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Overseas visits of UJA Women's Commission

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.621.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2626 | Film ID: 2320

Overview

Description: Featuring Barry Sullivan and Myrtle Kemp. Film intends to tell the story of the work of the UJA through the experiences of American women who went abroad as UJA representatives.

Notes taken from NCJF documentation: Barry and Myrtle meet on the studio lot, go to the projection room to view footage and talk. CU, 6 women in Myrtle's group that went abroad representing the Women's Commission of the UJA. Eiffel Tower, scenes at orphanage, eating, drinking, playing. North Africa, clinic in the Mellah. Trachoma and ringworm treatments, school, hot meal in soup kitchen, kindergarten in Casablanca, children eating, dancing. Tel Aviv street scenes, baby carriage, bench, children playing, exercising in school yard. CU, smiling children. Agricultural coop, immigrant camp tents, settlement riddled with bullet holes, monument to 147 who died in war, housing in Beersheba, planting Eucalyptus. Malben old age home, drought in Negev, ladies group with David Ben Gurion, grave of Weizmann, women board plane to return to US.
Film Title: Journey to Tomorrow
Duration: 00:12:35
Locale: United States
France
Casablanca, Morocco
Israel
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Contributor: Producer: UJA
Producer: JDC
Producer: United Service for New Americans

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Propaganda.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Mixed
Time Code: 01:06:40:00 to 01:19:15:12
Film Format: Master
Master 2320 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2320 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2320 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2320 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

Keyword: AFRICA BEN-GURION, DAVID CHILDREN CHILDREN (JEWISH) DANCING EATING FARMERS/FARMING FRANCE GRAVES ISRAEL MEMORIALS PEASANTS SCHOOLS SPORTS/GAMES STATUES WOMEN

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.
Film Source: National Center for Jewish Film
File Number: Legacy Database File: 2723
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:54:46
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