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Jewish Memorial Pageant - "We Shall Never Die"

Film | Accession Number: 1992.264.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0543 | Film ID: 236

Memorial service/pageant/event organized by the "Committee for a Jewish Army of Stateless and Palestinian Jews," dedicated to the "two million Jewish dead of Europe." LS of stage with big cast and chorus. MCU of Paul Muni reading (dramatically) about "the problem [belonging to] humanity." VLS participants, rabbis, actors (including Rod Steiger), etc on stage. Reciting Kaddish.

Image
Film Title
Memorial Pageant to the Persecuted Jews of Europe
Duration
00:01:41
Date
Event:  1943 March 09
Production:  1943 March
Locale
New York, NY, United States
Language
English
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Excellent
Time Code
00:06:53:00 to 00:08:34:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 236 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 236 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 236 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 236 Video: One Inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 236 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 236 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
    Preservation 236 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 236 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
    Preservation 236 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 236 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
    Preservation 236 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 236 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
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 University of South Carolina Newsfilm Library in Columbia, South Carolina in April 1992. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
Note
Newsreel described (narrated) by Lowell Thomas.
Documentation includes script, camera operator's notes, telegram.
For outtakes of this event, see Story 544 on Film ID 235 or Story 1309 on Film ID 2928.
For interview with Zionist organizer Peter Bergson, see Shoah Outtakes "Bergson/Merlin."

This clip is also on Film ID 235. Film IDs 235 and 236 have the same time codes. Film ID 235 contains more stories than Film ID 236, but the USHMM only has a VHS copy of Film ID 235.
Copied From
35mm b/w
Film Source
Moving Image Research Collections
File Number
Legacy Database File: 924
Source Archive Number: MVTN 25/55 (48-710,711)
Featured In
Memorial Pageant calls for the rescue of European Jewry: Holocaust Encyclopedia - Historical Film Footage. Open. Open

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
Copyright
Moving Image Research Collections
Conditions on Use
For rights clearance, contact Ben Singleton at 8037776211 or BSINGLE@mailbox.sc.edu.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 21:59:43
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