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MANDELBERG/ELRAUCH SEDER 3 1/2 minutes
8mm (reduction from 16mm original)
1935, New York City
Shown at Home Movie Day: Boston Source: Jordan Berson Introductory Essay by Jordan Berson Music by Donald Sosin  Synopsis:
This film of an orthodox Passover Seder was shot in
Historical Background:
Beatrice Mandleberg and her father David Mandleberg are depicted in this film made by Beatrice’s uncle Bob Elrauch, who was in his early teens at the time. Beatrice’s grandson Jordan Berson writes that “I distinctly remember my grandmother telling me she was surprised the elders allowed Bob to film during the Seder, since being orthodox they probably thought this holiday was ‘serious business’.”
According to Elrauch’s daughter, “as the youngest, he was given special treatment in the family and allowed to do many things which the others did not do. Bob was very creative and had a life-long passion for photography. He took many home movies, including pictures of people working on the streets and standing in breadlines during the Depression.” The film was originally shot on 16mm and then copied to 8mm in the 1950's.
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