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Language of Description: English

  1. Foyles' Luncheon with Benes

    "Dr. Benes Feted in London" Ex-president of Czechoslovakia, Benes, is chief guest at Foyles' Luncheon. Benes speaks. Also present are Jan Masaryk, Count Raczynski and Mr. HG Wells.

  2. Children bathe and play outdoors; Benedikt and Ella wade in a cold river; Hanna scoots around

    The two children, Thomas and Hanna, are in the wash tub, playing and splashing. Hanna gets out and is put into a little robe, which she quickly loses after the nurse empties the tub and flips it over. They play on top of the overturned wash tub. Now dressed, they are carried around by their parents. Benedikt and Ella, the parents, are at the bank of a small river, attempting to endure the cold water. They wade out further. Cut to Hanna scooting herself around on a short stool, learning how to use a potty.

  3. Ray D'Addario collection

    The collection consists of a United States Army issue uniform jacket, three shirts, and a tie relating to the experiences of Ray D'Addario, a Signal Corps photographer during and after World War II when he was assigned to cover the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

  4. Statement delivered at postwar reburial service for Wöbbelin concentration camp victims

    Published statement delivered at a memorial burial service in Hagenow, Germany on 8 May 1945 for 144 dead uncovered at Wöbbelin concentration camp. James M. Stoner (donor) served in the 8th Infantry Division, and was a member of the honor guard during the ceremony.

  5. Training film for indoctrinating American soldiers and unify the American public to support the war effort

    "Prelude to War" reviews events leading to the war and contrasts American democracy with fascism. This is the first film of Frank Capra’s "Why We Fight" propaganda film series, commissioned by the Office of War Information (OWI) and George C. Marshall. "Prelude to War" was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. The film was based on the idea that those in the service would be more willing and able fighters if they knew the background and reason for their participation in the war. It was later released to the general American publi...

  6. Levy family aboard SS France en route to Europe

    Levy family descends steps of the family home at 690 North Crescent in Cincinnati, Ohio. 01:00:34 Aboard "SS France" ship from May 21-28, 1927. The family spent seven days on the ship sailing from the New York harbor on May 21, 1927. Children walk toward and wave at the camera. CU, young Emilie Jane smiles for the camera. 01:01:20 Clara Levy rests in a chair on the shipdeck. More views of the shipdeck with passengers and the ocean. 01:02:15 Dora Hartman, Clara Levy, and Emilie Jane Levy descend stairs of monument and stand before a stone statue (unknown location).

  7. Antisemitic Exhibit in Zagreb

    The production of an antisemitic exhibit. Gathering books and information, writing text, creation of "artwork," and preparation of propaganda. 01:31:29 Research Institute where traveling exhibit on "Jews" is to be assembled. People bring in whatever information they have on Jews including books and pamphlets. 01:35:42 Translations of parts of Talmud to find out what Jews thought of non-Jews. Preparation of text panels and illustrated art caricature of prosperous businessman. 01:38:04 Sculpting of stereotypic "Jewish" head, director gives preview to journalists. Shows map of Jewish expansion...

  8. Postwar destruction in Germany

    Aerial views of a German city, probably Stuttgart, along the river with collapsed bridges and bomb sites. Pan of the twisted metal of bombed rail cars and railroad tracks. VAR shots of massive destruction and rubble. 01:09:30 CU, "Photographieren Verboten!" sign. Soldier talks to a woman on a bike, gesturing and trying to show her something on a piece of paper. Piles of rubble on street. 01:09:53 Two young boys (orphans?) in oversized coats and boots look up at the camera. Three walls of a warehouse barely stand amidst the rubble and debris. Some buildings in BG remained untouched and undam...

  9. Katzenberg and Ermann families collection

    Contains photographs, postcards, identification cards, and other documents concerning the Ermann and Katzenberg families. Includes a photograph of Elza Ermann Kolvitz and her son Hans; two postcards sent to Switzerland from Lidi Katzenberg, who was on a kibbutz; one postcard from Leo Ermann to his wife, dated July 7, 1944; one postcard sent to Toni Katzenberg (donor's mother) in Brissago, Switzerland from Leo Ermann on April 30, 1944; one Ausweis (identification card) issued to Toni Katzenberg, Saarbrucken, December 17, 1934; one Ausweis (identification card) issued to Henriette Ermann, Saa...

  10. March of Time -- outtakes -- US Newspaper Correspondents Overseas

    Office of Universal News Service, 72 Fleet Street, London. MSs and CUs of Mr. Knickerbocker examining tape machine. MSs and CUs of Mr. Knickerbocker typing, sitting down at desk. Men in BG reading tape machine, typing, etc. CU of Knickerbocker typing. Shot of Webb-Miller walking in the garden of his house in Kensington. CU of Webb-Miller out of picture (2 takes). MS of Webb-Miller towards camera (2 takes). MS of Webb-Miller walking toward camera (2 takes). MS and CU of Webb-Miller sitting on edge of baclony reading book. 2 more shots, same. Mr. Carroll Binder (foreign editor of Chicago "Dai...

