Jews at UNRRA camp in Austria

Identifier
irn1001247
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.1099
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Universal News (Producer)
  • Pathe (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Displaced persons, UNRRA. Signs in Hebrew. At right, sign reading "UNRRA DP camp Admont." Several scenes of Jews marching with picks and shovels. LS, camp, tending crops, hoeing, women washing (various shots). MCU, four men walking on dirt road, UNRRA official? UNRRA officers caring for children. School children, teenagers sitting at desks outside, teacher writes on blackboard: "We hope to go to Palestine" in English and Hebrew. Couple looking at announcement board. CU, man sitting on steps.

Note(s)

  • See Story 585, Film ID 245 for duplicate footage.

Subjects

  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
  • UNRRA
  • TEACHERS
  • SCHOOLS
  • CHILDREN (JEWISH)
  • FARMERS/FARMING
  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS
  • REFUGEES (JEWISH)
  • AUSTRIA
  • MOUNTAINS

Places

  • , Austria

Genre

  • Film
  • Outtakes.
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