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Refugees arrive at Fort Ontario

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.252.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0015 | Film ID: 3

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    Refugees arrive at Fort Ontario

    Overview

    Description
    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 17, No. 319, Part 5. Release date, 08/06/1944.
    Refugees arriving at Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY. CU, families; people mingling. LS from above, two story barracks; train arrival. MLS, people waiting alongside tracks. CU, train slowly going by, with young people waving. "982 refugees...housed at Fort Ontario 'Til War's End." View up from ground to windows, bottle of juice passed up. CU, curly-haired girl and father look out window. 02:28:35 At next train window, mother and son, Regina and Albert Gal, and three others smile for the camera. Refugees helped off train. Woman on stretcher, Red Cross train. Plaza, lots of luggage, people mingling. CU, people registering, "signing in." Pan, CU, family, children. LS luggage, people, building in BG.
    Film Title
    US Haven From War
    Duration
    00:00:49
    Date
    Event:  1944 August 06
    Locale
    Oswego, NY, United States
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: Universal News
    Camera Operator: Doug Dupont

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Newsreels.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    02:28:12:00 to 02:29:01:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in March 1991. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
    Copied From
    35mm b/w print
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 102
    Source Archive Number: 200 UN 17-319-5
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:47:25
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