...it don't deserve such heavy word..history in motion etc

[brianwurst1234]

This is how you should wash a baby not in the kitchen sink where you wash dirty dishes and clean chicken.

[daveibukun]

@brianwurst1234 hahaha word

[rosesss1990]

@brianwurst1234 Oh really ? i wish there was washing machine those days.

[coolcoolcoolest]

that would be so cool if their great grandchildren gets to see this, not too many people gets to see their great grandparents in films. I love history in films!

[mmmbeachlover]

steady grandma, you'll drown it!

jeez what a patient and well tempered child.

[Lemon020202]

@mmmbeachlover ...umm thats okay they can make more!

[yellowwitch1]

its actually a good strategy, putting the kid in your legs...

[andxxxx]

The grandpa behind is wondering how it feels...

[ThunderIzking]

leaving no room for dirt LOL

[JackHauss]

What they don`t tell you is that water she is pouring over him is actually boiling oil and the baby is screaming his brains out

[binkle1]

I remember we watched a movie in college sociology class that depicted the different ways different cultures handled their babies. I always wished I'd had an Indian mother afterward lol. I was pretty much neglected as an infant, as my twin brother and I were the second set of fraternal twins to come along in less than two years! We were stuck in a crib with a radio nearby, a prisoner to endless Elvis songs! lol To this day, I hate him!

[dasikapraveen]

there is not much change even today ,my mother bathed me the same way and in our culture thats how it is done

[cuddlyable3]

@dasikapraveen would she bathe me if I was very very dirty?

[princette]

Proves the Indians have always been very hygenic people, unlike the grubby Englishman who bathed once a week if you were lucky in 1906

[gauravzerogravity]

they waste so muchh water

[kirmour]

@gauravzerogravity

"water" wasnt a "precious resource" in those days as it is now, it was freely available from rivers, not so much human population and global warming/deforestation of today.

[msabigal]

waterboarding the baby!

[TheUFO691]

1:11, so funny

[Thistledove]

More like drown the baby...

[ijury]

very well said dragonflyZ7, isnt it interesting that somebody amongst us can see their great grand farther or mother being washed by their great great grand mother in motion, this video is a treasure.

[dragonflyZ7]

Alot of negative comments. Its very interesting to watch history in motion

[NoelLozano]

times haven't changed much o.O

[telectroscope]

Earlier comments have a mocking tenor. Hence my 1st post. All aspects of the Raj need research. The 2nd post probes the nature of this record. It may well be a valid research document of poverty in British Raj. Thus, the 2nd post is a fair inquiry. What WAS the motivation of the film-maker? Consider, the British did the Trigonometric Survey (1802-1876); but the Anthropological Survey commenced 1944 at the behest of an Indian! They had good maps of India but lacked a map of Indian customs.

[twyborn29]

I understand your concern, but I think that you're possibly reading too much into it. I went to the mediateque in London recently where they have hundreds of early films about India. They show everything: poor people, rich people, places, animals. I had the sense that the early cameramen just wanted to capture everything and anything.

[RoyalBlueMersey]

It's just a film of their way of life simple as, I can't see the point in you trying to be so clever and condem a film maker from over a hundred years ago, especially when he can't even fight back.

[BSNFabricating]

Maybe we should find his descendants and berate them for it. ;)

[Dotbcn]

I'm glad i wasn't an indian baby in 1906!!!!

[telectroscope]

Sir: You should be glad you are not an Indian baby in 2008. This footage is an indictment of the British Raj, as are pictures and statistics now accessible at Google Books. They detail the systematic and enmasse pauperisation of India. That does not absolve the corrupt Indian politicians who have continued the task left incomplete by the British in the last 60 years of "independence". An Indian, could not appreciate the "humour" in this video. Perhaps you may care to share your unique insight?

[nigella29]

Held all limbs! lol! good thing the baby is very flexible

[ojman873]

No worries...as bad as it looks, it doesn't hurt the little dude... plus that baby ends up clean-ish...

[inkycartoons]

Are they washing it or water boarding it?

[lotfilms]

i lol'ed