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 5224-13
  • 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: Scouts, including Henri Obstfeld, playing football in a field. Henri and his mother walk towards the camera. Brief shot of Mrs and Mr? Obstfeld in a cafĂ©. A procession of marching band, decorated floats and people in traditional costume passes by (in Harskamp?). (Extremely distant and hazy) shot of ships off shore at Scheveningen. The Union Jack and USA flag are flying alongside the Dutch flag in the foreground. Henri holding a white rabbit, with family and friends in a back garden overlooking the sea. Henri and Mrs Obstfeld walking along a country road with friends.
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY ABRAHAM OBSTFELD [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MGH 5224-13
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1950
  • 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: 103ft; Running time: 4 min ca
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