Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust


Hard Core. D: Zegart [US, 1950]

ID

FBW000623      Short documentary

Country / Year

USA, 1950

Original Title

The Hard Core

Directed by

Arthur Zegart

Produced by

International Refugee Organization (IRO), Agency of the United Nations (Office of Public Information), New York, NY

Staff

Associate producer: Israel Berman; Script: Patricia Zegart; On-screen commentary: Walter Abel; Camera: Arthur Zegart

Length

353,5 m / 12'55''

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

A documentary about the work being done among DPs. The HARD CORE refers to those who have not yet been offered asylum anywhere. The film shows physical therapy, job training for the disabled; a Danish home for children; education for the blind in Norway. Including a section about Israel.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; Vocational training; Denmark; Displaced persons; Refugee ships; France; Galila (Ship); Survivors of the Holocaust; Israel; Jewish displaced persons; Munich; Netherlands; Norway; Organization for Rehabilitation through Training; Sweden; United Nations

Holdings

- A Reel Holiday. American Zionist Organization, New York, NY
- George Eastman House, Rochester, NY: 353,5 m / 12'55''; 35mm
- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA: 122,5 m / 11'10''; 16mm

Bibliography

- Fox, Stuart: Jewish Films in the United States. New York, NY: K.G. Hall, 1976

Contents (detailed)

Shotlist (- ft):
- 000 Man running, puts suitcase on truck while another man - with one leg - waves goodbye to the people on the truck
- 045 Truck leaving
- 049 Train, boat. Sign: International Refugee Organisation
- 057 People looking out from train windows. People lined up having papers checked. All wearing ID tags and carrying small hand luggage
- 067 Boarding the ship
- 087 Sign on door: "Rejected and deferred - IRO Counsellor". Children who have TB of the bones. CU: Children's faces
- 117 Neuburg Vocational Training and Rehabilitation Center. People excercising, learning to walk. Use prothesis. Play sports.
- 188 Teaching and practicing farming skills
- 195 Bookbinding
- 199 Operating knitting machine
- 220 Woman with artificial hands weaving
- 230 Auto mechanics
- 243 The Netherlands offers refugees home and jobs. Sign: "International Refugee Organisation Sanatorium Area Team I"
- 256 Sweden
- 265 Ship "Galilea", destination: Israel
- 275 France: Services for the immigrants
- 287 Denmark: Home for senoir citizens and children who have TB of the bones
- 309 Arrport in Munich. People heading to Norway
- 350 Language classes for the blind
- 402 THE END

Credits

- 1. [International Refugee Organization IRO] / presents / THE HARD CORE
- 2. Produced by the / OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION / of the / INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION / AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED NATIONS
- 3. Photographed and Directed by / ARTHUR ZEGART / Written by / PATRICIA ZEGART / Production Associate / ISRAEL BERMAN
- 4. Narrated by / WALTER ABEL
Abschrift lt. Kopie: National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA