Inauguration of Jewish Hospital
Overview
- Description
- Opens with a number of intertitles, written in Romanian, describing the event. The inauguration of a Jewish Hospital on 1 September 1931. Men speak from a podium at the opening day activities. There are VS, panning the audience, made up of benefactors, etc. Many shots focus on the women in the audience, audience members stare directly at camera, often with a stern look. Each speaker is proceeded by an intertitle, giving their name, rank, affiliation with the hospital, etc. Some of the featured speakers are as follows: Dr. Iosif Sebestyen, President of the Hospital Committee; Dr. Sebestyen Josef, Rabbi Akiba Glasner performs the blessing; Prof. Dr. Hatiegan Iuliu represents the University, also Prof. Dr. Hatiegan Gula; Prof. Dr. Papilian; Prof. Dr. Sebastian Borne; Dr. Bornemissa Sebestyen; Dr. Andor Biro calls a group of young boys to the stage, they go. Then a young girl speaks, she was treated at the hospital. This is followed by more doctors' speeches. Intertitle mentions the marble tablet in which the donors' names are inscribed. CU of the tablet. There is Hebrew and Romanian script across the top of the tablet. List of names follows. Speeches are followed by a 'tour' of the building, the rooms are identified by the intertitles,as follows: INTs, mostly MSs, exam rooms, wash basins, corridors, stairwells, radiology department, lab, children's ward (CUs, children in their hospital beds), birthing room, operating room. INT, VS of the synagogue in the hospital. MCU, Dr. Sebestyen Jozef exiting the main entrance to the hospital, smiling and speaking to the cameraman. VS, EXT, doctors, in white coats, in couples, speaking to each other, intertitles ID these doctors. EXT, outside hospital's main entrance all doctors gather, pan of group, some nurses (female) are also visible in this shot.
- Duration
- 00:11:01
- Date
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Event:
1931 September 01
- Locale
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Cluj,
Transylvania
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Arhiva Nationala de Filme
Physical Details
- Language
- Romanian
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 01:10:52:00 to 01:21:53:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 146 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent
Master 146 Film: 35 mm - b&w - sound - silent- Preservation
Preservation 146 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 146 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 146 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 146 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- Arhiva Nationala de Filme
- Conditions on Use
- Contact Arhiva Nationala de Filme at cinematecaromana@gmail.com for permission to reproduce and use this footage.
- Copyright Holder
- Arhiva Nationala de Filme
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Arhiva Nationala de Filme [Romanian National Film Archives] in August 1990. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
- Film Source
- Arhiva Nationala de Filme
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1621
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:54:57
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1000943
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