It was taken in May/June of 1938 (on a freighter with guests)
and and in Europe. Sailing from New YOrk City
Scanyork NY is the vessel for crossing the Atlantic
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| 01:00:00 0.71 |
Reel opens.
Sailing to Europe on the passenger freighter Scanyork from New York Harbor June 1938 on their honeymoon right before the start of World War II. |
| 01:00:02 2.11 |
The Scanyork New York vessel - flotation device with name of vessel hanging on top floor of vessel. Camera pans over a bit to the side revealing a large clock and brick building on shore. Very cloudy day.
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| 01:00:08 8.32 |
Group of nicely dressed people on board the vessel, chatting, smoking cigarettes. Woman wearing a fox fur scarf, fashionable for the day. They look at camera and smile
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| 01:00:14 14.17 |
Older couple, Mr. and Mrs. Podolsky, walking around the boat waving as they walk toward camera. Woman wearing fox fur scarf and hat, gentleman wearing suit,, tie and overcoat.
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| 01:00:17 17.46 |
David and Fannie Podolsky, originally from Russia, now of New York City, seeing their daughter Rema and husband Joshua off to Europe
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| 01:00:26 26.96 |
People working, loading wooden crates of cargo onto ship on the dock.
Large chains and pulleys carrying crates of cargo up. POV from above, could be from on board the boat. |
| 01:00:45 45.36 |
Fashionably dressed Rema with her dad on board the Scanyork. Rema smoking a cigarette and wearing a fashionable hat with a feather, circa 1930's.
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| 01:00:48 48.51 |
Group of men looks like workers, sailing away, sitting on deck, looks like workers on the ship flags are flying over their heads.
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| 01:00:54 54.88 |
Pan down across the deck as boat moving along, workers sitting about, waiters in white jackets smoking cigarettes, sailors wearing sailor hats. -- POV from upper deck of boat.
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| 01:01:05 65.55 |
Black smoke coming from smokestack on the vessel. Pan down slowly from the smokestack, across the deck, workers and sailors are seen again.
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| 01:01:40 100.28 |
Joshua Freiberger, Attorney from New York City, 38 years old and just married, the photographer - walking across upper deck
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| 01:01:42 102.59 |
Rema Freilberger playing ring toss on deck. She smiles as she walks toward camera - she didn't do so good. Bends over to pick up rings, looking very happy waves at camera.
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| 01:01:52 112.12 |
Rema Freiberger, 29 yrs old, bride on her honeymoon
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| 01:02:03 123.95 |
Joshua looking overboard, pointing his pipe out toward sea.
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