Emmerich von Haam Castle Films Newsreel Collection

Film Collection | Accession Number: 2009.207.1

Collection Summary: Lisa Pumphrey donated her father’s collection of Castle Films newsreel productions News Parade of the Year for several years between 1937 and 1948. Dr. Emmerich von Haam, Jr. (1905 - 1988), a renowned pathologist, collected the films while serving in the First Regiment of the U.S. Army during World War II. The films highlight important world events, including those relating to Nazi aggression in Europe. Each newsreel offers a comprehensive yearly report of war activities from the American perspective. The films are very valuable since they are of very good quality. Five reels of 16mm film (38 minutes)
Credit: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Lisa von Haam Pumphrey

Film Source: Lisa von Haam Pumphrey
Date: Event: 1937
Date: Event: 1938
Date: Event: 1941
Date: Event: 1947
Date: Event: 1948
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