Overview
- Description
- Quick pan of men with a flag at the Zeilsheim Displaced Persons camp in Germany. A young child eats an apple and stares at the camera. Posters tacked to tree trunks showing photographs of men and writing in Hebrew. 00:00:38 Outdoors, an archway decorated with a menorah, a star of David, and Hebrew/English inscriptions, including "Jewish Scout Camp". A large number of scouts -- teenaged boys and girls in uniform -- stand in rows while a white flag bearing a star of David is raised. Children and adults march behind the flag bearers.
In Wiesbaden (?). A woman, possibly Lorna Adelman, with a wounded eye walks toward the camera and waves, followed by a young man in U.S. Army uniform, possibly Dr. Gilbert Adelman, and another man with wire-rimmed glasses and suspenders. - Film Title
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Untitled -- Gilbert Adelman -- amateur
- Film Collection Title
- Lorna J. Adelman Collection
- Duration
- 00:02:19
- Date
-
Event:
1947
- Locale
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Zeilsheim,
Germany
Wiesbaden, Germany
- Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Lorna Adelman and Gratz College
- Contributor
-
Camera Operator:
Gilbert Adelman
Subject:
- Biography
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Lorna J. Adelman joined her husband, Gilbert, in Wiesbaden, Germany after World War II from 1946 to 1948. Gil was a dentist with the United States Army. They worked in a hospital and assisted displaced persons.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Amateur.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:00:00:00 to 01:02:19:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 4139 Film: 8 mm - b&w
Master 4139 Film: 8 mm - b&w
Master 4139 Film: 8 mm - b&w
Master 4139 Film: 8 mm - b&w
Master 4139 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4139 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4139 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4139 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 4139 Video: DVD - NTSC
Preservation 4139 Video: DVD - NTSC
Preservation 4139 Video: DVD - NTSC
Preservation 4139 Video: DVD - NTSC
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Conditions on Use
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum places no restrictions on use of this material. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this film footage.
- Copyright Holder
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Note
- This film was shot at 12 frames per second, a common frame rate for 8mm use during the day. This means that movements within scenes, whether of the camera or the subjects, tend to shutter across the screen. Film stock is of undetermined manufacture.
More details about the film can be found at http://www.gratz.edu/pages/dp-camps - Film Source
- Gratz College
Lorna J. Adelman - File Number
- Legacy Database File: 6047
- Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-07 12:22:47
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Also in This Collection
Lorna Adelman photographs and papers
Document
Contains photographs and copy print images of Gil and Lorna Adelman in various displaced persons camps, primarily Zeilsheim, Lindenfels, and Wiesbaden. Incudes a pamphlet for the dedication of Synagogue Center of Wiesbaden, December 1946, and a document entitled “Programm der Purimfeier” by the Jewish Community of Wiesbaden.
