ID

FBW001633      Dokumentarfilm

Land / Jahr

USA, 1965

Originaltitel

Let My People Go

Regie

Marshall Flaum

Produktion

Wolper Productions, Inc.

Prod. / Stab

Produzent: David L. Wolper, Marshall Flaum; Produktionsleitung: Conrad Holzgang; Produktionsassistenz: Janet Voelker; Produktionsleitung, div.: Harvey Bernhard (Business Administrator); Drehbuch: David L. Wolper; Schnitt: Nicholas Clapp; Tonschnitt: Morton Tubor (Sound Effects Editor); Musikschnitt: Jack Tillar; Schnittassistenz: Georg T. Fredrick; Ton-Überwachung: Jerry OwYoung; Ton-Aufnahme: James OwYoung, Don Lusby, Jr.; Musik: Mark Lavry; Dirigent: Mark Lavry; Sprecher: Richard Basehart; Beratung: Bert Gold; Historische Beratung: Ralph J. Kaplan; Recherche: Martin Cohan (Research), Jack Goelman (Film Research)

Auftritt

Theodor Herzl; Edmund Allenby (British officer); Arthur James Balfour (Lord, Foreign Minister, GB); Chaim Weizmann (WZO, President); Abdallah Ibn Hussein (Emir/King of Transjordan); Feisal (King of Saudi Arabia); Haji Amin Al Husayni (Grand Mufti, Jerusalem); Stephen Samuel Wise (Rabbi, American Jewish Congress, President); Neville Chamberlain (Prime Minister, GB); Dwight D. Eisenhower (General, supreme commander, allied expeditionary forces); Ernest Bevin (Foreign Minister, GB); David Ben Gurion (Jewish Agency); Herbert Evatt (Foreign Minister, Australia); [Herr] Cunningham (High Commissioner)

Länge

583,38 m / 53'11''

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Anmerkungen

1. Der Film ist u.a. kompiliert aus: "Memorandum on A Victory" (1948 IL/US / Sascha Alexander); "A Free People" / "Am Chofshi" (1957 IL / Michael Elkins); "Edge of Danger" (1955 IL / Michael Elkins); "Look Homeward Wanderers" (1947 US/PA / ?); "Homecoming" 1949 (1949 IL/US / ?); "Transition" (1954 US / Michael Elkins); "Israel in Action" / "Yisrael Bama'Aracha" \\ "Yoman Yisrael" [No. 2] (1948 IL/US / ?); "Israel Reborn" \\ "Yoman Yisrael" [No. 1] (1948 IL/US / ?); "The Illegals" / "Lo Tafhidenu" (1947-1948 US/IL [PA] / Meyer Levin).

Weitere Angaben

- Tonsystem: TV Recorders
Opticals and Titels: Modern Film Effect

Synopsis

Ein Überblick über die Geschichte des Zionismus: Herzls Vision von der Gründung eines jüdischen Staates. Die Rückkehr nach Palästina. Allenby trifft in Jerusalem ein. Tel Aviv, 1933. Der Vormarsch der Nazis in Europa und die Einwanderung in britischen Mandatsgebiet Palästina. Arabische Unruhen unter dem britischen Mandat. Die illegale Einwanderung. Detention Camps auf Zypern. Das Warschauer Ghetto. Die Sonderkommission der Vereinten Nationen (UNSCOP) 1947. Der Teilungsplan der UNO 1947. Das Ende des britischen Mandats. Unabhängigkeitserklärung und Unabhängigkeitskrieg 1948.

Schlagworte

1910-1919; 1930-1939; 1940-1949; Auschwitz (KZ); Bricha; Britische Armee; Britische Mandatsregierung; DP-Lager; Einwanderung; Erster Weltkrieg; Exodus 47 (Schiff); Flüchtlingsschiff; Haganah; Illegale Einwanderung; Internierungslager; Jerusalem; Jüdische displaced person; Palästina; Tel Aviv; United Nations Special Committee on Palestine; Warschau (Ghetto); Zionismus; Zypern

Kopien

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 583,38 m / 53'11''; 16mm
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 16mm
- Prelinger Archives, New York, NY: 53'; 16mm
- Cinématheque Municipal, Luxembourg; 16mm

Literatur

- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Filmography. Catalogue of Jewish Films in Israel. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1972
- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Catalogue of Films. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1976

Inhalt (detailliert)

