Catalogue number, Track number
Track
Title
Artist(s)
Children in playground; distant traffic
Small town atmosphere / Village & playground atmospheres
Children playing in London street (car doors, traffic, etc.)
Street atmosphere / Traffic at night
Children's roundabout
Fairgounds
Seawash and children shouting
Seawash
Children shouting with seawash
Seawash
Group talking
Outdoor crowd - 16-19 year old boys
Group talking & laughing
Outdoor crowd - 16-19 year old boys
Group assembling (chatter & laughter; footsteps on gravel)
Outdoor crowd - 16-19 year old boys
Youthful supporters (for sports meetings, fetes, etc.; with adult conversation)
Outdoor crowd - 16-19 year old boys
General atmosphere with young children
Children's swimming pool
Fairly quiet
School dining hall
Fairly busy
School dining hall
Chatter in playgound & as girls enter school
Girls' grammar school
Chatter in playground
Girls' grammar school
Girls entering school
Girls' grammar school
Atmosphere in hall
Girls' grammar school
Girls setting up chairs in hall with chatter
Girls' grammar school
Girls filing into hall
Girls' grammar school
300 girls in hall
Girls' grammar school
Girls filing into hall
Girls' grammar school
Girls filing out of hall (Organ in background)
Girls' grammar school
Girls having lunch in dining hall
Girls' grammar school
Chatter in laboratory in free period
Girls' grammar school
Girls in hall; silence as headmistress enters
Girls' grammar school
Laughter; chatter; etc. in class
Girls' grammar school
Girls entering classroom
Girls' grammar school
Chatter of 40 girls
Girls' grammar school
Gong; animated chatter
Girls' grammar school
Senior girls in corridor
Girls' grammar school
Junior girls in corridor
Girls' grammar school
Senior girls in corridor
Girls' grammar school
Girls walking to & fro in cloisters
Girls' grammar school
Chatter & footsteps on stirs, etc.
Girls' grammar school
General atmosphere; skipping
Girls' grammar school - Gymnasium
General atmosphere; skipping
Girls' grammar school - Gymnasium
General atmosphere; medicine ball
Girls' grammar school - Gymnasium
Ball game started by mistress
Girls' grammar school - Gymnasium
Girls jumping in pairs over obstacles
Girls' grammar school - Gymnasium
Juniors at play
Boys school
Boys entering school
Boys school
Boys entering school (bell at 2'22'')
Boys school
Boys leaving hall & passing into corridor
Boys school
Boys in assembly (bell at 25'')
Boy's school
Basket ball in gymnasium
Boy's school
Boys in showers
Boy's school
30 children (5-11 years old) in London playground (passing traffic)
Children at play
Six 5-year old children playing in classroom
Children at play
Mixed nursery school (interior)
Small children at play
40 3-5 year olds; noisy background
Small children at play
3-5 year-olds playing with construction sets
Small children at play
2-3 year-olds playing with squeaky wheeled toys (teacher in background)
Small children at play
Mixed nursery school 2-3 year-olds: Trying to play singing games
Small children at play
Playing with 'squeakers'
Small children at play
Riding around on tricycles
Small children at play
Mixed nursery school 3-5 year olds: 40 playing in hall before roll call
Small children at play
Playing & awaiting collection by mothers
Small children at play
Infants in playground: 5 1/2-year olds at play
Children at play
Bell; children leave playground
Children at play
Juniors in playground: 8-9 year olds at play
Children at play
Ball; children leave playground
Children at play
5 1/2 year olds: Creative activity commences
Children playing in school
Creative activity until end of class
Children playing in school
Free exercise by 8-9 year olds: Assembling apparatus
Children playing in school
Exercise using apparatus
Children playing in school
Team game with medicine ball
Children playing in school
Pantomime theatre foyer; animated conversation
Children
Leaving film show (occasional doors)
Children
Chatter in auditorium
Children
CHILDREN PLAYING: Mainly girls in Piazza Navona
Italy (Rome)
Mainly boys in Piazza Navona
Italy (Rome)
Selling girls' stretch tights
London street market: Stallholders
Selling toys
London street market: Stallholders
30 children playing in field: Birds & traffic
6 children in London street / 30 children in field
6-day old girl crying
Baby
17-day old girl crying
Baby
9 WEEKS OLD: Hunger cries
Baby (Girl)
Cries & hiccoughs
Baby (Girl)
12 WEEKS OLD: Fretful cries
Baby (Girl)
Gurgles (cough at end)
Baby (Girl)
14 WEEKS OLD: Gurgles & coos
Baby (Girl)
Grizzles & cries (trying to sleep)
Baby (Girl)
