Pre-war Jewish life in four small towns of Poland
Creator(s)
- Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
- Peysakh Zuckerman (Filmmaker)
Biographical History
The film was made by the immigrant Peysakh Zuckerman who took a newsreel cameraman back to Kolbuszowa in 1929. He filmed what he saw and brought the footage back to New York where he raised money from the Polish Jewish community in the United States to send back to Poland.
Scope and Content
01:00:32 Kolbuszowa. Very good shots of market. HA of busy square. Shots of various vendors, shoppers, goods. Jews and peasants. Street scenes. Scenics of surroundings. Shots of buildings. Police men. Large tree in park. VAR streets. Shots of children. Town "Mashugena". Cheder children. Various Jewish institutions. Yeshiva boys. Cemetery sequence. More important buildings. Town beauty. Band plays. Men pose on street. Magistrate. Town square not market day. 01:12:25 Ranizow. General shots of town square, street, EXT of synagogue, man pumps water. 01:14:22 Sokolow. Main street. Children pose for camera. Main square, pedestrians, cars. Statue. Street scenes, synagogue. Children wave at camera. Town beauties. EXTs of synagogue, yeshiva boys, cheder children. 01:18:16 Rzeszow. Street scenes, important buildings, INT of library? VAR Jewish institutions. Town square, pedestrians, monument, some vendors. More street scenes.
Note(s)
Another copy available at Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York).
Film presented by the Kolbuszower Relief Association. The film was made by the immigrant Peysakh Zuckerman who took a newsreel cameraman back to Kolbuszowa in 1929. He filmed what he saw and brought the footage back to New York where he raised money from the Polish Jewish community in the United States to send back to Poland.
Subjects
- BANDS
- SYNAGOGUES
- JEWS
- JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)
- BUILDINGS
- VILLAGES
- YESHIVAS
- MARKETS
- POLAND
- CEMETERIES
- CHILDREN (JEWISH)
- STREETS
Places
- , Poland
- Kolbuszowa, Poland
Genre
- Film
- Documentary.