Figure 1.--Here we see the older of the two boys desguising himself by wearing a sun smock (tablier bain de soleil). This is not a garment that a boy that age would have normally worn. We notice somewhat younger boys wearing sun rompers (barboteuse bain de soleil), but not smocks in this style. He was trying to disguise himself as a little girl so no one would recongnize him. |
Boys in the film wear a variety of garments, including berets, short pants, and school smocks. We think berets and schools smocks were especially common in rural villages, probably more than in the big cities. Berets disappeared very rapidly in France After World War II. I'm not sure why. They were, however, still popular in the World War II era. The younger brother and some of the other boys in the village wear berets. These garments and the other outfits worn by the French boys in the film seem reasonably accurate. Antoine Hubert is 10 years old. He wears a sun smock (tablier bain de soleil). This is not a garment that a boy that age would have normally worn. We notice somewhat younger boys wearing sun rompers (barboteuse bain de soleil), but not smocks in this style. He was trying to disguise himself as a little girl so no one would recongnize him. He had changed out of his band uniform. He also wore a little girl's dress ("robe").
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