Overview
- Description
- 1150 Y (11:21:41): Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 3, 1946 (?). INTs, Jews worshipping in the Synagogue of Prague. MS, the rabbi opens the ark and takes out the Torah which is shown to the worshippers. LS, same as MS above. MS, Jews worshipping the Torah. The rabbi enters the center of the synagogue where the Torah is placed on a table. He opens it. MS, the rabbi opening the Torah for the ceremony. CU, the rabbi opening the Torah and demonstrating it, wide open, to the worshippers. LS, Jews leaving the synagogue after the ceremony. NOTE: The American Jews gave a Torah to the Czech Jews in Prague. This Torah is shown here during a ceremony celebrated in the oldest synagogue in Prague.
1150 Z (11:24:13): ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE AT VELEHRAD (prohibited during the German occupation). Shows the magnificence and variety of Czecholsovak costumes. Peasants in full dress leave a church. LS in an old street peasants in rich costumes walking in procession, singing and dancing. Several shots of peasants (boys, girls, children, women, and men). Walking in a procession in another part of the village. Same peasants on the stage among a huge crowd. Several shots of the show. Cameraman's dope sheet indicates that "All peasants came from each corner of Czechoslovakia." - Film Title
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Czechoslovakia-The Soviet's Neighbor
- Duration
- 00:07:07
- Date
-
Event:
1946 October 03
Censor: 1946
- Locale
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Prague,
Czechoslovakia
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Director:
Jean Pages
Producer: March of Time, Inc.
Camera Operator: Marcel Rebiere
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Outtakes.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Excellent
- Time Code
- 11:21:41:00 to 11:28:48:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 871 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 871 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 871 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 871 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 871 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 871 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 871 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 871 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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- 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.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
- Note
- Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.
See Story 990, Film ID 919 for duplicate footage. - Copied From
- 35mm negative
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 138
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 1150 Y,Z - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:47:24
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