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Family Movies

You may be surprised to learn that William J. Dumes started filming the Dumes family in the 1930s, and every branch of the family is represented in his collection. His films make the basis of what is presented here.

The first movies in the 1930s were in 8mm black and white, but he sometimes splurged on the color film, which must have cost a fortune. But the images are very pretty. Sometime in the early 50s he went to 16mm, and some of the clips are excellent. The quality of the movies vary, but they are a wonderful record of the Sadie Silk Dumes family in America.

For me, this is the culmination of an assignment given to me by my Dad over 50 years ago to find a way to best distribute these movies, which he considered to be treasured items to the family.

Click on the images below to watch the movies. These are all now, or soon will be, newly remastered in HD, 1280x720.

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Meet the ancestors: Sarah, Louis, Rebecca, Fannie, Anna, William (1937)

This is quite a movie! Every branch of the Dumes family is represented. I don't think Arthur Dumes is in the film, but there are two men I can't identify. I think one might be Max Fishman, but I'm not sure who the other might be. I was told that Abe Schultz rarely attended family events because he was always working. Arthur's daughters are here, though I don't see his son Bill I.

This clip is really an astonishing bit of family history. Enjoy!

This clip is 6m8s long.

People seen in movie:
Blanche Schultz Katz
Stanley Dumes
Freda Fialco Dumes
Anna Dumes Schultz
Dora Lieberman Lasky
Hy Dumes
Bill Dumes
Becky Dumes Lieberman
Norma Dumes Bear
Rebecca Stein Dumes
Heiman Lieberman
Libby Dumes Gluck
Fannie Dumes Fishman
Sarah Dumes Kaplan
Ben Karp
Benjamin Lieberman
Sol Karp
Nathan Lieberman
Harry Lieberman
Abraham Lieberman
Jacob Kaplan
Mildred Dumes Dansker
Jeannette Dumes Karp
Louis Dumes
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Ben, Jeannette and family (1944)

The Ben and Jeannette Dumes Karp Family.

This clip is 4m 1s long.

People seen in movie:
Karen Karp Finkelstein
Ben Karp
Jeannette Dumes Karp
Sol Karp
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Jewish Picnic (1944)

Another Jewish picnic, from the early 40's, I think. I'm guessing '44 which makes the baby Beverly if I'm right.

People seen in movie:
Mildred Dumes Dansker
Jeannette Dumes Karp
Freda Fialco Dumes
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A treasured photo brought to life! (1947)

This clip brings to life a Louis Dumes family picture taken in 1947 by allowing us to see the picture being taken.

This clip is 3m 8s long.

People seen in movie:
Sam Zoll
Karen Karp Finkelstein
Mike Dumes
Hy Dumes
Irene Melcher Dumes
Cyril-Ann Zoll Rosenberg
Sol Dumes
Rebecca Stein Dumes
Lillian Dumes Zoll
Ben Karp
Denise Dumes Conrad
Sol Karp
Jeannette Dumes Karp
Evelyn Swimmer Dumes
William Dumes
Louis Dumes
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Families of William S. Dumes, Sol Dumes and Jeannette Dumes Karp. (1950)

The families of Bill Dumes of Evansville, brother Sol Dumes and sister Jeannette Dumes Karp gather. Mildred and Dave Dansker make an appearance.

This clip is 3m30s long.

People seen in movie:
Ben Karp
Mike Dumes
Freda Fialco Dumes
Mildred Dumes Dansker
Jeannette Dumes Karp
David Dansker
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The wedding of Stanley Dumes and Phyllis Abels with commentary audio. (1950)

The wedding of Stanley Dumes and Phyllis Abels with commentary audio by my mother Phyllis that I recorded while we watched the movie together. They were married in Terre Haute in a very fancy wedding with hundreds of guests.

The wedding movie is 20m 6s long.

People seen in movie:
Stanley Dumes
Freda Fialco Dumes
Dora Lieberman Lasky
Hy Dumes
Irene Melcher Dumes
Bill Dumes
Pauline Hamburg Lieberman
Sol Dumes
Leonard Lasky
Nathan Lieberman
Mildred Dumes Dansker
Jeannette Dumes Karp
Evelyn Swimmer Dumes
William Dumes
Louis Dumes
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Jewish Picnic (1951)

Another Jewish picnic. I'm guessing this is 1951.

People seen in movie:
Mildred Dumes Dansker
Karen Karp Finkelstein
Ben Karp
Jeannette Dumes Karp
Freda Fialco Dumes
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Louis Dumes Birthday Party (1955)

This is either 1955 or '56, and the event is Louis Dumes' birthday. It's a wonderful clip with some really beautiful images of so many relatives!

This clip is 4m 34s long.

People seen in movie:
Sam Zoll
Karen Karp Finkelstein
Mike Dumes
Cyril-Ann Zoll Rosenberg
Sol Dumes
Lillian Dumes Zoll
Sol Karp
Denise Dumes Conrad
Jeannette Dumes Karp
Evelyn Swimmer Dumes
William Dumes
Louis Dumes
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Cousin meet in Jeannette's yard (1960)

I'm guessing (like many of these) at the year, but I think the location is Jeannette and Ben Karp's backyard in Vincennes.

This clip is 2m 52s long.

People seen in movie:
Karen Karp Finkelstein
Ben Karp
Freda Fialco Dumes
Denise Dumes Conrad
Jeannette Dumes Karp
Evelyn Swimmer Dumes
Sol Dumes
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Alan Dansker's Bar Mitzvah (1965)

Though it would have been really cool, The Byrds did not play at Alan Dansker's Bar Mitzvah party, despite the misleading soundtrack. However, they did have a big hit with "Bells of Rhymney" in that year.

This clip is 3m 28s long.

People seen in movie:
Sam Zoll
Blanche Schultz Katz
Stanley Dumes
Freda Fialco Dumes
Hy Dumes
Irene Melcher Dumes
Bill Dumes
Sandra Dumes Simmons
Cyril-Ann Zoll Rosenberg
David Dansker
Jeri Abels Solar
Lillian Dumes Zoll
Al Katz
Mildred Dumes Dansker
Jeannette Dumes Karp
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Passover with William J. Dumes (1969)

Passover at the home of William J. Dumes. This is pretty poor quality, unfortunately. I have very strong memories of that dining room.

This clip is 3m 6s long.

People seen in movie:
Stanley Dumes
Freda Fialco Dumes
Bill Dumes
Jeannette Dumes Karp
Sandra Dumes Simmons
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Jeannette Karp's 75th birthday (1988)

This is a video of Jeannette Dumes Karp's 75th birthday party.

This video is 1h 19 min long.

People seen in movie:
Jeannette Dumes Karp

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