16 WEEKS OLD: Cooing, gurgling, etc.
Baby (Girl)
18 WEEKS OLD: Cooing & gurgling
Baby (Girl)
Gurgling (becoming irritable)
Baby (Girl)
20 WEEKS OLD: Crying (very irritable)
Baby (Girl)
Crying (tired & irritable)
Baby (Girl)
22 WEEKS OLD: Cooing, laughing & sucking thumb
Baby (Girl)
Crying in temper
Baby (Girl)
26 WEEKS OLD: Distressed crying
Baby (Girl)
Gurgling, laughing & hiccoughing
Baby (Girl)
28 WEEKS OLD: Gurgling & blowing bubbles
Baby (Girl)
29 weeks old - teething
Baby (Girl)
30 weeks old - sitting, playing quietly; blowing bubbles
Baby (Girl)
Trying to talk: 32 weeks old - saying 'Ba-ba-ba'
Baby (Girl)
34 weeks old - saying 'Da-da-da'
Baby (Girl)
34 weeks old - Gurgling (uncertain)
Baby (Girl)
36 weeks old: Crying at bedtime
Baby (Girl)
Gurgling & hiccoughing
Baby (Girl)
34 weeks old - Playing & trying to talk
Baby (Girl)
35 weeks old - Playing & trying to talk (saying 'Mum-mum-mum'; voice more developed than on 1)
Baby (Girl)
40 weeks old: Playing & shouting
Baby (Girl)
Hiccoughs; becoming irritable
Baby (Girl)
43 weeks old: Playing
Baby (Girl)
In temper
Baby (Girl) 12 months
Trying to talk
Baby (Girl) 12 months
Playing in bath
Baby (Girl) 12 months
Playing with Teddy bear (sneeze & hiccoughs)
Baby (Girl) 12 months
Trying to talk and playing with toys
Baby (Girl) - 15 months
Tantrums when toys are taken away
Baby (Girl) - 15 months
Trying to talk
Baby (Girl) - 15 months
Singing and playing with toys
Baby (Girl) - 15 months
Saying 'Beh-beh'
Baby (Girl) - 15 months
Squeals of delight
Baby (Girl) - 15 months
Crying
Baby (Girl) - 15 months
Looking at picture book
Baby (Girl) - 18 months
Crying
Baby (Girl) - 18 months
Crying
Baby (Girl) - 18 months
Protesting at having face washed
Baby (Girl) - 18 months
Talking & crying
Baby (Girl) - 2 years
Looking at picture books; pages turned
Baby (Girl) - 2 years
Crying
Baby (Girl) - 2 years
Giggling
Baby (Girl) - 2 years
Chattering
Baby (Girl) - 2 years
2 3/4 years: Talking nonsense & asking questions
Baby girl
2 3/4 years: Saying 'Please' & 'Thank you'
Baby girl
Talking nonsense; playing with toys
Baby girl
Talking nonsense; looking at picture book
Baby girl 2.75 years
Reciting nonsense nursery rhymes; ends with farewells
Baby girl 2.75 years
9 months old: Laughing & squealing
Baby (Boy)
12 months old: Laughing & trying to talk
Baby (Boy)
14 months old: Crying
Baby (Boy)
Chatting to himself
Baby (Boy)
Playing contentedly
Baby (Boy)
2 playing & laughing; ends with crying
Small children (indoors)
Boy (3 years) & girl (2 years) playing; 'going shopping'
Small children (indoors)
Boy (2 1/2) & girls (2 1/4 & 1 1/2) playing with toys
Small children (indoors)
3-month old; irritable
Babies (Girls)
New-born; slight ward atmosphere
Babies (Girls)
4-month old; laughing
Babies (Girls)
5-month old; contented
Babies (Girls)
2 weeks old: Whimpers, sniffles, crying gently, quietens, stops
Baby boy
Cries loudly, wimpers, stops
Baby boy
Baby boy 4 weeks old: Cries, whimpers, screams, stops
Baby boy
Breastfeeding, with sucking, gurgling noises and hiccoughs
Baby boy
Foetal heartbeats (38 weeks): Direct contact recording
Baby boy
From region of umbilical cord
Baby boy
'Suzy sing-a-long' singing doll (records): Oranges & lemons
Talking toys
It's raining it's pouring / Round & round the garden
Talking toys
Freye Jacques
Talking toys
Polly put the kettle on / Grand old Duke of York
Talking toys
Tongue-twister (twice)
Talking toys
Spoken phrases
Talking toys
'Rosebud' (pull-out wire) - various phrases
Talking toys
'Talking story set' (records): Animal story
Talking toys
Tommy the train
Talking toys
Rattles: Melody chime
Toys
Musical push-along toy: Toy
Toys
Clockwork: Whimpsy pal
Toys
Plastic 'push-and-go'
Toys
Battery-operated: Fire engine
Toys
Battery-powered: Showboat river queen
Toys
Humming tops: Choral tone
Toys
Racing cars on track: Single car lapping
Toys
General atmosphere with 200 children
Junior children's sports day
Starting pistol & cheers for race
Junior children's sports day
Starting pistol & cheers for race
Junior children's sports day
Starting pistol & cheers for race
Junior children's sports day
Starting pistol & cheers for race
Junior children's sports day
