Brief video (1:58 minutes; in color) from the wedding day of R. Shalom Dov Ber (Barry) Gurary, with Mrs. Sara Mina Haskind – Sunday 10th Sivan 1953 (The bride and groom are not seen in the video).
The video shows the guests, men and women in festive attire, gathering at the entrance of the hotel in Manhattan where the wedding took place. Seen on the video are the fathers of the groom and bride – R. Shemaryahu Gurary (the Rashag) and R. Alter Dov Ber (Berel) Haskind; and several prominent Chabad Chassidim in the United States – R. Yisrael Jacobson (president of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in the U.S.), R. Shlomo Aharon Kazarnovsky (president of the executive committee of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in the U.S.), Sam Kramer (member of Agudas Chassidei Chabad and Chabad activist in the U.S.), Mr. Philip M. Kleinfeld (Justice in the New York Supreme Court and New York State Senator. Member of the executive committee of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in the U.S., he assisted the Rayatz in attaining American citizenship), and other public figures (many of the guests seen in the video have not been identified).
Original film reel (CD and memory card with digital file of the video enclosed). Good condition.
