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Crowning of "King of the Gypsies"

Film | Accession Number: 2007.207.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4623 | Film ID: 2841

Janusz Kwiek is crowned "King of the Gypsies" in an outdoor ceremony before a large crowd of onlookers. He wears a crown and receives a blessing from an Eastern orthodox (?) priest. A group of Roma sing a song in celebration.

Film Title
Deulig Tonwoche
Duration
00:00:59
Event Date
1937
Locale
Warsaw, Poland
Language
German
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
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About This Film

Censor Date
1937 July 14
Contributor
Producer: Deulig Film
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
01:24:20:00 to 01:25:19:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2841 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2841 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany in March 2007.
Note
This is a 27 meter long excerpt. The total length of this newsreel is 134 meters.
Copied From
35mm
Film Source
Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number
Legacy Database File: 4970
Source Archive Number: DTW 289/1937 R1

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Transit Film
Conditions on Use
Contact footage@transitfilm.de to license this film footage.
 
Record last modified: 2018-11-27 11:04:06
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