Starting pistol & cheers for race
Junior children's sports day
'On your marks; get set'; pistol & cheers for race
Junior children's sports day
Children playing, small noisy group
Crowds: Czech and Dutch crowds
CROWDED BEACH: Children playing; seawash; occasional dog bark
Crowded beach / Beach
BEACH: Children paddling & shouting at water's edge with seawash
Crowded beach / Beach
3-6 year olds
Children playing indoors 3-6 year olds
3-6 year olds
Children playing indoors 3-6 year olds
5-7 year-olds in class
School children
Juniors at play in urban playground (Mid distance with footsteps)
School children
Children's roundabout
Fairgrounds
Interior, large toy department, with electronic games
Germany
Newly born (delivery room atmos)
Baby boy crying
Two hours old (delivery room atmos)
Baby boy crying
Two weeks old (some hiccoughs, snuffles)
Baby boy crying
Six weeks old
Baby boy crying
5 weeks old
Baby boy crying
10 weeks old
Baby boy: Waking up sounds
10 weeks old
Baby boy: Waking up sounds
10 weeks old
Baby boy: Waking up sounds
10 weeks old
Baby boy: Waking up sounds
10 weeks old (with some distant birdsong)
Baby boy: Waking up sounds
10 weeks old (with some distant birdsong)
Baby boy: Waking up sounds
10 weeks old (with some distant birdsong)
Baby boy: Waking up sounds
Restless in cot, early morning
Baby girl: Nine months old
Laughing and playing (mouth noises at end)
Baby girl: Nine months old
Crying
Baby girl: Nine months old
Mealtime
Baby girl: Nine months old
HORNBY 0-GAUGE CLOCKWORK TRAIN, CIRCA 1935: Engine wound up
Model Railways
Engine running in hand
Model Railways
Train running on track, with crash
Model Railways
Train assembled, runs until stop
Model Railways
HORNBY HO-GAUGE MODEL TRAINS: Hand shunting and coupling
Model Railways
Engine collects carriage, does 1 circuit under power
Model Railways
HORNBY HO-GAUGE MODEL TRAINS: Diesel with goods wagons, running continuously on oval track
Model Railways
4-6-2 Pacific with 3 carriages, running continuously on oval track
Model Railways
WELSH CHILDREN OUTSIDE: Chattering
Crowds and children outside
In playground
Crowds and children outside
Loud chatter & shouts
Crowds and children outside
CHILDREN'S SPORTS (OUTSIDE): PA annct (Relay heat 3)
Children's sports / Hospital reception
PA annct (Not ready yet); starter's gun; children cheering
Children's sports / Hospital reception
PA annct (Starters for events 7 & 8)
Children's sports / Hospital reception
Starter's gun; children cheering & shouting
Children's sports / Hospital reception
Starter's gun
Children's sports / Hospital reception
Starter's gun
Children's sports / Hospital reception
BABY: Crying - 26 weeks old
Sound effects No. 1
Playing - 36 weeks old
Sound effects No. 1
CHILDREN; PLAY & SPORTS: 5 year-olds in playground
Sound effects no. 2
Sports day atmosphere
Sound effects no. 2
Race, with cheering
Sound effects no. 2
Race, with starter
Sound effects no. 2
TOYS: Clockwork toy
Sound effects no. 4
'Mama' doll
Sound effects no. 4
Teddy bear grunt
Sound effects no. 4
Teddy bear growl
Sound effects no. 4
Popgun
Sound effects no. 4
CROWDS WITH CHILDREN'S VOICES: Mixed outdoor crowd at fete, with children and adults, distant birdsong and traffic - June 75
Exterior crowds I
Mixed crowd with children at London Zoo
Exterior crowds I
Crowd with children at London Zoo, with sea lions at feeding time - 1974
Exterior crowds I
GROUPS OF BOYS: Group of 16-19 yea old boys talking, occasional pauses, and footsteps on gravel - June 68
Exterior crowds I
Group of 16-19 year old boys talking, occasional laughter - June 68
Exterior crowds I
Group of boys assembling, with speech, laughter and footsteps on gravel - June 68
Exterior crowds I
Atmospherre at children's roundabout - May '85 (rec West Midlands Safari Park)
Fairgrounds and the circus
Children's roundabout with occasional bell - July '66
Fairgrounds and the circus
Children and clowns shout 'hello' (indistinguishable music in background) - Nov '79
Fairgrounds and the circus
Activity with clowns, act in progress with indistinguishable music, drum rolls and children shouting - Nov '79
Fairgrounds and the circus
CAFETERIA: Atmosphere in large cafeteria in London Zoo, with children's voices
