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Pre-WWII - 1938, French Jewish Refugee Committee; Refugees & Street Scenes, Amsterdam. Dec38

Reel Number: 220858-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1938,1930s

Country: France,Holland,Netherlands

Location: 5 Rue de la Durance,Amsterdam,Holland,Paris

TC Begins: 03:04:30

TC Ends: 03:16:04

Duration: 00:11:34

Pre-WWII - 1938, French Jewish Refugee Committee; Refugees & Street Scenes, Amsterdam. Dec38 Men at table filling out forms, interviewed. Waiting room, family with children & baby. CU young girls talking & playing while waiting with mother & baby. Men & women standing waiting. Talking. Walking past office with signs in French re HICEM. People past entrance & 2 men thru gate, another out. Camera tracking with men walking on sidewalk. relates to Comite Cental d’Assistance aux Refugies Juifs, 5 Rue de la Durance,Paris, France. HICEM & HIAS assisting refugees. ca 03:08:55 Jewish Refugees in Amsterdam, Holland, Dec38 Street along docks, men toward camera. Traffic in background. To building, some bicycles past. Ext. & people come out with suitcases, bicycles. Ext. of houses with porches, men ring bell, greeted. Street corner & pedestrians outside cigar store. Man taking donations for Jews (Christians organized street collections on 03Dec38. Trolley car & people on & off. Man in uniform taking donations. Canal with bridge & traffic through heavy fog. Entrance to Diamond Bourse (Beurs). Ext. of open air market, men buying & selling clothes, parts, etc. Outdoor stall & women. Ext. of Kosher market, butcher hanging up meet. Women shopping for large goose. (out of focus). Wrap it up & take with. Pre-WW2;

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