Overview
- Description
- Shots of passengers from the SS Gripsholm, which arrived in Jersey City, New Jersey on March 14 or 15, 1944. The Swedish ship carried American nationals from German internment camps. Individuals are interviewed by reporters in front of a microphone.The interviewees identified in the March of Time subject card are: Marie Tomczak of Pittsburgh, Taylor Henry (an AP correspondent), and Boris Voukovitch of New York City (it is not clear whether all of these people appear in the footage). Interior scenes of Red Cross workers and passengers (identified as Jozeta and Kazimiera Nowicka as they leave the building. Henry Crowder (?) of Washington, DC is interviewed by a female reporter (?). Both are African-American.
- Duration
- 00:08:49
- Date
-
Event:
1944 March 14
- Locale
-
New Jersey,
United States
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Outtakes.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:19:17:00 to 01:28:06:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2807 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2807 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2807 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2807 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2807 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2807 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2807 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2807 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in November 2005.
- Copied From
- 35mm MPC
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4770
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 1070 HHH - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:51:09
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