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Frieder family with locals, greeting a boat, and preparing to depart Manila in 1936

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.25.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1442 | Film ID: 2961

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    Frieder family with locals, greeting a boat, and preparing to depart Manila in 1936

    Overview

    Description
    On the beach in the Philippines in Spring 1936. Sisters Edna and Louise Frieder play with local children and pass out candies. Younger sister Alice rides a horse.
    01:04:52 Dark INT shots of people on a boat, then outdoors on deck where they (likely Frieder family relatives and Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria) wave and blow kisses to the camera.
    01:05:45 CUs, guests on a ship.
    01:05:47:11 - Corinne Rosenberg Frieder
    01:05:49:12 - Louise Frieder
    01:05:54 - Edna Frieder
    01:05:56 The Frieders play with and feed monkeys in Ceylon.
    01:06:29 CUs as friends and members of the Frieder family walk down the stairs of the family home in Manila.
    01:06:30 Friends converse in front of an automobile and wave.
    01:06:32 - Edna and Louise Frieder
    01:06:35:06 - Alice Frieder
    01:06:39 - Corinne Rosenberg Frieder
    Duration
    00:02:41
    Date
    Event:  Spring 1936
    Locale
    Manila, Philippines
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Alice Frieder Weston
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Alex Frieder
    Biography
    The five Frieder brothers from Cincinnati, Ohio (Philip, Henry, Alex, Morris, and Herbert) made their fortune in cigars, which they manufactured in the Philippines. The brothers took turns managing the cigar production. Every two years, one of the brothers (excluding Henry) and his family would relocate to their home at 44 Brixton Hill, Santa Mesa, Manila. The Frieder brothers were passionate poker players and often played with influential individuals, such as President Manuel L. Quezon, the US High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt, and Army Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the late 1930s, together, they devised a way to provide refuge in the Philippines to German and Austrian Jews. President Quezon stipulated that those who came not be a burden on the Philippine economy, so the tiny Jewish community in Manila accepted that responsibility. While McNutt pressured the US State Department to keep Philippine borders open to refugees, the Frieder brothers (working with the Joint Distribution Committee) arranged transportation and visas for European Jews who possessed skills in fourteen occupations, one being cigar manufacturing. President Quezon provided a temporary home for the refugees where they could live and grow their own food on the land he was developing for his son. The haven was named Mariquina Hall. Between 1937 and 1941, the Frieder brothers, McNutt, Quezon, and Eisenhower aided in the rescue of over 1,300 Jews. In December 1941, the Japanese invaded the Philippines. All Frieder brothers had returned to the US a month earlier in anticipation of the invasion. Between December 1941 and September 1945, Manila was under Japanese occupation. Ironically, during that time, unlike all other internationals who were interned in a make-shift prison in Santo Tomas University, the Jewish refugees were considered Germans - therefore allies of Japan - and not imprisoned. A few refugees were killed in the crossfire between US and Japanese armies as the battle for Manila ended. Birthdates:
    Alex Frieder - December 2, 1893
    Corinne Rosenberg Frieder - March 11, 1893
    Edna Frieder Lichtig - August 7, 1918
    Louise Frieder - June 12, 1922
    Alice Frieder Weston - July 1, 1926

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:04:21:00 to 01:07:02:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2961 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original - B-wind
      Master 2961 Video: HDCam - NTSC
      Master 2961 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original - B-wind
      Master 2961 Video: HDCam - NTSC
      Master 2961 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original - B-wind
      Master 2961 Video: HDCam - NTSC
      Master 2961 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - reversal original - B-wind
      Master 2961 Video: HDCam - NTSC

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Barbara Sasser
    Conditions on Use
    The Museum does not own the copyright for this material and does not have authority to authorize third party use. For permission, please contact the rights holder, Barbara Sasser (daughter of Alice Frieder Weston).

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Alice Frieder Weston donated 10 reels of film from her parents, Alex and Corinne Frieder, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 2013.
    Note
    Some time-stamped identifications provided by Edie Behr via CoSe feedback form 11/15/2021

    Original metal film box labeled this reel as "1936 Trip Home Thru Europe"
    Film Source
    Alice Weston
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5663
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:07:37
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