March of Time -- outtakes -- Jewish refugees in Amsterdam
Creator(s)
- March of Time, Inc. (Producer)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- Maclean (Camera Operator)
- Jack Cotter (Camera Operator)
Scope and Content
01:18:54 December 3, 1938, the Christian population organized street collections for Jewish refugees. Shots of collectors at work on street. CU of collection tin. Jewish men walk on busy street (bikes, cars, streetcars) and enter small hotel, shot of men leaving. Same men with suitcases go to doorway. LS "Beurs Voor den Diamanth" (Amsterdam Diamond Bourse). 01:20:35 Jewish open air market as people buy and sell. Book stalls, fabrics, food. Newspaper on wall "Ten Bate Voor de Joodsche Vluchtelingen." Good shots of people, women chatting. LS EXT kosher poultry shop ("Kip Haan"). INT women have goose wrapped and pay for it (out of focus and then good MS).
Note(s)
Cameraman's dope sheets in departmental files. Original documentation indicates that some of this footage was shot on the HMS Prince of Wales ship off the coast of Argentina, Newfoundland in Canada. Verification required as of 03/14/05
Subjects
- KOSHER
- MARKETS
- REFUGEES (JEWISH)
- REFUGEES
- FOOD
- NETHERLANDS
- STREETS
- WOMEN
- MARCH OF TIME
Places
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genre
- Film
- Outtakes.