First Steps

First Steps

First Steps


(6.2 from 10 users)

10m1947HD

First Steps (1947) is a Documentary film in the GoMovies catalog, running 10m. Directed by Leo Seltzer, it features Winston O'Keefe. Viewers rate it 6.2/10 from 10 votes. United Nations, 1947 - In this film one crippled child learns to walk: first to move, then to stand, and finally to take his first steps. The film deals with modern techniques of physiotherapy, and the need to develop the whole child - his emotions and his mind as well as his muscles - is stressed. Skilled adult workers offer not only massage and therapy, but also love and understanding, and occupational therapy for children and takes the form of both play and work. Movements learned become part of the daily jobs of feeding and dressing. Early attempts to walk are made with the help of apparatus. Finally the initially hesitant steps on his own are taken. As the film ends the boy walks. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

First Steps (1947)
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