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Kan family: daily life in Netherlands; children at play

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2002.183.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4422 | Film ID: 2472

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    Kan family: daily life in Netherlands; children at play

    Overview

    Description
    House shot from across the street. Jeanne and children on sidewalk. Two children walk hand in hand in backyard. Four older men look down hill in yard, woman and two children in BG. Children stand by a window looking out. 01:10:14 Two older women stand next to little girl (Betsy?) and watch the little boy walk towards the camera. Little boy (Robert?) walks around the yard and plays with a ball. Woman and children cross street, walking. Boy eats in chair and points to the camera with Betsy(?) on the right. Shot of both children. 01:11:43 Scenes of a band playing on the beach. People gathered around listing to the music. Little girl runs across the sand towards the camera. Hand-made title card with sun and water "Einde". Children (older than before) play and run on the street while the adults look on. Frits, Jeanne, an older woman, and three children (Robert, Betsy, and an older brother) walk toward the camera. CUs, toddler Robert.
    Duration
    00:04:35
    Date
    Event:  1933
    Locale
    Netherlands
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Robert F. Kan and Betsy Klein
    Contributor
    Subject: Robert F. Kan
    Biography
    Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Robert Kan and his family escaped the Nazis on May 13, 1940 and emigrated to Queens, New York via the Dutch East Indies. He received a BA in Economics from Hofstra Univeristy and worked for thirty years for the US government at the Department of Commerce, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, and the American Embassy in Tokyo. After retiring from the government, he became a Certified Financial Planner. He was a lifelong Boy Scout and accomplished philatelist. He was married for 58 years to Francisca Verdoner Kan and had three daughters, Jeanette, Susan, and Eleanor.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:08:30:00 to 01:13:05:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2472 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original
      Master 2472 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Master 2472 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original
      Master 2472 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Master 2472 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original
      Master 2472 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Master 2472 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original
      Master 2472 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2472 Film: negative - 16 mm - b&w - duplicate negative - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2472 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2472 Film: negative - 16 mm - b&w - duplicate negative - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2472 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2472 Film: negative - 16 mm - b&w - duplicate negative - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2472 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2472 Film: negative - 16 mm - b&w - duplicate negative - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2472 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

    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
    The Kan family collection of 16mm films was jointly donated by siblings Robert F. Kan and Betsy Klein to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2002.
    Film Source
    Robert F. Kan
    Ms. Betsy Klein
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4731
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:53
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