Sailing on"Ile de Franc"

Sailing on"Ile de Franc" 

Family footage of the Herz family vacation in Europe in 1937. Footage shows images of Jewish-American life before World War II with its European roots. Jacob's wife walks towards the camera on board the"Ile de France" Belle and Judith play ring toss on the upper deck. Jacob and his wife lounge in chaises. High angle shot nuns aboard boat, on deck. MS, sea, other passengers, sailors. MS, Jacob Herz poses for camera. Sailors. Brief shot of people playing shuffleboard. 

Film was transferred by Brodsky and Treadway. This film was preserved with a 2010 National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) cash grant. 

Jacob Herz immigrated to the United States from Poland in 1912. He had two daughters - Judith Hirsch (nee Herz) and Belle E. Moser (nee Herz, the donor). Jacob's father was a farmer in Wola, Poland. Later, he was shot in front of his home because he was unable to climb into the wagon used to deport the rest of the family.