Overview
- Description
- Documentary on efforts by a teacher and the YMCA to combat antisemitism among children. Sixth-grade boys in New Haven, CT refuse to play with a Jewish boy; teacher asks help from male secretary of the New Haven YMCA; YMCA forms a boy's club, open to everyone; boys finally become good friends.
- Film Title
-
If a Boy Needs a Friend
- Duration
- 00:10:42
- Date
-
Production:
1940
- Locale
-
New Haven, CT,
United States
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Harmon Foundation
Producer: W. Rogers
Camera Operator: Norman Taylor
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Instructional.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 03:44:48:00 to 03:55:30:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
- Note
- Harmon Foundation Material (200 HF) is unrestricted; all rights were conveyed to the US Government on July 26, 1967.
- Copied From
- 16mm; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1850
Source Archive Number: 200 HF 133 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:47:22
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