Interiors - Restaurants
BABIES: Newly born baby boy crying, delivery room atmosphere - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby boy crying, two hours old, first signs of hunger - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby boy crying, two weeks old, some hiccoughts and snuffles - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby boy crying, five weeks old, tired and hunger - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby boy crying, six weeks old - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby boy, waking up sounds, 10 weeks old - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby boy, waking up sounds, 10 weeks old - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby boy, waking up sounds, 10 weeks old - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby boy, waking up sounds, 10 weeks old, with distant birdsong - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby boy, waking up sounds, 10 weeks old, with distant birdsong - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby boy, waking up sounds, 10 weeks old, with distant birdsong - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby girl, restless in cot, early morning, 9 months old - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby girl, laughing and playing (mouth noises at end), 9 months old - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby girl crying, 9 months old - 1984
Babies and infants
Baby girl at mealtime, 9 months old - 1984
Babies and infants
NURSERY SCHOOLS: 2-3 year olds playing with squeakers in mixed nursery school - November 1968
Babies and infants
2-3 year olds riding around on tricycles in mixed nursery school - November 1968
Babies and infants
INFANT SCHOOLS: Noisy infants in classroom
Babies and infants
Group of infants in school playground - 1982
Babies and infants
3-6 year-olds playing indoors - 1975
Babies and infants
Six 5-year old children playing in classroom (pre-decimal coinage mentioned occasionally from 2'38" while playing stops) - April 1966
Babies and infants
5-7 year-olds in class - 1982
Babies and infants
Exterior, hand bell rung, children leave playground (5 and a half year-olds) - December 1968
Babies and infants
SINGING GAMES: Interior, 2-3 year olds trying to play singing games (mixed nursery school) - November 1968
Singing games and schoolchildren
Exterior, group of mixed children singing 'Poor Jenny is a-weeping', with movement - 1980
Singing games and schoolchildren
Exterior, group of mixed children singing 'Farmer's in his den', with movement - 1980
Singing games and schoolchildren
Exterior, group of mixed children singing 'Cat's got the Measles', with movement and belches - 1980
Singing games and schoolchildren
Interior group of children singing 'London Bridge' - 1981
Singing games and schoolchildren
Exterior group of children singing 'London Bridge' - 1981
Singing games and schoolchildren
Interior group of children singing 'London's Burning' - 1981
Singing games and schoolchildren
Exterior group of children singing 'London's Burning' - 1981
Singing games and schoolchildren
Interior group of children singing 'Looby Loo' - 1981
Singing games and schoolchildren
Exterior group of children singing 'Looby Loo' - 1981
Singing games and schoolchildren
PLAYING OUTDOORS (NOT SCHOOL): 5-10 year olds in urban playground with shouts, footsteps, swings, and distant traffic - 1981
Singing games and schoolchildren
6 children playing in a London street, distant traffic and birds - November 1970
Singing games and schoolchildren
30 children playing in a field with birds and traffic - November 1970
Singing games and schoolchildren
JUNIOR SCHOOLS: A group of junior schoolchildren in gymnasium - 1982
Singing games and schoolchildren
Children at play in urban school playground (mid distant with footsteps) - 1982
Singing games and schoolchildren
Group of mixed 5-11 year olds in enclosed playground (close perspective) - 1980
Singing games and schoolchildren
Children playing in a school playground in the Midlands (Birmingham) - 1974
Singing games and schoolchildren
Children playing in a school playground in the south of England
