Einstein

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2002.549.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3516 | Film ID: 2571

Overview

Description: Universal Newsreel, Vol. 3, No. 3, Part 3. Release date, 01/05/1931.
According to UN Offical Motion Picture Release: "Throngs Acclaim Einstein's Arrival at Pacific Coast" San Diego, CA. Mount Wilson's Observatory helps to prove scientist's theory of relativity. Many of world's eminent astronomers join in making noted German's visit one of keen interest. CU, ship SS Blegenland, girls in middy blouses wave plumes for him. Einstein down gangplank, poses. (Most views of AE are out of focus.) ECU face, outdoor amphitheater. Einstein's wife is also in the picture.

Other parts of the newsreel include:
01:32:36 2: Woman flier down at Norfolk; plans new start for Paris.
01:34:28 4: News Paragraphs - Speculator, NY
01:35:09 5: News Paragraphs - Falun, Sweden
01:36:00 6: News Paragraphs - Berlin, Germany
01:36:44 7: News Paragraphs - New York, NY
01:37:18 8: Feline aristocrats compete for prizes at annual cat show
01:38:05 11: Gorgeous pageantry of blossoms marks Rose Tournament
ends at 01:39:17
Film Title: Throngs Acclaim Einstein's Arrival at Pacific Coast
Duration: 00:00:53
Date: Event: 1931 January 05
Locale: San Diego, CA, United States
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: Universal News
Camera Operator: Freeman

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 01:33:35:00 to 01:34:28:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2571 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2571 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2571 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2571 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation
Preservation 2571 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2571 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2571 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2571 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.

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in 2002.The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's special exhibition in 2003 on Nazi bookburning, "Fighting the Fires of Hate."
Note: Shot also used in Universal Newsreel Vol. 5, No. 128 and Universal Newsreel Vol. 4, No. 3.
Copied From: 35mm DNS; b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 3660
Source Archive Number: 200 UN 3-3-3
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive