Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Robert Kan and his family escaped the Nazis on May 13, 1940 and emigrated to Queens, New York via the Dutch East Indies. He received a BA in Economics from Hofstra Univeristy and worked for thirty years for the US government at the Department of Commerce, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, and the American Embassy in Tokyo. After retiring from the government, he became a Certified Financial Planner. He was a lifelong Boy Scout and accomplished philatelist. He was married for 58 years to Francisca Verdoner Kan and had three daughters, Jeanette, Susan, and Eleanor.
Hand-made title card that reads"Zandvoort 193" with sun, sailboat and water. At the beach. Little boy (Robert?) playing in the sand with an ore and older girl (Betsy?) waving. Jeanne, mother, looks on from a beach chair. Woman and children walk down a set of stairs on the beach. 01:01:30 Little boy pushes a wheelbarrow and the little girl runs. Group of small children in white clothes and hats sit in the sand while a woman in sunglasses holds one of them up. Posing for group photograph. Children are sucking on lollipops. Little boy shovels sand and is joined by another child. Digging in sand. Little boy pushes a stroller across the sand. An older man helps him and points to the camera. 01:03:53 Hand-made title card reads"In Het Zonne Ba" with a sun and wagon. Ocean, people swimming and playing in the water. The camera follows a woman as she gets a towel. 01:04:40 Large group of men women and children on the beach, pose for picture. People sit in lounge chairs in the sun (probably Jeanne and Frits). CU of Jeanne?. MSs of Frits?. Shots of the water. HS, pan of the beach. Jeanne exits cabana and then another woman (seen earlier) in a bathing suit. Woman and little girl (Betsy?) exit cabana. CU little boy (Robert?). Jeanne feeding little boy. Man and woman walking towards camera (Jeanne and Frits?). 01:07:46 Jeanne walks and sits by one of the cabanas. LS, shot of the beach and people playing.
Kan family at the beach in Zandvoort in 1932