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Schaap visits Palestine and returns to Holland

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2014.524 | RG Number: RG-60.1515 | Film ID: 4102

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    Schaap visits Palestine and returns to Holland

    Overview

    Description
    Continued from Film ID 4101 when Maurits Schaap visited his brother Meijer in Palestine in December 1935. Maurits showed the films to the Jewish community of Rotterdam after he returned.

    Streets of Tel Aviv, recording signs and activities within the city. Title, "Autotocht naar HEBRON-DOODE ZEE en JERICHO". Visiting Jericho and the Dead Sea. 02:04:51 Man sits down for a haircut and a shave. 02:05:23 Reflection of cameraman Schaap in a mirror inside the barber shop. Architecture of an ancient amphitheater and the campus of a university. Lectures and people working in a laboratory. 02:12:23 Title, "Graf van Absalom Koningsgraven" The Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem and the surrounding area. City shots. 02:15:08 Title, "RECHOWOTH met proefstation" INT and EXT of a testing station, possibly dedicated to food production or evaluation. Surrounding territory is farmland. Farms, animals, and the farm activities of a small family. 02:19:23 Title, "TIBERIAS met warme bronnen en opgravingen te Tapcha en Kefar-Nahoem". Touring architecture and visiting the hot springs. City shots and farming scenes. Title card "Ghalassa - Tel Ghaj - Metullah - Safed - Akko - Haifa". Visiting cities and sites. Graveyard, ships at sea, lighthouse, people engaged in commerce. 02:31:11 Outer walls of Jerusalem filmed from a distance. Title, "KLAAGMUUR". The Western Wall and densely populated streets in the Old City of Jerusalem.

    02:35:12 "TERUGREIS Cyprus (Larnaca) reddingsoefening. Aansteken der Menorah door Dr. Leibowitz aan boord van het ss. "Gallilea"" Journey to Cyprus by sea aboard the SS Galilee. Rescue exercise performed by the ship's crew on small boats. 02:37:34 Small gathering of individuals Dr. Leibowitz lights six candles on a menorah. Train station in a mountainous region.

    02:39:59 "Nieuwjaarsmorgen 1936 in Parijs" Travel in Paris, visiting Place de la Concord and the Eiffel Tower. Aerial views from the Eiffel Tower looking northwest toward Place Trocadero. Bridge construction and renovation on the Seine. City streets, including an area of Montmartre on approach to the Cathedrale de Sacre Coeur.

    02:41:10 Title, "AANKOMST te R'DAM, Woensdagavond 1 Januari 1936" Arriving in Rotterdam at night on January 1, 1936, focusing on lights and neon signs. "EINDE"
    Duration
    00:42:10
    Date
    Event:  December 1935-January 1936
    Locale
    Palestine
    Cyprus
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
    Paris, France
    Tel Aviv, Palestine
    Jerusalem, Israel
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eli Schaap
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Maurits Schaap
    Biography
    Maurits Schaap was in hiding in Axel near Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    02:00:15:00 to 02:42:25:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 4102 Digital: ProRes 422 - HD
      Master 4102 Digital: ProRes 422 - HD
      Master 4102 Digital: ProRes 422 - HD
      Master 4102 Digital: ProRes 422 - HD

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Eli Schaap
    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, Mr. Eli Schaap.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Eli Schaap donated digital copies of a selection of his father's 8mm films to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014. He had all of his father's films transferred to video at Brodsky & Treadway in 1998 and 1999, and donated video copies to the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive in Jerusalem in 2000.
    Note
    Videotape label: "Father's movies: Palestine 1935, 1936, Rolls D thru G (excluding scenes from 1954 on reel F"
    Continues from part one on Film ID 4101.
    Copied From
    8mm Gevaert-cine film, b/w
    Film Source
    Eli Schaap
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5741
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:06:26
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