:03:02
to make breakfast
for my husband and children.
:03:11
The promenade upon the Karl Johan
begins around two in the afternoon.
:03:17
Music is played by a military band.
:03:21
The social system supported by
the Kristiania middle-class exists,
:03:26
with a national budget
of 41.6 million Kroner
:03:30
under a criminal code,
which dates from the 1840s.
:03:35
It has no sickness benefit,
no old age insurance,
:03:39
State-legalized prostitution organized
specifically for the middle-class,
:03:44
and still no reform against
the labour of children in factories.
:03:50
The promenade upon the Karl Johan
lasts approximately for one hour.
:03:55
Upon its conclusion the men
retire home or to the beer-halls.
:04:00
The women retire home.
:04:05
Many of the poor children
in this city
:04:08
work in factories,
craft shops and domestic service.
:04:13
The working hours for these children
in this year 1884
:04:18
are as long as the maximum
allowed under Norwegian law
:04:22
for people on penal servitude
and hard labour
:04:27
and over 1/3rd of the industrial
labour force in this capital city
:04:33
is made up of boys and girls.
:04:46
- Do the children work?
- Yes, they're at the factory too.
:04:53
Eleven hours a day.
:04:59
- Help yourself.
- I'm too tired.