Pictures from the First Kenessia Gedola inside - addendum to the CC video

Yes, you've seen it already. But why not watch it here again?

So you're wondering who the שוו**ץ who ran up and covered the camera with his two big hands was? Who took from us for all eternity the opportunity to maybe see the חפץ חיים'ס ליכטיגע צורה? We may never know. But he doesn't look the part. We'd expect that from a Chassidishe Chnyok more than a Yekkishe-lloking fellow.

Rare Footage, First Knessia Gedolah, Vienna, August, 1923