  11. US Secretary of State Hull sails to Lima, Peru

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 10, No. 723, Part 2A. Release date, 11/28/1938. According to UN Official Motion Picture Release: "Hull Sails to Lima Parley" New York, NY. The Secretary of State, sailing on the SS Santa Clara to the Pan-American conference in Peru, voices hope in the success of the mission. He also sees Ambassador Hugh Wilson, recalled from Germany because of Jewish outbreaks. Ambassador Hugh Wilson, who expressed some sympathy for Nazism, was recalled from Germany in the wake of Kristallnacht. The US never sent another ambassador to Nazi Germany. Other parts of the newsreel includ...

  12. Rabbi Samuel and Ella Freilich papers

    Consists of wartime and post-war photographs, documents, correspondence, and letters relating to Rabbi Samuel Freilich and his wife, Ella (Wieder) Freilich. The photographs depict Rabbi Freilich and his family in Prague and Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia after the war. Included in the documents and correspondence are identity paperwork; paperwork to establish Rabbi Freilich’s professional credentials; a handwritten notebook of testimony related to Holocaust experiences, written in 1945; emigration paperwork; restitution claims; correspondence with attorneys; and medical papers, which assisted...

  13. Crossing the Rhine at Remagen

    Dark views of a building along the river. Military personnel aboard a boat, MS of soldier with camera. Pan of buildings along the Rhine riverside at Remagen, Germany. The pontoon bridge crossing the Rhine River at Remagen in March 1945. The first Army nurses to cross the Rhine River were with the 51st Field Hospital on March 14, 1945. Boats and landing crafts dock and corps members move to shore. Another view of the bridge. The first nurses to cross the Rhine on March 13 included: Chief Nurse Lois K. Grant, Ione C. Kinneck, Helen Johnson, Madalyn H. Andreko, Josephine J. Jennis, Beatrice Wa...

  15. March of Time -- outtakes -- Press reaction to US military landing in N. Africa; Taylor visits Lisbon

    Dramatic coverage of newsboys rushing to deliver bundles of the newspaper Diario de Lisboa on the day the Americans invaded North Africa. Extensive scenes of movement, newstands, publications, and close-ups of the front pages of papers in Portugal. Some of the newspapers are English-language. LIFE magazine and SIGNAL. INT of a barbershop, where a news vendor distributes copies of the paper to men getting their hair cut. EXT and INT of the "Havas Agence," precursor to the modern Agence France-Presse. Editor (Mr. Dany) sitting at a telephone with another man (Mr. Audibert) standing beside him...

  16. Daily life and religious celebrations in Austria in summer 1939

    Filmed by the local photography shop owner. “Die Aufnahmen Stammen aus dem Photohaus Risch- Lau R. Mathis in Landeck.” In color, men women and children in traditional Austrian dress, some holding large flags. They watch a priest perform a sermon outdoors. Changes to black and white as people walk along. People look down from a balcony. A woman leans out an open window, smiling. Marching band. [cut to white] Three men talk. People walk through the street, sign on the right, “HOTEL GOLDENER ADLER” (in Innsbruck). People in small buses line the streets. A man waves from the window of the first...

  17. Edith Ernst on vacation

    Edith Ernst (later Vishniac) on a pier on a lake. Edith drinking beer by lake (the family on the pier behind her is not the Vishniac family). Edith in a canoe. Edith with a goat. Edith with a peacock. Edith laughing, leaning over balcony.

  18. Selected records of the Vâlcea Branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Correspondence, reports and statistics of the Jewish Community Rm. Vâlcea, 1929-1942, and the Jewish Community of Drăgăşani, 1941-1943. A digital file contains a fragment of the census of Jews in 1941 (69 digital pages).

  19. Hoess and others arriving in Warsaw for trial; snapshots from Germany

    Welt im Film. Issue no. 60 Title: Vor dem Warschauer Prozess: Ankunft der Hauptangeklagten [Before the Warsaw trial: arrival of the main defendants]. Nazi defendants disembark from a plane under guard by Polish soldiers. The narrator says that they are guilty of countless crimes against justice and humanity. Some of the men are made to stand posed for the camera as they are identified: Josef Buehler, Hans Frank's deputy in Poland; Ludwig Leist, mayor of Warsaw; Jaeger, the police president of Posen, Beckmann, former head of the Krakow Gestapo; Polnikow, head of the Posen Gestapo, Daume, rep...

  20. Intelligence report: "A review of German activities in the field of Biological Warfare"

    One report, mimeographed, 131 pages, titled "A Review of German Activities in the Field of Biological Warfare," compiled by staff in the ALSOS Mission of the Military Intelligence Section of the U.S. Department of War, 12 September 1945. The report, originally classified as secret, reviewed the history, development and activities of research and development of biological weapons by the German military between 1940 and 1945. One of the four authors of the report was Jesse W. Hofer, U.S.N.R., who was the father of the donor.