Dewenter Europe 1933: Part 3

This 1933 silent home movie, Dewenter Home Movies: Europe 1933 3, shot in black-and-white 16mm by Henry John Dewenter and Elizabeth Auer Dewenter, documents their European trip. Funded by oil wealth from their La Verne, California ranch—now a National Register site—the couple, who immigrated from Germany and Austria in 1907 and wed in 1914, likely captured castles, villages, and bustling markets. With sons Henry Adolf and Paul back home, this pre-war reel offers a personal window into 1930s Europe, blending nostalgia with the era’s looming shadows.