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 5224-7
  • 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 holidays in post-war Holland.
  • Description: Henri and his mother walk towards the camera. Henri playing on the beach. Various shots of the Obstfeld family walking towards the camera. Henri on the dodgems. More shots of the family. Leaving port (Rotterdam?), shots of two ships anchored, van Riebeeck and Kota Baroe. Henri crossing the street with a little girl (Hada?).
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY ABRAHAM OBSTFELD [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MGH 5224-7
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1949
  • 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: 101 ft; Running time: 4 mins ca
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    MGH 5224-7

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