Soup kitchen; International Workers Health Org
Creator(s)
- Thaxton Green Studios, Inc.
Scope and Content
Interior of a soup kitchen, showing women and children being served bowls of soup or some other food from large barrels. A couple of men are also present; they fill out papers or cards which are collected by one of the women. A close-up shot of a ration card, good for one hot lunch on November 8, 1923. The ration card is stamped with the logo of the "Internationale Arbeiter-hilfe" (International Workers Aid Association). More shots of women and chilren receiving rations of soup; one of the aid workers takes notes. A woman feeds soup to her baby. A close up shot of a sign that says "Only Communism can save us!" followed by shots of old people, then children, looking into the camera. A close up of an exterior sign reading, "28 feeding place [soup kitchen] of the International Worker's Aid Association". Another sign reads, "Speisestelle Frankreich der Internationalen Arbeiterhilfe". [Soup kitchen in France?]. Shot of smiling children, clutching soup pails and looking into the camera. They are then shown entering a building. Shot of older people, perhaps waiting in line for food?
Note(s)
According to early research for the Permanent Exhibition film "Nazi Rise to Power," we believe this film is in the Public Domain.
Subjects
- FOOD
- WEIMAR (INTERWAR GERMANY)
- EATING
- COMMUNISTS
- GERMANY
- SOUP
- WORKERS
- USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
- CHILDREN
- WOMEN
Places
- , Germany
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film