An Aboriginal mother who is unable to feed her infant herself is shown how to prepare baby’s bottle under camp life conditions. Water is boiled over an open fire, the bottle and the teat sterilised and the milk prepared from powdered milk.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322151
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Women
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Parenting
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Infants - Care and hygiene
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)