Overview
- Description
- Jewish refugees in Zurich, Switzerland. All refugees at the camp are Austrians. VS of the kitchen with cooks at work. LS of the dining room with refugees helping themselves and eating. Mountains in BG, visible through window. Group of men and women carrying bags, etc, walking/escaping through the woods (set up/staged). LS of man peering through bush. VS of group arriving at camp and being welcomed by everyone. CU, man chopping wood and refugees arriving at camp. MS man and woman sewing and repairing clothes. Refugees waiting in line to have their name put on camp index cards. LS, refugees fixing bed in dormitory. LS, refugees playing chess, writing and reading newspapers. VS of them listening to radio. VS in dormitory playing guitar and singing. VS, repairing shoes in workshop.
- Film Title
-
The Refugee-Today and Tomorrow
- Duration
- 00:09:24
- Date
-
Event:
December 5-6, 1938
Production: 1938 December
- Locale
-
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
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Outtakes.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 06:19:53:00 to 06:29:17:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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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 this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
- Note
- The scenes of refugees hiking to safety through the mountains and listening to the radio were staged for the camera.*
Cameraman's dope sheets available in departmental files.
See Story 1044, Film ID 55 for duplicate footage. - Copied From
- 35mm; neg
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1928
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 667 Q - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:48:41
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