Maurits Schaap was in hiding in Axel near Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.
Copyright Holder: Eli Schaap
Videotape label:"Father's movies: Palestine 1935, Rolls A thru " Continues with part two on Film ID 4102.
Maurits Schaap visited his brother Meijer in Palestine in December 1935. Maurits showed the films to the Jewish community of Rotterdam after he returned."ROTTERDAM-PALESTINA vice-versa, Camera: Mau Schaap. Caricaturen: Joseph Rosenberg. Chanoekah 569" Title card:"VERTREK STATION D.P. met opnamen van Rotterdam - Parÿs - Milaan - Monza - Venetië - Triës". Busy train station after 11AM. People moving about the station and getting on and off trains. The cameraman, shown to be Maurits Schaap from the title card, boards a train and films through an exterior window of the departure and the landscape. Platform at an intermediate stop. Train moves. 01:02:34 Sign for"AMSTERDAM" followed by"Den Haag, Roosendaal, Antwerpen Oost, Brussel Zui" and then"Anvers Est, Bruxelles Midi, Paris Nor", followed by an underlined destination,"Paris PLM" Men smoke on the train before an intermediate stop is made at St. Quentin. The train arrives in Paris: busy streets, Arc de Triomphe. Scenery."Paris - Modan" station, and the journey continues. 01:05:24 Train arrives. City streets, street trolley with the sign"DIRETTO MILANO MONZ". Inside a moving car, people, marketplaces. Train to the coast, possibly on arrival to Manzano in northeastern Italy. Market scene. 01:08:11 Man stands next to sign marked"TEL-AVI" pointing toward where the boat is waiting. Title card"INSCHEPING met het leven aan boord van s.s. Tel Awi". Ships at dock, S.S. Tel Aviv, mast and flags. Passengers line up with their luggage and board the vessel. 01:11:41 Small band plays music. The ship departs. People from the shore wave. The coastline, the city and the hills. Title:"DE BEMANNING met caricaturen van personeel en passagier". Tour of the ship, signs, structure, and passengers. 01:13:08 Man wears an officer's uniform with a Jewish star on his right sleeve. He grabs binoculars and surveys the horizon. Equipment and tools on the vessel. Sea and coast. Dining hall. Waiters and other staff greet the camera and lay out tableware. Passengers relax in the sun on benches. Flotation devices with words"TEL-AVI" and"HAIF". Man works with an unknown machine, possibly stamping and pressing envelopes. Officer uses a sextant to estimate the position of the ship. Meeting of the ship's officers. The Captain distributes messages. The officers wear Star of David armbands. List of crew with names in Hebrew. 01:20:46 Hand-drawn caricatures of crew with labels. Profile of man with black hair,"Der Rof". Man smoking a pipe."Sonnen Schein", man playing the violin."Dr. Oberchasa", a man painting."L'Homme Invisibl", a man in black pants with a white shirt and bowtie."Der Ober Stuar", a balding man wearing a uniform with a Star of David on his left sleeve."Gottschal", profile of a man with a cigarette, glasses, and a tie."Der Deutsche Horra Tanzer aus sud amerik", a man with arms and legs contorted in a dancing form."Vom Skat" a man with eyes closed clasping something in his left hand. 01:21:47 Passengers dance in a circle. More signs on the ship. The ship arrives at its destination of Tel Aviv. Other ships in the port sit at anchor. Preparation for arrival. 01:24:15 Title:"AANKOMST te HAIFA met reis HAIFA - AFULEH - RAMATAI". Going ashore in a small boat and passing through customs. Exploring the city, signs, people. Broken-down bus. Title:"Ramataim - Tel Awiv - Jaff". Young boy (less than five years old) and a two men (father?) playing in a fruit garden. They pick fruit and throw it back and forth. City views. Man digs, farms. Horse drawn carts roll along the street in front of apartment buildings. People greet the camera. 01:31:22 Man in front of posters. Some streets are wet from a street cleaner car. Farming activity in rural area. Young boy. 01:37:38 Coastal area with ships, a dock, and people working. Shipments of unknown goods loaded onto boats, hundreds of boxes. Marketplace where fruits, textiles, and other goods are exchanged. Camels. Interacting with family and friends. Camels and construction. Title card,"GAN JELADIEM met leermethode; de kinderen op weg naar de filmvoorstellin". Young students play outside the school. Layout and decorations of an empty classroom. The students fill the classroom, and their instructor teaches a lesson in spelling. Donkeys. School group with students walking in pairs down a hill. Electrical tower's transformer. 01:47:13 Man stands next to a sign with a shell on it in Hebrew (maybe for the Shell oil company - Royal Dutch Shell). Children and the young boy play outside. Electric signs and a shop open late. City life, including camels, people, and horse drawn carriages moving along the streets. Fruit garden and young boy seen earlier. The family picks fruit into a basket. Baby chicks. 01:51:50 Title,"JERUZALEM met Universiteit, KKL-gebouwen en Koningsgrave". Young boys play in courtyard of a school. Touring university and other sites, observing people and structures. Camels.
Schaap travels to Palestine via Italy in 1935