Romani people in Yugoslavia
Creator(s)
- Moving Image Research Collections
- Hearst Metrotone News (Producer)
Scope and Content
English intertitles. "Metrotone hits the Romany Trail: A Visit to a Camp of Cheerful Gypsies in the Balkan Mountains" Roma children and adults dancing and playing instruments (and seated, watching) outside tents. Some good MCU, mostly MS. Dust, bright sun, haze/smoke? Smiles everywhere. Great CUs of Roma boys singing. Kids swarm around visitor who is giving out "coppers." Romani woman reads fortune of visitor from cards.
Note(s)
This clip is also on Film ID 235. Film IDs 235 and 236 have the same time codes. Film ID 235 contains more stories than Film ID 236, but the USHMM only has a VHS copy of Film ID 235.
Subjects
- CROATIA
- TENTS
- CHILDREN
- WOMEN
- ROMA/SINTI
- YUGOSLAVIA
- SINGING
Places
- Zagreb, Croatia
Genre
- Film
- Newsreels.