Overview
- Description
- December 5-6, 1938. Jewish refugees in Zurich, Switzerland. All refugees at the camp are Austrians. VS of the kitchen with cooks at work. 04:20:42 LS of the dining room with refugees helping themselves and eating. Mountains in BG, visible through window. 04:21:28 Group of men and women carrying bags, etc, walking/escaping through the woods [staged]. LS of man peering through bush. 04:22:31 VS of group arriving at camp and being welcomed by everyone. 04:22:45 VS of them listening to radio. 04:23:17 VS in dormitory playing ukelele and singing. CU, man chopping wood and refugees arriving at camp. MS man and woman sewing and repairing clothes. 04:23:45 LS, refugees playing chess, writing and reading newspapers. 04:25:07 LS, refugees fixing bed in dormitory. 04:25:50 Refugees waiting in line to have their name put on camp index cards. 04:28:17 VS, repairing shoes in workshop.
- Film Title
-
The Refugee-Today and Tomorrow
- Duration
- 00:09:25
- Date
-
Event:
December 1938
Production: December 1938
- Locale
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Zurich,
Switzerland
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
March of Time, Inc.
Camera Operator: Marcel Rebiere
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Outtakes.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 04:19:14:00 to 04:28:39:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 55 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 55 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 55 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 55 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 55 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 55 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 55 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 55 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in August 1997.
- Note
- The scenes of refugees hiking to safety through the mountains and listening to the radio were staged for the camera. Scenes of people arriving at the camp are repeated, as well as those showing singing with guitar.
Cameraman's dope sheets available in departmental files.
See Story 2273, Film ID 866 for duplicate footage. - Copied From
- 35mm MPP neg
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1318
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 667 Q - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:44:04
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