Overview
- Description
- 01:00:32 Kolbuszowa. Very good shots of market. HA of busy square. Shots of various vendors, shoppers, goods. Jews and peasants. Street scenes. Scenics of surroundings. Shots of buildings. Police men. Large tree in park. VAR streets. Shots of children. Town "Mashugena". Cheder children. Various Jewish institutions. Yeshiva boys. Cemetery sequence. More important buildings. Town beauty. Band plays. Men pose on street. Magistrate. Town square not market day.
01:12:25 Ranizow. General shots of town square, street, EXT of synagogue, man pumps water.
01:14:22 Sokolow. Main street. Children pose for camera. Main square, pedestrians, cars. Statue. Street scenes, synagogue. Children wave at camera. Town beauties. EXTs of synagogue, yeshiva boys, cheder children.
01:18:16 Rzeszow. Street scenes, important buildings, INT of library? VAR Jewish institutions. Town square, pedestrians, monument, some vendors. More street scenes. - Film Alternate Title
- The Shtetl
- Duration
- 00:21:51
- Date
-
Event:
1929
Production: 1929
- Locale
-
Kolbuszowa,
Poland
Poland
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
- Contributor
-
Filmmaker:
Peysakh Zuckerman
- Biography
-
The film was made by the immigrant Peysakh Zuckerman who took a newsreel cameraman back to Kolbuszowa in 1929. He filmed what he saw and brought the footage back to New York where he raised money from the Polish Jewish community in the United States to send back to Poland.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:00:03:00 to 01:21:54:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 520 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 520 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 520 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 520 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
- Conditions on Use
- For permission to reproduce and use footage, contact the Chief Archivist of Yivo Archives at reference@yivo.org.
- Copyright Holder
- Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection - not accessioned
- Note
- Film presented by the Kolbuszower Relief Association. The film was made by the immigrant Peysakh Zuckerman who took a newsreel cameraman back to Kolbuszowa in 1929. He filmed what he saw and brought the footage back to New York where he raised money from the Polish Jewish community in the United States to send back to Poland.
Another copy available at Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York). - Copied From
- 16mm
- Film Source
- Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1116
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:23:17
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