us-005578-irn1003249
type: RecordSet
date: 1923 November 08
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 2
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: Silent
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn1003249
note: According to early research for the Permanent Exhibition film"Nazi Rise to Power" we believe this film is in the Public Domain.
scope and content: Interior of a soup kitchen, showing women and children being served bowls of soup or some other food from large barrels. A couple of men are also present; they fill out papers or cards which are collected by one of the women. A close-up shot of a ration card, good for one hot lunch on November 8, 1923. The ration card is stamped with the logo of the"Internationale Arbeiter-hilf" (International Workers Aid Association). More shots of women and chilren receiving rations of soup; one of the aid workers takes notes. A woman feeds soup to her baby. A close up shot of a sign that says"Only Communism can save us" followed by shots of old people, then children, looking into the camera. A close up of an exterior sign reading,"28 feeding place [soup kitchen] of the International Worker's Aid Associatio". Another sign reads,"Speisestelle Frankreich der Internationalen Arbeiterhilf". [Soup kitchen in France?]. Shot of smiling children, clutching soup pails and looking into the camera. They are then shown entering a building. Shot of older people, perhaps waiting in line for food?
title: Soup kitchen; International Workers Health Org