Home movies from Freud Archives, "Home 1939" - Sigmund Freud

Summary
The film was made in May 1939 on a day celebrating what would be Freud's last birthday. The largely color film shows preparations before the party, including Paula Fichtl tying decorative collars and messages around the necks of the chow Lu¨n and Pekinese Jumbo. A table is prepared to hold gifts and mementos. Other scenes take place during the party. Family members and guests mingle and converse, among them Anna Freud, Martha Freud, Minna Bernays, Ernst L. Freud and his wife Lucie, Martin Freud, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Dorothy T. Burlingham, Paula Fichtl, and a variety of grandchildren.
Contributor Names
Bonaparte, Marie, Princess, 1882-1962, camera.
Created / Published
[1939]
Subject Headings
Freud, Sigmund,--1856-1939--Family
Freud, Sigmund,--1856-1939--Friends and associates
Fichtl, Paula,--1902-1989
Freud, Anna,--1895-1982
Freud, Martha,--1861-1951
Bernays, Minna
Freud, Ernst L.,--1892-1970
Freud, Lucie,--1896-1989
Freud, Martin
Bonaparte, Marie,--Princess,--1882-1962
Burlingham, Dorothy T
Birthday parties--Austria
Pekingese dog
Chow chow (Dog breed)
Genre
Amateur films
Silent films
Short films
Nonfiction films
Notes
Appearing: Sigmund Freud, Paula Fichtl, Anna Freud, Martha Freud, Minna Bernays, Ernst L. Freud and his wife Lucie, Martin Freud, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Dorothy T. Burlingham.
Filmed in 1939 in Vienna, Austria.
Summary, dates, locations and participants from Margaret McAleer, Senior Archives Specialist, LC Manuscript Division.
Medium
1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 5 min.) : si., b&w & color.
Source Collection
Sigmund Freud Archives Collection (Library of Congress)
Library of Congress Control Number
2018601155
Online Format
video
image
Description
The film was made in May 1939 on a day celebrating what would be Freud's last birthday. The largely color film shows preparations before the party, including Paula Fichtl tying decorative collars and messages around the necks of the chow Lu¨n and Pekinese Jumbo. A table is prepared to hold gifts and mementos. Other scenes take place during the party. Family members and guests mingle and converse, among them Anna Freud, Martha Freud, Minna Bernays, Ernst L. Freud and his wife Lucie, Martin Freud, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Dorothy T. Burlingham, Paula Fichtl, and a variety of grandchildren.