March of Time -- outtakes -- passengers from the SS Gripsholm

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irn1003941
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.515.1
  • RG-60.4449
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Item
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  • Silent
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EHRI Partner

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Shots of passengers from the SS Gripsholm, which arrived in Jersey City, New Jersey on March 14 or 15, 1944. The Swedish ship carried American nationals from German internment camps. Individuals are interviewed by reporters in front of a microphone.The interviewees identified in the March of Time subject card are: Marie Tomczak of Pittsburgh, Taylor Henry (an AP correspondent), and Boris Voukovitch of New York City (it is not clear whether all of these people appear in the footage). Interior scenes of Red Cross workers and passengers (identified as Jozeta and Kazimiera Nowicka as they leave the building. Henry Crowder (?) of Washington, DC is interviewed by a female reporter (?). Both are African-American.

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