A Chinese Baby Show

Chinese children toddle to traditional music in this intriguing Gaumont newsreel.

This intriguing short newsreel item from April 1918 is something of an enigma - little is known about the location or particulars of the event, but the images themselves are fascinating. Besides a glimpse of the youngsters in their pageant, we also catch sight of their mothers, musicians at their instruments and a young woman in a dazzling headdress who smiles for the camera.