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 This is from the documentary series called Harrow The School on the Hill, Season 1., Episode 2. Settling In (United Kingdom 2001) Birch, no actually spanking. This scene loosely follows a scene from the first episode of this documentary series.  The school archivist provides the boys with a historical overview and an explanation on the physical punishments formerly practiced at the school. The topic is introduced during a visit to the school archives. The archivist shows the birch rods as a symbol of the school's past strict discipline. The birch was the traditional instrument of corporal punishment at Harrow.  Birching was officially abolished at the school only in January 1991.  In the past, a boy could be birched for any serious offense, with the last official birching recorded in the archives in 1990. English language and subtitles https://ok.ru/video/11310344309435 and https://vkvideo.ru/video-229942838_456239624?list=ln-ys3lKJre3UqgYtZp3Q

 It is from the Documentary series called Harrow The School on the Hill, Season 1., Episode 1. Starting Out (United Kingdom 2001) Birch - No actually spanking. The shot of the birch, combined with those subtitles, serves as a visual demonstration for the school's history and its reputation for strict tradition.  The narrator in the subtitles mentions that ideas of bullying, cold showers, and "Tom Brown’s school days" (a famous novel about the harsh boarding school life in the 19th century) are long gone. They show the birch as a symbol of old-fashioned corporal punishment.  At elite British schools like Harrow or Eton, a bundle of birch twigs (a birch) was historically used for corporal punishment. It was an official, highly ritualized form of punishment. It persisted in British private schools much longer than in state schools, in some cases lasting until the late 1960s.  The reference to "Tom Brown’s School Days" in the subtitles refers to Thomas Hughes' n...