Jeanne and Frits Kan as bride and groom

Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Robert Kan and his family escaped the Nazis on May 13, 1940 and emigrated to Queens, New York via the Dutch East Indies. He received a BA in Economics from Hofstra Univeristy and worked for thirty years for the US government at the Department of Commerce, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, and the American Embassy in Tokyo. After retiring from the government, he became a Certified Financial Planner. He was a lifelong Boy Scout and accomplished philatelist. He was married for 58 years to Francisca Verdoner Kan and had three daughters, Jeanette, Susan, and Eleanor. Dutch intertitles. Home movie of two unknown children reenacting the courtship and wedding of Dutch Jews Frits Kan and Jeanne Bloch. The first section of the film introduces various children with a title and then a shot of that child. "Mei 4, 1924" Boy identified as Frits and a little girl, Jeanne, leaving a car and embarking onto a boat. The two children give each other hugs and kisses. 01:02:34 Frits waves a handkerchief from the rear of the boat and Jeanne from the dock. Boat departs from the dock as Frits continues to wave. 01:05:02 In Singapore Frits on a wagon being pulled by two men. Frits riding a pony. Jeanne writes a letter. The camera cuts to Frits eating a banana. Jeanne eats a piece of cake. 01:07:34 Frits enters the house. 01:07:49 Jeanne waves through a window. Children are dressed up and pretending get married. 01:09:58 Introduction of the council of ministers followed by Frits and Jeanne's sisters and their parents. 01:12:35 Dressed in wedding attire, the actual, adult Frits and Jeanne stand before the camera on their wedding day in the Netherlands in 1925. Their departure follows, guests, arrival at city hall, and their first kiss.