Agro-Joint colony of Sverdlov

Identifier
irn1000633
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.27.2
  • RG-60.0411
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1936
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Betty Troper Yager

Scope and Content

Intertitles provide information about the Sverdlov colony. MS of milling herd of cattle. EXT and INT of Sverdlov knitting factory. Note electrical lines outside. Sewing machines and men demonstrating work. One man holds a shawl (large light bulb in FG of shot).

Note(s)

  • See also Film ID 2569, Story 3468 for outtakes/similar scenes from this film. See also NCJF's holdings under the title: "Founding a New Life: A Story of Rehabilitation" on USHMM Film IDs 2291, 2309, 504, and 522. Some of the scenes Morris Troper shot on his 1936 trip were used in this film.

Subjects

  • COWS
  • JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)
  • SEWING
  • SOVIET UNION
  • FACTORIES
  • JDC (JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE)
  • WORKERS

Places

  • , Crimea
  • , Soviet Union
  • , Ukraine

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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