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Americans travel to Europe on Nieuw Amsterdam ship

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.31.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4824 | Film ID: 2870

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    Americans travel to Europe on Nieuw Amsterdam ship

    Overview

    Description
    Title card reading: "Our Trip To Holland, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, France and England 1938". Liza Kurtz, Louis and Lillian Malina, and Essie Diamond on deck of Nieuw Amsterdam ship at sea. Napping and relaxing on deck. Lillian reads the NYTimes magazine dated July 24 about Henry Ford receiving a birthday award from Hitler. The ship departed the port in Hoboken, NJ at 12:40pm on Saturday July 23, 1938.

    HAS, crowds of people on board a ferry in Boulogne, France or Amsterdam, Netherlands, some waving. The Nieuw Amsterdam stopped first in Plymouth, England on July 30, then in Boulogne, and finally in Amsterdam on July 31.
    Duration
    00:00:57
    Date
    Event:  July 23-30, 1938
    Locale
    Atlantic Ocean
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    France
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Glenn Kurtz
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: David Kurtz
    Biography
    David and Lena (Liza) Kurtz travelled to Europe from New York in 1938. Both were born in Poland and emigrated to the U.S. in the 1890s. David founded the American Blouse Company in the 1920s, later named the David Kurtz Shirt Company. The couple had three children. While abroad in 1938, David took 16mm film of the trip, including color street scenes of a Jewish quarter in Nasielsk, Poland (David and Louis's hometown). The trip was made with three friends, Louis and Lillian Malina, and Louis's sister, Essie Malina Diamond, who appear frequently on camera. David died in 1958; Liza lived to the age of 96.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Poor
    Time Code
    01:00:01:00 to 01:00:58:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w and color - Kodachrome - camera original
      Master 2870 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w and color - Kodachrome - camera original
      Master 2870 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w and color - Kodachrome - camera original
      Master 2870 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w and color - Kodachrome - camera original
      Master 2870 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2870 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2870 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w and color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3272
      Preservation 2870 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2870 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w and color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3272
      Preservation 2870 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2870 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w and color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3272
      Preservation 2870 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2870 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w and color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3272
    • User
    • User 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - workprint - answer print
      User 2870 Video: DVD - color
      User 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - workprint - answer print
      User 2870 Video: DVD - color
      User 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - workprint - answer print
      User 2870 Video: DVD - color
      User 2870 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - workprint - answer print
      User 2870 Video: DVD - color

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Conditions on Use
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum places no restrictions on use of this material. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this film footage.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Glenn Kurtz, the grandson of cameraman David Kurtz, donated his family's original 16mm film to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2009. The films were stored in a cardboard box in the closet of Mr. Kurtz's parents in Florida until spring 2009.
    Film Source
    Mr. Glenn Kurtz
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5214
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:06:33
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