Singing games and schoolchildren
Exterior, bell rings (electric) and children leave playground (8-9 year olds) - December 1968
Singing games and schoolchildren
MIXED MIDDLE SCHOOL (CHILDREN 10-13 YEARS OLD): Children entering classroom (rec. London) - 1980
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Children gradually settle down in classroom (rec. London) - 1980
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Bell rings, children leave classroom (rec. London) - 1980
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Subdued classroom atmosphere with children reading (re. London) - 1980
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Children laughing in classroom (rec. London) - 1980
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Children laughing in classroom (rec. London) - 1980
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Children giggling in classroom (rec. London) - 1980
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Sounds of groans of disappointment in class (rec. London) - 1980
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Sounds of groans of incredulity in classroom (rec. London) - 1980
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Electric school bell - 1980
Children - Middle and secondary schools
BOYS' SECONDARY SCHOOL: Boys enter dining hall and atmosphere before start of meal (occasional voice of young child) - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Grace said, atmosphere during meal - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Boys playing in outdoor swimming pool with younger mixed children also audible - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Boys playing during break time - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Boys in showers, with indistinct speech in foreground (wide perspective) - 1968
Children - Middle and secondary schools
BOYS' COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL: Boys supposed to be working in classroom - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Boys not under control in classroom - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Suden change from rowdy to silent atmosphere in classroom - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Argumentative atmosphere in classroom - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Abusive remarks thrown at teacher in classroom - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Boys leaving classroom - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Boys entering classroom - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Junior boys in noisy classroom - 1981
Children - Middle and secondary schools
GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL: Girls entering school building (footsteps and chatter, no distinct speech) - 1968
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Chairs being set up in hall with some quiet periods and chatter (no distinct speech - wide perspective) - 1968
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Girls filing into hall (footsteps and indistinct chatter) - 1968
Children - Middle and secondary schools
Chatter in laboratory during free period (no distinct speech) - 1968
Children - Middle and secondary schools
GIRL'S SECONDARY SCHOOL: In class, loud chatter and movement at end of lesson - 1979
Children - Middle and secondary schools
In corridorr, footsteps and voices during break - 1979
Children - Middle and secondary schools
In hall, noist conversation - 1979
Children - Middle and secondary schools
In hall, conversation quietens - 1979
Children - Middle and secondary schools
In class, speech and clatter prior to lesson, ends with "shshsh" (occasional desk scraped on floor) - 1979
Children - Middle and secondary schools
In dining room at lunchtime, busy atmosphere with speech and crockery clatter - 1979
Children - Middle and secondary schools
In open playing field, shouting and laughter with tootsteps (occasional distinct speech) - 1979
Children - Middle and secondary schools
In playground, atmosphere of girls playing recorded betweem buildings (occasional distinct speech and scream) - 1979
Children - Middle and secondary schools