AJDC emigration transport buses leave from Paris

Identifier
irn719275
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.562
  • RG-60.7111
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

EXT two buses loaded with Holocaust survivors and luggage, one with “AJDC TRANSPORT” visible on the side. Luggage from the top of one bus being unloaded. Sign on side of bus: “FRANCE TO SO. AMERICA” Men on sidewalk talk through the bus windows, shaking hands with children on-board. Another bus shows an additional sign, “FRANCE TO AUSTRALIA.” Children can be seen through the bus windows. People shake their hands through the window. Street views. Pan right to newsreel jeep with the sign “METRO JOURNAL.” Closer view of the signs on the exterior of the bus: “AJDC TRANSPORT” and “FRANCE TO AUSTRALIA,” and the windows where refugees can be seen looking out.

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