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Kurtz family and friends on European tour in the south of France, Paris, and Switzerland

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.31.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4828 | Film ID: 2870

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    Kurtz family and friends on European tour in the south of France, Paris, and Switzerland

    Overview

    Description
    MS of Liza Kurtz, Louis and Lillian Malina and Essie Diamond smiling for the camera and admiring the landscape from Parc Municipal du Mt. Boron in Southern France in mid August 1938. Panning shot of city and harbor of Nice and distant mountains. 01:05:12 Over shoulder shot of Louis in a sunhat pointing toward the old city of Monaco from the Jardins Exotique.

    01:05:19 Street scenes in a city, possibly Cannes. Louis in a suit, and African soldier with a red hat.

    01:05:27 LS of Liza, Louis, Lily, and Essie feeding birds in Paris in front of the Préfecture de Police and the Hôtel-Dieu, most likely on August 19. The American friends board a train at a station. 01:05:48 MS elderly woman making what appear to be lace doilies for sale on street. Liza holds a box camera in her hand.

    01:06:00 Traveling shots of the Swiss Alps, countryside, and villages from a train. The friends are on a small gauge railroad to see Lautenbach-Staubbach Falls, and later visit the towns of Muerren and Wengen. MS, smoke rising from the Hotel Regina in Wengen. ELS of hotel bearing the words, "Hotel Jungfrau." Panorama of the Alps between Jungfrau and Eiger.

    01:07:22 Liza, Louis, Lillian, and Essie tour the city of Geneva and visit the League of Nations headquarters, sometime in mid-August.
    Duration
    00:03:33
    Date
    Event:  August 11-25, 1938
    Locale
    Switzerland
    France
    Nice, France
    Monaco
    Paris, 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
    Color
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:04:27:00 to 01:08:00:00
    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: 5218
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:06:34
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