March of Time -- outtakes -- The New School, NYC (University in Exile)

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.134.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1046 | Film ID: 48

Overview

Description: New School for Social Research, NYC. 03:11:34 CU of sign, EXT: "The New School". 03:12:51 INT, people walking through lobby, information board. 03:13:43 CU, individual names and their subjects. View of faculty members meeting around table in front of mural, with the president of the New School, Alvin Johnson. There are various European exiles, including Leo Strauss, Frieda Wunderlich, Emil Lederer, and Max Wertheimer. (Full list of names is available in March of Time research files). 03:14:07 View of adult students in class. 03:16:52 People at a meeting.
Film Title: The Refugee-Today and Tomorrow
Duration: 00:09:02
Date: Event: 12/14/1938
Locale: New York, NY, United States
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: March of Time, Inc.
Camera Operator: Charles Gilson
Subject: Emil Lederer
Subject: Leo Strauss
Subject: Max Wertheimer
Subject: Frieda Wunderlich
Biography: Emil Lederer (1882-1939), economist, social democrat active in Austria and Germany. He helped the flow of intellectual refugees out of Germany to the US, and became a dean of the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research until his death.

Leo Strauss (1899-1973), German-born Jewish political philosopher, emigrated to the US in 1937.

Max Wertheimer (1880-1943), one of the founders of gestalt psychology, born in Prague, taught in Germany, escaped in 1933 to the US.

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Outtakes.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 03:11:12:00 to 03:20:14:00
Film Format: Master
Master 48 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 48 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 48 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 48 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation
Preservation 48 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 48 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 48 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 48 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

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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: ART MARCH OF TIME REFUGEES REFUGEES (JEWISH) SCHOOLS SIGNS/POSTERS STREETS TEACHERS UNITED STATES UNIVERSITIES

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in August 1997.
Note: Cameraman's dope sheets available in departmental files.
Copied From: 35mm MPP
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1320
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 667 U
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive