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Pre-war Jewish life in a Polish shtetl

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.621.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2553 | Film ID: 2321

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    Pre-war Jewish life in a Polish shtetl
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    Description
    A portrait of shtetl Jews in their native setting, the streets and shots of a Polish town, said to be not far from Lublin. The dress is mostly contemporary, but there are some older men in more traditional dress with beards, caps and kapotas. Horsedrawn wagons on the streets. Scenes of a latter day "Tevye" with his horse, a pauper resting on a curbstone, several family portraits, contrast between the local church and the broken down old shul, the ancient cemetery. The film was shot by Jack Weisbord, an American whose father-in-law had emigrated from this town.
    Duration
    00:08:30
    Date
    Event:  1932
    Production:  1932
    Locale
    Poland
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Jack Weisbord

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Mixed
    Time Code
    00:15:29:12 to 00:24:00:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2321 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
      Master 2321 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
      Master 2321 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
      Master 2321 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    Copyright
    National Center for Jewish Film
    Conditions on Use
    Contact NCJF at pontius@brandeis.edu for permission to reproduce and use this film.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this video collection from the National Center for Jewish Film for general reference in July 2000.
    Note
    Also on this tape, the film "Death Mills" which is on Film ID 2300.
    Copied From
    16mm
    Film Source
    National Center for Jewish Film
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 2635
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:59:38
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