The Sugihara family in Bucharest, Romania, 1942

Film | Digitized | RG Number: RG-60.1258 | Film ID: 2909

Overview

Description: 8mm film is severely compromised by mold. WS, pan of buildings in the city streets of Bucharest (Patriarchate Hill), pedestrians. Sugihara's official car with a small Japanese flag in FG. Driving along the city street in the car with tall buildings in BG. Toddler boy and mother, Yukiko Sugihara, pick flowers from the garden adjacent to the Japanese diplomat's residence. Sister Setsuko and two siblings join, one on a tricycle. The toddler runs towards the camera along the home's walkway and returns to his mother behind. The children play in the yard, the car is parked in front with the residence at the far left. A bridge in the city with Romanians and a man on crutches. Filming as the car drives across the bridge. A man in kimono (house help?) gestures towards the youngest Sugihara off-screen, who appears briefly.
Duration: 00:01:33
Date: Event: ca. 1942
Locale: Bucharest, Romania
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Nobuki Sugihara
Contributor: Subject: Chiune Sugihara
Biography: Chiune Sugihara was the Japanese consul general in Kovno, Lithuania who issued more than 2,000 transit visas for Jewish refugees in July-August 1940. The Japanese transferred Sugihara to Prague and then to Bucharest, Romania, Germany's ally, in October 1941 where he remained until the end of the war.

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Amateur.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Poor
Time Code: 01:00:19:00 to 01:01:52:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2909 Film: 8 mm
Master 2909 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2909 Film: 8 mm
Master 2909 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2909 Film: 8 mm
Master 2909 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2909 Film: 8 mm
Master 2909 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 2909 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2909 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2909 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2909 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
User
User 2909 Video: DVD
User 2909 Video: DVD
User 2909 Video: DVD
User 2909 Video: DVD

Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright: Nobuki Sugihara
Conditions on Use: The Museum does not own the copyright for this material and does not have authority to authorize third party use. For permission, please contact the rights holder, Nobuki Sugihara.
Copyright Holder: Nobuki Sugihara

Legal Status: Permanent Collection - not accessioned
Note: The opening identifying slate indicating that this is Film ID 2910 is incorrect. This is Film ID 2909. USHMM Photo Archive WS#45650 shows the entire family outside their residence in Bucharest.
Film Source: Eli Shurany
File Number: Legacy Database File: 5446
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive