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UNRRA aids refugees in Czechoslovakia

Film | Accession Number: 1991.252.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0018 | Film ID: 3

Universal Newsreel, Vol. 19, No. 476.
Various activities of UNRRA in Czechoslovakia; clothing, food. CU, from above crowd around bus. Some women hang out of bus window, clasping hands with crowd outside. CU, women and men hug, cheek caresses. Women crying in arms of friends/relatives. "USA" on side of train. Railcar filled with bags of grain. Tractor pulls boxes, contents of boxes of medicines being shown to camera. Joyous gathering outside UNRRA storefront. Woman behind counter dispensing food. CU, bags of coffee, food products. MS, INT sewing shop. MS, woman with rack of clothes behind her; dispenses jackets. Woman with little girl in arms receives second-hand dress.

Newsreel footage also contains the following part:
02:45:04 "Townsmen Discuss UNO Site"


Duration
00:01:11
Date
Event:  1946 February
Locale
Czechoslovakia
Language
English
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: Universal News
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Poor
Time Code
02:43:53:00 to 02:45:04:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 3 Video: One Inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 3 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in March 1991. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
Copied From
35mm b/w print
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 107
Source Archive Number: 200 UN 19-476
Featured In
American Responses 1939-1945 - 2.16: Permanent Exhibition - The Holocaust - Audiovisual Monitors. Open. Open

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:02:50
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