Bender2018-06-276 min · 3 stretchesYiddish 24% Russian 76%
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Summary
Short camera-track file from Bender, 27 June 2018, indexed as the daughter Golyanovska. It consists mostly of setting up and chatting before and around an interview: talk in Russian about the camera's memory and batteries, a relative in Brooklyn, and a cigarette break. There is a brief, thin passage in which an elderly speaker answers in Yiddish, but little narrative content can be made out.
Stretches
00:00–01:10
Setup talk in Russian before the interview: Kerler and S2 discuss the camera's memory capacity and batteries. S2 mentions a sister living in Brooklyn, and Kerler says he has visited there a few times. S2 arranges the seating and fetches a stool.
Informal· Brooklyn
01:10–04:17
Kerler asks for a short break for a smoke. The elderly informant then speaks in Yiddish in fragments, with a repeated phrase about counting. The speech is largely unclear and no topic can be pinned down.
04:17–06:12
Mostly in Russian, with greetings and a mention of the eldest son. S2 asks whether someone started first grade here and who the teacher was. Kerler and S2 then exchange remarks about smoking, and S2 offers further help.