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Oil fields; Romani people

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.252.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0613 | Film ID: 301

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    Oil fields; Romani people

    Overview

    Description
    With intertitles in English. Part 2.
    Oil fields in Europe with short segment on Roma. Trains in the town of Ploesti, a large town near the oil fields. Oil wells in Moreni. Roma (?) carrying goods with bullock-drawn wagons. Intertitle re: vendors of drinks, fruit, etc. MS of Roma men and women seated on slabs with posts all about them. Next to them are baskets of fruit and a pail. Wagon with log on it passes in front of them. MCU of same group as woman walks by with basket. MS two men with pole that has basket at each end are selling to a third man. One man has pole on shoulder, other has pole on ground. Man buying it having his bag weighed. Intertitles and scenes showing how the wells operate. Intertitle "Gypsies of Romania." MS woman in kerchief doing wash in what looks like a carved out wooden log with tents in BG. Two women standing, woman sitting with child to left, man on seat in front of stove or fire, another woman on right at pile of cut branches. Man and several women smoking cigarettes.

    NARA story card indicates: Part 2 shows a Hungarian market, a grain mill and oil barges on the Danube, and a view of Russe, Bulgaria. Part 3 shows activities at the Romanian oil fields at Moreni, Balcoi, and Bustenari. Includes view of native vendors and Roma. However, Part 2 shows activities at the Romanian oil fields and the slate at the end of part 2 reads: "Part One features Germany, France, Spain, Morocco and Algeria. Part Three features Poland, Greece and Egypt."
    Duration
    00:08:15
    Date
    Event:  1920-1930
    Production:  Approximately 1926
    Locale
    Moreni, Romania
    Ploesti, Romania
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: Bureau of Mines in cooperation with Pan American Petroleum

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Documentary.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    02:39:28:00 to 02:47:43:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 301 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 301 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 301 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 301 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 301 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 301 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 301 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 301 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in March 1992. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Learning Center.
    Note
    Duplicate footage on Film ID 915, Story 977. The version of Part 2 on Film ID 915 is complete while this seems to be an excerpt.
    Copied From
    35mm DNS (I)
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 0313
    Source Archive Number: 70.114 R-2
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:47:54
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