Wife of draft dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll seeks pardon for her husband
Title card: "Wife pleads for Bergdoll, Philadelphia - Mrs. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, here with 4 children, seeks pardon from President for war slacker" / [5/2/1935] Bergdoll's wife Berta and their four children, on board ship in New York Harbor, all posing for photos at ship railing; children are Emma, Alfred, baby Erwin, and Mina / CU Berta, holding Erwin, being interviewed by off-camera journalist, SOT saying she will seek pardon for her husband and that if he gets pardon they will live in America / VO Berta asks Alfred, in German, if he wants to see his grandmother; he answers "Ja" // quick VS montage: town in Germany where Bergdolls have been living; EXT house where the family has been living; still photo of Bergdoll; EXT Philadelphia house where Bergdoll's mother Emma Bergdoll lives / [Philadelphia, PA] photographers taking pictures of Emma, Berta, and children outdoors / VS the family / close shot of Erwin in Berta's lap / Berta by herself / L to R: Mina, Alfred, and Emma / Berta / VS Emma Bergdoll's mother posing / VS CU baby being held by Berta / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
2236778056
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
May 02, 1935
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:02:28:10
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr006766_02_01
- 1930-1939,
- Aboard,
- Adult,
- Archival,
- Baby - Human Age,
- Black And White,
- Child,
- Close-up,
- Conflict,
- Day,
- Draft Dodger,
- Family,
- Family with Four Children,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Forgiveness,
- Franklin Roosevelt,
- German Language,
- Germany,
- Grandmother,
- Group Of People,
- Grover Cleveland,
- HD Format,
- Horizontal,
- House,
- Human Interest,
- Husband,
- Interview - Event,
- Journalist,
- Looking At Camera,
- Men,
- Mother,
- New York City,
- New York Harbor,
- Newsreel,
- Outdoors,
- People,
- Philadelphia - Pennsylvania,
- Photographer,
- Photographing,
- Photography,
- Photography Themes,
- Pleading,
- President,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time Video,
- Resting,
- Ship,
- Small Group Of People,
- Town,
- US Military,
- US President,
- USA,
- War,
- Western European Descent,
- Wife,
- World War I,