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On board the Exodus

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2007.333.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4645 | Film ID: 2845

Overview

Description: Video copy of Bill Bernstein's 8mm color home movies aboard the ship Exodus 1947. Exodus 1947 carried 4,500 Jewish survivors of the Holocaust who sought to illegally immigrate into Palestine. Even before the ship reached Palestine's territorial waters, British destroyers surrounded it. Bill Bernstein, the Exodus's second officer and a Jew, was clubbed to death trying to prevent a British soldier from entering the wheelhouse on the ship. The remaining passengers were eventually transferred to DP camps in Germany.

Exodus ship at sea, flag on ship. 01:03:20 MSs, snow on board steamship (probably docked in Baltimore). 01:04:04 CU, Bill Bernstein, showing how deep the snow is. 01:04:46 Bill walks toward camera, various CUs. 01:06:11 Ship at sea. VAR shots of ship deck, flags, and smoke. 01:12:29 Filming sea at night. 01:13:30 Ships at sea, daytime. 01:13:42 back to nighttime filming. 01:15:06 Pan of other ships (possible docked near Haifa or in France). Camera follows Bill on the boat, he smiles, waves, and holds flashlight. Smoke from ship in BG. 01:16:41 CU, US flag. CUs, puppies.
Film Title: Exodus 1947 -- home movies -- Bill Bernstein
Duration: 00:17:11
Date: Event: 1947 July
Locale: Palestine
United States
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University
Contributor: Camera Operator: Bill Bernstein

Physical Details

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Amateur.
B&W / Color: Color
Image Quality: Mixed
Time Code: 01:00:35:00 to 01:17:46:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2845 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - color - NTSC
Master 2845 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - color - NTSC
Master 2845 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - color - NTSC
Master 2845 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - color - 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: National Center for Jewish Film
Conditions on Use: Contact NCJF at pontius@brandeis.edu for permission to reproduce and use this film.
Copyright Holder: National Center for Jewish Film

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: EXODUS (SHIP) HARBORS JEWS PALESTINE SHIPS

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a video copy of Bill Bernstein's home movies from the National Center for Jewish Film in June 2007.
Note: See the documentary "Exodus 1947" by Elizabeth Rodgers and Robby Henson (in the Film and Video Archive Wild Collection) for an extensive account of the Exodus and prominent use of Bill Bernstein's home movies.
Copied From: 8mm color
Film Source: National Center for Jewish Film
File Number: Legacy Database File: 4997
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

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