OBSTFELD FAMILY LIFE IN POST-WAR HOLLAND [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OBSTFELD FAMILY LIFE IN POST-WAR HOLLAND [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 5224-2
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY ABRAHAM OBSTFELD [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Mr Abraham Obstfeld (a Dutch Jew whose family survived the war in hiding) recording family life in post-war Amsterdam.
  • Description: Mrs Obstfeld and Henri standing in a doorway. Henri (and his father or Oom (Uncle) Klerk ?) exiting the Lederwarenfabriek door. Mrs Obstfeld ? picks some lavender from outside a house. Oom and Tante (Uncle and Aunty) Klerk walk towards the camera. Brief shot of two ladies. Henri with Oom Klerk. The Klerks, Henri and Mrs Obstfeld ? in Dam Square, walking along a busy street and boarding a canal boat. Views of the city from the canals.
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY ABRAHAM OBSTFELD [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MGH 5224-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1947
  • Production Country: Netherlands
  • Production Details: Obstfeld, Abraham (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 4 mins ca
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