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Visiting family in Pinsk, 1934

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2021.89 | RG Number: RG-60.7183 | Film ID: 4520

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    Visiting family in Pinsk, 1934

    Overview

    Description
    The Lourié family visits relatives in Pinsk, Belarus in August 1934, including shots of the family's plywood factory in Pinsk.

    Woman looks at large plaques written in Hebrew, outdoors. Two pre-teen girls climb over large logs, walk out of a building and look at another building. Pan of the town of Pinsk and the family factory. Shoreline filmed from a moving boat, and men in canoes. On shore, one of the girls and a woman walk over as men bring large logs onto the shore. 5:02 Three men talk, one in a suit.

    Lourie plywood factory process: large logs, bark removed from smaller logs by two men with a hand tool, inside the factory a machine strips the logs into large sheets, workers handle and stack plywood, piles of plywood loaded onto train car (13:02), train moves out.

    14:52 Fire-fighters line up and climb ladders. Workers eat outside. Men supervise factory activities. Girl walks on piles of logs.
    Duration
    00:17:01
    Date
    Event:  1934 August
    Locale
    Pinsk, Belarus
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Museum of Jewish Heritage

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Excellent

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Museum of Jewish Heritage
    Conditions on Use
    For permission to reproduce and use the materials, contact the Museum of Jewish Heritage at collections@mjhnyc.org with the subject line "Reference Inquiry" or "Licensing Request".

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum digitized several amateur film originals from the Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York) collections in 2019-2020.
    Note
    Refer to MJH sound documentation videotape with Ms. Hilda Lourie (the wife of Leopold's son Paul) describing the activity and people appearing in the films.
    Copied From
    9.5mm bw reversal
    Film Source
    Museum of Jewish Heritage
    File Number
    Source Archive Number: MI 92-0028M
    Lender Number: IL2019.1.8
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:59:18
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