Description
Object description
Amateur film shot by the Hartmann family recording pre-war scenes of Jewish life.
Full description
Jan Hartman (formerly Hartmann), George (Jirí) and their father (Judi?) Karel Hartmann walking towards the camera through a garden and at the lake at Wörthersee, Austria. Views of the lake and boats. Edita Hartmannová with her sons Jan and George, feeding swans. Karel and Jan? "1935 Wörthersee" The Hartmann boys jumping off a diving board into the lake. Karel on a boat and in the water with his sons. People diving into the water. Jan and George walk along a lane (Salzburg, Austria?) with their mother. Jan and George pose in the street with their father. The Hartmann family on a jetty in front of a seaplane (A-51). Onlookers at the edge of the lake watch rowing boats. The Hartmann family feed pigeons in St Mark's Square, Venice. Views of the canals and gondolas filmed from the Rialto Bridge? The Hartmann family on the Rialto Bridge? Karel with Jan and George, playing in the sea in Rimini, Italy? The Hartmanns' car ('Itala'). The Hartmann boys pose in front of the car (under-exposed). Udine Castle? Jan or George ? photographing himself being filmed. A traffic policeman. The Hartmann family on a type of pedalo, playing football on the beach and playing in the sea. The Hartmann family playing on the beach and in the sea. Jan and George skiing in Spindleruv Mlyn, Krkonose, Czechoslovakia (Christmas 1935). Fox terrier puppies playing indoors at the home of Ladislav Kofránek? (a Czech sculptor, not seen). The Hartmann family skiing in Krkonose, Czechoslovakia. Edita on a toboggan. Close-up of Edita. Jan and George playing in the snow. More scenes of the family skiing. Karel and George walking with Ladislav Kofránek (a Czech sculptor) amongst blossom trees. Edita changes the film in a camera. George? smells the blossom on a tree. Karel with Jan or George ? and another man on a country road. They fool about in front of an oncoming car. Jan, George and Karel playing with their dog (Boy) and a hose in the garden of their villa in Zelízy near Melník, Czechoslovakia. Edita and Jan or George ? descend the steps of their villa. Edita in the garden. George with a bike. Jan and George playing table tennis with Karel, and his brother, Bedrich Hartmann. The game is watched by the boys' cousin, Milan. Women sitting at a table in the garden. They are joined by the rest of the family and the whole group performs stretching exercises (also present, at the centre of the picture with arms outstretched is the boys' cousin Marie Epsteinová, the daughter of Karel's sister Frantiska). The two Hartmann boys wrestle on the grass in front of the group. Football team warming up. Karel walks towards the camera. Jan and Edita watch from the sideline in an otherwise empty stadium. The teams march past the camera led by a man playing a type of whistle. Pennants and gifts are exchanged The teams line up for the camera. Jan stands at the end of the line. (The football match is between AC Sparta Prague and the Hartmanns' tennis club team. Karel Hartmann, vice-president of AC Sparta Prague, officiates). Karel Jan and George playing ice-hockey at Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia. Edita ice-skating. A shot of people standing up in small rowing boats on a lake in the Ruzemberk (Ruzemberok) area, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). A close-up of Karel, in the background a crowd of people watch activities on the lake. "Gevaert cine-film".
Physical description
9.5mm