Polish Refugees Leave for Palestine

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.257.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0418 | Film ID: 231

Overview

Description: 350 Polish Refugees Leave Teheran for Palestine, (no date, originally reviewed March 27, 1944) INTs, Teheran railroad station. Polish refugees on platform bustle about as some bid farewell to departing friends. Persian/Arabic inscriptions. Pan, wall of newsstand/booth. Dolly shot, relatives and friends bid one another farewell from train windows; along railcars, more crowded, various men in uniform. Belongings on platform. Men, women, and children mill about, looking anxious and excited, some dressed well, some with hats (mix of Middle Eastern and Baltic looks). CU, native porter salutes into camera. US soldier shakes hands with departing girls. Train passes camera R-L; refugees/conductor wave from train windows. MS, four US Army cameramen stand/pose on platform.
Duration: 00:06:23
Date: Event: 1944
Locale: Teheran, Iran
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 01:12:08:00 to 01:18:31:00
Film Format: Master
Master 231 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 232 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 233 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 231 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 232 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 233 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 231 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 232 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 233 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 231 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 232 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 233 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Preservation
Preservation 231 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 231 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 231 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 231 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.

Keyword: CHILDREN CHILDREN (JEWISH) EMIGRES/EMIGRATION IRAN PALESTINE REFUGEES REFUGEES (JEWISH) SHIPS SIGNS/POSTERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) TRAINS USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION) WOMEN

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in October 1991. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
Note: Duplicate footage on Film ID 843, Story 2023.
Copied From: 35mm
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 621
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 699
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive