Creation of modern Israeli state
Overview
- Description
- Notes taken from NCJF documentation: A day in the life of a Histadrut worker, people taking care of different aspects of life on a farm. View of fields, new buildings going up, young man working in the fields, woman feeding chickens, more people in the field, people from different countries "a new society rooted in the old soil of Palestine", view of unidentified city. Purim festival in Tel Aviv, parade, floats, dancing in the streets. Guns, tanks, explosions. Symbolic march to Masada, view from the top of the mountain, traditional song and dance. Ben Gurion at meeting (no sync sound). People volunteering for battle (no conscription in Palestine at the time).
- Film Title
-
Histadrut: Builder of a Nation
- Duration
- 00:22:42
- Locale
-
Palestine
Tel Aviv, Palestine
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
- Contributor
-
Director:
Paul V. Falkenberg
Writer: Paul V. Falkenberg
Producer: National Labor Committee for Palestine
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 16:00:16:00 to 16:22:58:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2315 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2315 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2315 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2315 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- Conditions on Use
- This film can be licensed from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives (archives@jdc.org).
- Copyright Holder
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this video collection from the National Center for Jewish Film for general reference in July 2000.
- Note
- Additional Film Credits:
Narrator: Harold Gordon
Special Consultant: Dr. Sam Kurland
Music: Max Goberman
Original Score: Karol Rathaus
Written by: Paul Falkenberg - Copied From
- 16mm, b/w, sound
- Film Source
- National Center for Jewish Film
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2706
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:53:39
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1002082
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