If you’re following our adventures here, you might think nothing’s been happening. But the fact is, there’s been SO much happening lately, we haven’t had time to do a proper update!
Here it is, all three minutes and thirty seconds of it, courtesy of the U.S. National Archives and Matthew Rozell:
Several people have now recognized themselves or others in this footage. Including Israel’s Poet Laureate Yaakov Barzilai — in a flood of conflicting emotions, tears flowing, he watched the footage — and recognized himself, his mother, and his sister! Imagine being confronted with such an image seventy-eight years after the fact.
Matt Rozell has colorized some screenshots from the film and given more details about this amazing find. See it all on his world-famous blog: teachinghistorymatters.com …