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Kurtz family and friends approach New York City

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.31.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4829 | Film ID: 2870

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    Kurtz family and friends approach New York City

    Overview

    Description
    Interiors of Queen Mary ship at sea, the four American friends walking down a brightly lit corridor with clock reading 7:03 AM on September 5, 1938. David Kurtz in a gray suit and short, red, wide-bottomed tie. Window reflection with the three women smiling. Extreme LS of distant Statue of Liberty viewed from the S.S. Queen Mary. Pan across New York City skyline from north to south. Various posed shots of Essie, Louis, Lillian, Liza, and David aboard ship. David holds the camera case under his arm. HAS of people on deck greeting the ship's passengers, including David and Liza's three children, Jerome (b. 1919), Milton (b. 1925, Glenn's father), and Shirley (b. 1927). Jerome waves.
    Duration
    00:01:28
    Date
    Event:  1938 September 05
    Locale
    New York, NY, United States
    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
    01:08:00:00 to 01:09:28:00
    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.

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    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: 5219
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:06:34
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