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TITLE CARD: January 25, 1942 Mr. & Mrs. Stien celebrating their son Howard's Confirmation at the Hotel Astor in New York City (Bar Mitzvah). COULD READ AS INTERIOR OF SYNAGOGUE?
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00:01:25 17.1 |
family members arrive for Bar Mitzvah party 1942. Well dressed Jewish men and women file past camera. colorful hats and dresses of the period
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00:01:55 47.1 |
lined up boys dressed in traditional religious robes and hats enter room in pairs, adults, Rabbi arrive at bar mitzvah ceremony
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00:02:45 97.1 |
Rabbi reads from the Torah ( Jewish Bible ) at Bar Mitvah ceremony family members look on.
Boy receives his vows . pan of group of men and boys in traditional garb singing in chior.. entire bar mitzvah ceremony circa 1942. |
00:04:21 193.1 |
pan of family seated at tables eating and smoking . Bar Mitzvah party, banquet hall filled with Jewish family and friends celebrating, smoking, eating at HOTEL ASTOR, New York.
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00:06:38 330.1 |
twin men in wire rim glasses both nod for the camera and smile
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00:06:43 335.1 |
violinist entertains the guests.pan of 1940's band entertaining at Bar Mitzvah party..pan of guests
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00:07:36 388.1 |
CU feet of dancing couples on dance floor..dancing feet ( the Peabody ) on hotel carpet
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00:08:00 412.1 |
slow dancing young couple could be a prom or dance circa 1940s
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00:08:07 419.1 |
crowded dance floor..CUs of young and middle aged couples dancing
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00:08:44 456.1 |
people drink highballs and make faces at camera. seated at tables
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00:09:12 484.1 |
a group of Hotel Astor waiters carry out special cakes with one lit candle in each. first class hotel service circa 1940's. Dessert is served to guests by waiters
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00:09:50 522.1 |
couple politely eating at Hotel Astor banquet hall table
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00:10:02 534.1 |
boy eats his bar mitzvah party cake at table
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00:10:42 574.1 |
CU older couple, woman wears feathered hat and corsage people eating cookies and dessert at banquet hall table
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00:11:25 617.1 |
mother seated with Bar Mitzvah boy opens gift envelopes
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00:11:35 627.1 |
CU young boy in yarmakah prayer skull cap
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Description:
Keywords: ritual
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