Agro-Joint activity in Russia, Morris Troper's 1936 trip
Creator(s)
- Betty Troper Yager
Scope and Content
Morris Troper arrives in Simpferopol and enters a building with a sign reading "American Jewish Joint, Agricultural Corporation." Mr. Zaichek, the chief agronom, shows Troper the route he will travel on a map. He leaves for Jonkoi in a car. MS, Mr. Zaichek's son. MS, cow. 01:02:19 Pervomaysk colony. Pan, LS village with little white houses, farming. MCU, man with white beard and glasses. Man exits house, chickens, walking towards camera. CU, man. LS Modern school in Kalininsk. 01:04:27 Maxim Gorky colony. Pan, bare-chested boys, smiling for camera. LS, women bake bread in an outdoor oven. Herding sheep. Pan of commune. MCU, man with dowel, learning how to create a tool. Tractor. Men entering house in what appears to be another village. Looking at sign. HAS, village with white houses. Construction. 01:06:53 Panning shots of a Tartar settlement, passed on the way to Troper's next destination. Troper inspects glassmaking tools and equipment at the Biukonnlar colony. Shots of a combine or other farming equipment. 01:08:32 Jankoi, USSR. Men pull a large diameter pipe with a tractor. The directory of a factory, Mr. Rappaport, shows Troper the work tags of the factory employees. CU on factory guard. Slow pan of buildings and construction equipment.
Note(s)
See also Film ID 400, Stories 400-416 for duplicate footage, additional scenes, and better identification. The NCJF copy is missing intertitles that provide names of individuals, locations, and other information. See also NCJF's holdings under the title: "Founding a New Life: A Story of Rehabilitation" on USHMM Film IDs 2291, 2309, 504, and 522. Some of the scenes Morris Troper shot on his 1936 trip were used in this film.
Subjects
- COOKING
- DOCTORS
- JDC (JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE)
- SHEEP
- SCHOOLS
- CHILDREN
- FARMERS/FARMING
- AUTOMOBILES
- BREAD
- JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)
- FACTORIES
- SOVIET UNION
- HOUSES
- JEWS
- WORKERS
Places
- Kalininsk, Soviet Union
- , Crimea
- , Ukraine
- Jankoi, Soviet Union
- , Soviet Union
- Pervomaysk, Soviet Union
- Simferopol, Soviet Union
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film