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Gathering of Gombiner Jews in New York

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.26.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4342 | Film ID: 2770

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    Gathering of Gombiner Jews in New York

    Overview

    Description
    Gathering of Gombiner Jews in New York. VAR shots, boat trip outing. Group of Jews on "Hendrick Hudson" boat cruising the Hudson River from New York City to Albany, NY on the Hudson River Day Line. Women and men with small luggage, at harbor. In park in Albany, waving, poking fun at the camera, jumping rope, dancing. 01:06:23 Boy. Women pose for a group shot. Four women walk towards the camera. 01:07:38 Pan, Albany on the waterfront. INT, women, men, and children gathered around long table, holding cake with streamers. EXT, at leisure in garden. 01:09:43 INT, Gombiner Jews in business dress, artificial spotlight in the room, camera pans around, closer shots of men in suits, podium with gavel, women, Israeli flag. Man (Sam Rafel?) in office. 01:12:28 In color - pan of Gombiner Jews gathered in room for the meeting, unfurling U.S. flag, posing for group shot, "Federation" poster on the wall. Many hold documents/papers in the air. Brief shot of woman (Sam Rafel's wife?) sitting on a couch drinking tea.

    Descendents of Ruth Solomon have identified her, as well as her mother auntie Ball, at approximately 1:20, 3:20, 8:07.
    Duration
    00:14:12
    Date
    Event:  1940s
    Locale
    New York, NY, United States
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of the Gombin Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Sam Rafel
    Biography
    Sam Rafel, the son of a tailor, left Gombin, Poland in 1913 at the age of 17 and immigrated to New York. He planned for his move to be temporary, but what little savings he had managed to accrue was lost when the bank he used went bankrupt. He eventually became active in efforts to aid both Gombin Jews in the US and those who remained in Poland. He went back to Gombin first in 1930, then with his wife in 1937, when he shot this film. On both occasions he took with him sizeable amounts of money that he had raised for the Gombin Jewish community. Later, Mr. Rafel screened this film on many occasions in the United States and Israel, hoping to expose the poverty in which the Gombiner Jews lived as well as the anti-Semitism of the Polish government. He led the effort to provide relief in Gombin and, after the Holocaust, helped to resettle survivors and establish a Gombiner House in Tel Aviv, Israel.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:00:00:00 to 01:14:12:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - reversal original
      Master 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - reversal original
      Master 2770 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - reversal original
      Master 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - reversal original
      Master 2770 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - reversal original
      Master 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - reversal original
      Master 2770 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - reversal original
      Master 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - reversal original
      Master 2770 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2770 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - color - internegative - A-wind - Kodak - 3272
      Preservation 2770 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2770 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2770 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - color - internegative - A-wind - Kodak - 3272
      Preservation 2770 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2770 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2770 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - color - internegative - A-wind - Kodak - 3272
      Preservation 2770 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2770 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2770 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - color - internegative - A-wind - Kodak - 3272
      Preservation 2770 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2770 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
    • User
    • User 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - print
      User 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - color - workprint
      User 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - print
      User 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - color - workprint
      User 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - print
      User 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - color - workprint
      User 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - print
      User 2770 Film: positive - 16 mm - polyester - color - workprint

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Gombin Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society
    Conditions on Use
    Contact the Gombin Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society at secretary@gombinsociety.org to obtain permission to reproduce and use this footage.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The footage was shot on 16mm film by Sam Rafel. Mr. Rafel's descendants donated the film to the Gombin Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society. The Gombin Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society had the film digitally restored by October Films and donated it to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2005. The film was also donated to other cultural institutions in earlier years, including Yad Vashem and the Imperial War Museum.
    Note
    The "Hendrick Hudson" was in operation until 1948; therefore, this footage takes place before 1948.

    Nathan Zolna Solomon, a Jew from Gombin living in Newark, NJ, purchased the 16mm camera for Sam Rafel for his planned visit too Gombin, Poland in 1937. Sam agreed to film Gombin, where he was born, and to document members of the Soloman family still living there.

    Nathan's daughter appears in this Gombiner outing (boat trip) at minute 1:20, 3:20, 8:07 with two other Solomon family relatives.
    Film Source
    Gombin Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4643
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:09
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