Kan children perform skits; at the beach in Zandvoort

Identifier
irn1003857
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.183.1
  • RG-60.4429
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Robert Kan and his family escaped the Nazis on May 13, 1940 and emigrated to Queens, New York via the Dutch East Indies. He received a BA in Economics from Hofstra Univeristy and worked for thirty years for the US government at the Department of Commerce, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, and the American Embassy in Tokyo. After retiring from the government, he became a Certified Financial Planner. He was a lifelong Boy Scout and accomplished philatelist. He was married for 58 years to Francisca Verdoner Kan and had three daughters, Jeanette, Susan, and Eleanor.

Scope and Content

Sign placed next to a pot of flowers. INT, Robert and Betsy perform skits, adults watch (presumably at the Villa Elsa in 1938). Robert wears a military style uniform with a hat and plume and a toy gun. He bows to the audience (not seen) and salutes the camera. CUs are not in focus. Betsy performs as a ballerina, wearing a costume with a flowered wreath on her head. 01:00:59 Betsy and Robert in costume. VAR shots of the children in other costumes with pans to show entire costume. Frits and a light-haired woman in evening attire. Others in costumes performing for an audience. Camera pans up and down the actors to show their full costumes. 01:02:14 Two people hold up a sign reading "Zandvoort" and "Nederland" (hard to read). Another actor performs, guests in evening attire sit around tables. 01:03:07 Frits's parents sitting at right. Jeanne can be seen near the back of the first table. People at the dinner. Betsy and Robert in costume in a garden. Both children smile and wave at the camera. 01:03:44 Frits stands in the garden and waves. Jeanne sits in the garden. Another shot of the sign next to flowers showing at the beginning of this reel.

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