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Crowds celebrate wedding of Frime Chaye Rivke, daughter of Grand Rabbi of Munkács.
The wedding of Frime Chaye Rivke, daughter of Rabbi Chaim Elazar, of Munkács, to Baruch Rabinovich, on March 15, 1933. Jewish men ride decorated bicycles along a street. They wear sashes containing Jewish blessings. They are surrounded by crowds and followed by other men on bicycles. A horse-drawn carriage moves through the crowd, carrying Jewish Rabbis, and elders and escorted by walking policemen and followed by men carrying banners in Yiddish. The procession and crowd goes toward a wedding pavillion set up in courtyard of the Synagogue. Policemen work to control the crowd. Rabbi Chaim Elazar speaks to the crowd, in Yiddish, exhorting Jews in America to keep the Sabbath. The crowd mills around as several persons make their way through the gates of the courtyard, being protected by police.The wedding party proceeds through Synagogue grounds to the wedding canopy, where Cantor Mordekhai Salomon sings and a Klezmer band plays. Reportedly, over 20,000 guests attended the wedding from all over Europe and the U.S.
Jewish school children, in Munkacs, Hungary, sing the song: Hatikvah (The Hope)
Jewish children at a Hebrew school in Munkacs, Hungary. The children are assembled in courtyard of the school, arranged by age, with youngest in the front. A man conducts them in the singing of Hatikvah, (The Hope), a song considered a Zionist National Anthem.
Jewish school children reciting lessons outside a Hebrew school in Munkacs, Hungary
Jewish children at a Hebrew school in Munkacs, Hungary. School children reciting their lessons in unison, outside the school. Rabbis and school staff leaving the school. Children standing by a table filled with books. A Rabbi and instructor stand behind the table. A woman brings two books and discusses them with the instructor. A commercial sign announcing Weavers of cloth and towels. The sign is is four languages: Czech; Hungarian; German; and Yiddish. In backyard of house, a family of weavers is busy making towels and cloths. The father keeps the various threads separated and weaves, while a woman operates a wheel by foot and a boy operates a wheel by hand. Another woman and a child watch.
Young Jewish men and women dance the Hora, in circles, holding hands and singing
Young Jewish men and women dance the Hora, in Munkacs, Hungary. They form two circles, one within the other, alternating men and women. The men hold hands with one another, behind their backs, and the women do likewise with other women. They sing in unison, verses ending in la la la, and dance in counterclockwise direction, using grapevine steps.
A parade to commemorate the founding of the Czechoslovakian Republic in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
15th Anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakian Republic. President Tomas Garrigue Masayrk on a horse back along with minister of war and other officers lead a parade in Prague on the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovakian Republic. Soldiers march at the parade. New armored cars displayed for the first time. Soldiers loaded in carriages move past a large crowd during the parade.
Newsreel "Giant dam project ends near completion in drive to end floods"
A dam for power project nearing completion in Frain in Czechoslovakia. Construction crew seen working. Materials and equipment for construction. The power project includes formation of an artificial lake for the production of electricity and irrigation.
