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Displaced persons at Zeilsheim camp around 1947

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2016.459.2 | RG Number: RG-60.1777 | Film ID: 4139

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    Displaced persons at Zeilsheim camp around 1947

    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 Collection Title
    Lorna J. Adelman Collection
    Duration
    00:02:19
    Date
    Event:  1947
    Locale
    Zeilsheim, Germany
    Wiesbaden, Germany
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Lorna Adelman and Gratz College
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Gilbert Adelman
    Subject:
    Biography
    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

    Rights & Restrictions

    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.

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    Administrative Notes

    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
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:02:52
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