Pre-war Jewish life in a Jewish shtetl
Overview
- Description
- Amateur footage taken by an American Jew, Joseph Shapiro, during a visit to relatives in Horodok (Gorodok), a Polish shtetl, said to have been located somewhere between Minsk and Vilna. Milk and bagels are distributed to hungry children at an outdoor party. In addition, there are school scenes, market scenes, people going up and down the main street on foot and in horsedrawn wagons, women at work, wooden houses and farm animals.
- Film Title
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Horodok, 1930 -- Joseph Shapiro -- amateur
- Duration
- 00:10:37
- Date
-
Event:
1930
Production: 1930
- Locale
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Poland
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University
- Contributor
-
Camera Operator:
Joseph Shapiro
Physical Details
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- National Center for Jewish Film
- Conditions on Use
- Contact NCJF at pontius@brandeis.edu for permission to reproduce and use this film.
- Copyright Holder
- National Center for Jewish Film
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this video collection from the National Center for Jewish Film for general reference in July 2000.
- Note
- Same footage is located on Film ID 505, Story 754.
- Copied From
- 16mm
- Film Source
- National Center for Jewish Film
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2634
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:59:37
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