Title:JEWISH FAMILY ON HOLIDAY IN PRE-WAR FRANCE - PART 2 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 4911
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY MEIJER BED [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film shot by Meijer Bed (Beth) while on holiday in France with his wife Kaatje (née Vet) and their two children Henriette Elly (Jetje) and John, on the beach at Juan les Pins and at Monte Carlo, (prior to their deportation from Amsterdam and deaths in Auschwitz).
Description: Beach scenes, people sunbathing and playing in the sea. Jetje and John on a canoe. A man creates a sand-sculpture of a nude, onlookers watch. More beach scenes, two women clown about performing gymnastics and the can-can. Meijer Bed hires a rowing boat. Further scenes of people playing in the sea. Kaatje cycles towards the camera, then sitting at an outdoor bar. A hilltop campsite overlooking the sea. Kaatje and Meijer cycle along the road. Brief shot of men and women sewing ? An old hilltop village. Jetje, Kaatje and John on board a bus. Waterfalls and a stream in a wooded area. Countryside seen from a moving vehicle. People waving goodbye from a car with a GB plate. Kaatje and Jetje outside a museum? then climbing steps alongside a rock in a town. Views of the town (Monte Carlo, Monaco ?). Various shots of the family in the town and visiting the Exotic Gardens, Monaco?
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY MEIJER BED [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 4911
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1939
Production Country: Netherlands
Production Details: Bed (Beth), Meijer (Production individual)
