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Kan family at home; in Belgium; at the beach

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2002.183.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4428 | Film ID: 2476

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    Kan family at home; in Belgium; at the beach

    Overview

    Description
    Robert and Betsy ride a bicycle down a gravel road in front of large house, trees in BG. Shots from an airfield, planes taking off. "KLM" on the sides of the planes. Robert and Betsy in backyard. Empty garden. Duck and ducklings swimming. At the beach, CUs of children's faces. Robert and Betsy playing in the sand. 01:03:02 Robert leaves house and walks towards the camera. He walks through the front gate and waves. A dog runs through trees. Hunting party. People ride horses, dogs run. A man throws a bird to the pack of dogs. 01:04:55 LS, road along waterfront. Robert and Betsy stand in front of a monument of three men working. LS, tall monument. MS, children stand in front of plaque: "Heir Werd De Dijkgesloten 28 Mei 1932". VAR shots of the road. MS, side of a car. Woman in dark clothing walks away from the camera. Dock, boats on the water, views across the water. 01:06:17 Pan from lifeboats to shoreline. More shots of the shore. Cars disembark from the ferry. 01:07:22 EXT magnificent gothic-style buildings. MS, modern building. Pan from buildings to Zandvoort beach. 01:08:27 "Zandvoort 1938" written with stones in the sand. Robert rides his bicycle down the street. 01:09:04 More scenes from the beach. Robert and Betsy play, shovel sand. Robert rides a pony. 01:09:52 Title, "Z Zee Zon Zwemmen Zandvoort Zuiderbad zzzzozzzz." Two women (one of them is Jeanne), Robert, and Betsy leave the house, Robert salutes the camera as he walks. Four people walk down the boardwalk, water on left and houses on right. The two women and children, most of them wearing bathing suits, walk down the stairs. Shoreline. 01:10:40 Robert plays in the sand. More scenes of water and people swimming and boating. Robert and Betsy wade in the water, walk with shovels and dig in the sand, watch a man empty stones from the beach into a cart, and sit in the sand. Frits poses with a sand sculpture. The family lays on the dunes.
    Duration
    00:13:16
    Date
    Event:  1937-1938
    Locale
    Zandvoort, Netherlands
    Netherlands
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Robert F. Kan and Betsy Klein
    Contributor
    Subject: Robert F. Kan
    Biography
    Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Robert Kan and his family escaped the Nazis on May 13, 1940 and emigrated to Queens, New York via the Dutch East Indies. He received a BA in Economics from Hofstra Univeristy and worked for thirty years for the US government at the Department of Commerce, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, and the American Embassy in Tokyo. After retiring from the government, he became a Certified Financial Planner. He was a lifelong Boy Scout and accomplished philatelist. He was married for 58 years to Francisca Verdoner Kan and had three daughters, Jeanette, Susan, and Eleanor.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:00:00:00 to 01:13:16:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2476 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original
      Master 2476 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Master 2476 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original
      Master 2476 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Master 2476 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original
      Master 2476 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Master 2476 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original
      Master 2476 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2476 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind
      Preservation 2476 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2476 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind
      Preservation 2476 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2476 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind
      Preservation 2476 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2476 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind
      Preservation 2476 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

    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
    The Kan family collection of 16mm films was jointly donated by siblings Robert F. Kan and Betsy Klein to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2002.
    Film Source
    Robert F. Kan
    Ms. Betsy Klein
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4752
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:49
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