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  1. Jewish children in Warsaw, 1938

    Children in pairs walk down street. Women surround them. Boys play game in street.

  2. Jews in Warsaw in 1938

    The following notes are from NCJF documentation: The lively Jewish neighborhoods of Warsaw, including Zamenhof Street and the commercial "beehive" Nalewki Steet, were home to 400,000 Jews before World War II. "A Day in Warsaw" sets Warsaw's modern multistoried buildings and broad streets against its old market square and Jewish quarter. Trucks, trolleys, autos and buses meet horse-drawn carriages, pushcarts, and porters in the bustling commercial district. Also shown are the Yiddish Theater, Gensza Cemetery and other Jewish institutions-the community council, hospitals, schools and synagogu...

  3. Jews in Warsaw, 1938

    Children and women in park. Lots of people and baby carriages.

  4. Jews in park in Warsaw, 1938

    CU, baby in carriage. Men and women sit on benches in park, read newspaper.

  5. Newspapers

    MCU scattered pile of various language newspapers.

  6. Pedestrians in Warsaw, 1938

    Pedestrians on city street in Warsaw, looking into shop windows.

  7. Chaim Weizmann

    Documentary on the life of Chaim Weizmann. (1874-1952) Weizmann was a scientist, president of the World Zionist Organization during the Nazi era and the first president of Israel. He met with world leaders to protest the racial persecution of the Jews in Germany and elsewhere. His efforts to organize rescue plans and to influence the British to relax immigration restrictions were rejected by the British. The Jewish Agency's Department for the Settlement of German Refugees. In August 1933, the Zionist Congress nominated Weizmann, to head the Jewish Agency's Department for the settlement of G...

  8. Warsaw city scenes; women with carriages; children

    There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video. There is no way to order a clean copy. CU, baby in carriage. HAS courtyard with people. Monument/building. Grand view of the city. Arches. People walking about. Aerial shot of pedestrians walking in a park. Women with babies, rocking carriages. CU children. Women talking. Group of boys cross street. Pan up to church/castle/palace tower. CU boys with hats. More children pass by.

  9. Danzig and Warsaw city scenes

    There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video. There is no way to order a clean copy. City scenes, traffic, pedestrians, shop fronts, kiosks with posters, gliders, horse-drawn wagons. LS town square. Pan, building. VS, MCUs, pedestrians. CU, signs in Polish. Policeman directing automobile traffic. Buses, bicycles, peddlers. Rain. People at storefront. Policemen conversing.

  10. Yiddish King Lear; Habima Players

    There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video. There is no way to order a clean copy. Prominent actor, Solomon Mikhoels, of the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, in dressing room, applying makeup. Starkly lit closeup of Mikhoels as King Lear. Another prominent Jewish theater group in the Soviet Union, the Habima Players, perform an ancient Hebrew dance.

  11. King Lear in Yiddish; Habima Players

    There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video. There is no way to order a clean copy. Prominent actor, Solomon Mikhoels, of the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, in his dressing room, applying makeup. Starkly lit closeup of Mikhoels as King Lear. Another prominent Jewish theater group in the Soviet Union, the Habima Players, perform an ancient Hebrew dance.

  12. Peasants; small town in Russia

    There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video. There is no way to order a clean copy. Shots of poor Jews in fields. Peasants. Peddlers. Horse-drawn carts. HAS small town with dirt roads, church in BG.

  13. Danzig and Warsaw street scenes

    There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video. There is no way to order a clean copy. Girls march with swastika flag. Street scenes in Danzig, probably Jewish district. People looking in shop windows, mostly textile goods, pedestrians and traffic reflected in windows. Hat shop, sign reads STERNFELD. Street seller. Slow pan in narrow street, shop signs have Jewish names. Women looking in windows (people appear to be mostly middle class). Signs are in German. General street scenes in Danzig, squares, churches, trams. Store sign reads MAX WALTER, mannequins...

  14. Caviar factory; fishermen in Krakow

    There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video. There is no way to order a clean copy. CUs man and boys speaking. CU, camera (Leica factory). Caviar factory, worker packs and cases caviar for distribution. Slow pan of port with boats, fisherman, fish.

  15. 10th Anniversary of the independent state of Israel

    A special Film Report on the celebration of Israel's 10th Anniversary of Independence. As witnessed by Adolph Kiesler, Chairman, National Campaign Committee, United Jewish Appeal.

  16. Theodor Herzl; Zionism

    Honoring the anniversary of the birth of Theodor Herzl, the father of the 20th century Zionist movement, this short documentary film gives a brief history of Herzl's life and work.

  17. Jewish Refugees in the US

    UJA and JDC appeal for funding to aid Jewish refugees of WWII. Footage of New York, Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Shanghai, etc. intercut to tell the story of Jewish refugees.

  18. History of Jews and antisemitism in the USA

    Transcribed from the film's Forward: "What you are about to see makes no pretense of being a comprehensive statement of a vast question - the history of the Jew in America and the nature and causes of anti-Semitism. This is a glimpse, and only a glimpse, of the truth about a small section of our fellow Americans who are becoming increasingly the target of native sowers of hate and dissension whose most potent ally is ignorance. Here, then is a ray of sunlight to help pierce the gathering gloom of lies, evil whispers and blind hate which only yesterday threatened the very existence of a free...

  19. US Army liberation of concentration camps

    A film produced by the US Information Agency, Paris, France and the US Army. It tells the story of American soldiers and the liberation of Europe's concentration camps through compilations of footage shot by the US Army upon liberation of the camps. Narration from POV of an American soldier.

  20. Jewish Community in Morocco

    From the opening titles of the film: "This film was made on the eve of the dissolution of one of the oldest Jewish communities in the Diaspora - the Jewish community of Morocco. Within a short time, ancient and established communities were rooted out: inhabitants of the mellah in the large cities, the kasbahs in the desert of the south, and the remote villages of the Atlast mountains. Via the camera we have attempted to perpetuate a way of life, the customs and mores of a splendid community seen in their Moroccan context, before the community moved on to its new-ancient homeland." From NCJF...