Shotlist (- ft)
Reel 1:
- 000 The struggle for the Jewish State is won. Refugees dancing hora on immigrant ship
- 015 CU: Hagana Ship "Exodus 1947"
- 019 Illegal immigrants deported to Cyprus
- 035 Refugees trekking on foot through Europe
- 045 Titles Over
- 068 GVs: Hills in Israel
- 073 Religious Jews lighting candles in David's tomb
- 095 Pictures of Roman conquest and persecution of Jews in exile
- 127 Stills of Russian pogrom
- 143 CU: Theodor Herzl
- 150 GV: Zionist Congress, Basle 1897
- 154 Herzl
- 159 Pioneer settlers outside their tents
- 164 Arabs on horseback
- 167 Plowing soil
- 175 Soldiers in WWI. British Expeditionary Force preparing to march into Jerusalem
- 178 Crowds in Jerusalem, 1917
- 181 Edmund Allenby (British officer) enters
- 185 Crowds watch troops parade through streets
- 190 Allenb cheered by crowds
- 202 Lord Arthur James Balfour (Foreign Minister, GB) arrives with Chaim Weizmann (WZO, President)
- 208 Hasidim dancing to celebrate British mandate
- 220 Pioneers breaking ground for new settlement
- 232 Scything in fields
- 243 Arab crowds greet Abdullah (Emir/King of Transjordan)
- 259 Arabs preparing to fight
- 265 Settlements raided by Arabs
- 285 "Shir Haemek" sung in Givat Brenner's dining room
- 320 GV: Settlement
- 327 Camel caravan
- 331 Tel Aviv street scenes 1933
- 348 Shofar sounding Sabbath
- 351 Shops closing
- 358 Jews praying
- 363 Religious Jews on way to Western Wall
- 367 Praying at Wall
- 381 Nazis and anti-Semitic posters in Germany
- 391 CU: Hitler addressing applauding crowds
- 401 Jews beaten up in streets
- 407 German refugees leaving for Palestine
- 425 Arab crowds incited by Haji Amin Al Husayni (Grand Mufti, Jerusalem) against Jews
- 442 Jewish funerals after Arab terrorist attacks
- 458 Truckloads of pioneers arriving
- 471 Settlement put up in a day
- 491 Refugees with Hagana members marching behind them
- 503 Weizmann arriving at London Conference, February 1939
- 510 CU: Stephen Sanul Wise (Rabbi, American Jewish Congress, President)
- 512 Arab delegation, including Feisal (King of Saudi Arabia)
- 516 GV: Outside conference building
- 518 Neville Chamberlain (Prime Minister, GB) leaving 10 Downing St.
- 521 Jews in Palestine riot against White Paper
- 533 CU: British soldiers guarding coast
- 538 Illegal ship loaded with immigrants
- 555 Ship docking while British soldiers stand by
- 559 Immigrants struggling against deportation
- 580 Ship leaving port
- 622 Scenes of Jews in Warsaw Ghetto 1940
- 669 Children searched for smuggled food by German police
- 685 Ghetto scenes
- 737 Dead bodies loaded on to carts and taken away
- 780 Burial in mass grave
- 802 Hitler learns of destruction of Warsaw Ghetto, 1943
- 813 Jews being rounded up for death camps
- 853 AVs: Concentration camp
- 861 Women in camp
- 874 GV: Auschwitz
- 874 Men in camp barracks
- 902 Crowds on way to gas chambers
- 902 Palestinian Jews enlisting in Jewish Brigade, 1944
- 918 Jewish Brigade in action in Italy, 1945
- 936 General Dwght Eisenhower (General, supreme commander, allied expeditionary forces) inspecting death camps after liberation
- 951 German civilians ordered to view atrocities
- 979 German citizens burying remaining dead by order
- 987 Survivors emerging from camps
- 1009 END
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Reel 2:
- 000 GVs: Displaced persons camps in Europe, 1945
- 007 Refugees boarding train for Palestine
- 017 Arab leaders arriving in London
- 028 Ernest Bevin (Foreign Minister, GB) arriving at meeting
- 042 Jews demonstrating in Germany against British policy
- 051 David Ben Gurion (Jewish Agency) urging action
- 065 Hagana organizing illegal immigration
- 071 Refugees setting off across Europe on foot and in trucks
- 180 Embarkation in Italy and sailing for Palestine
- 211 British plane flying overhead
- 215 British destroyer approaching
- 242 Tow line tossed by British
- 247 Destroyer draws alongside and British board ship to tow it to Palestine
- 265 Troops deport immigrants to Cyprus on arrival
- 314 GV: Cyprus detention camp
- 345 Smuggled arms arriving on beach
- 366 Jewish terrorist bombings
- 372 Troublemakers rounded up and arrested
- 378 More terrorist explosions
- 389 Wounded carried away after King David Hotel explosion
- 399 UNSCOP arriving, June 1947
- 417 GVs: Land under cultivation
- 438 Pioneers setting up barbed wire fence
- 445 Crowds await United Nations decision on partition, 1947
- 462 Herbert Evatt (Foreign Minister, Australia) reading out votes
- 475 People listening to voting on radio in Palestine
- 484 Crowds rejoice at adoption of resolution
- 524 Dancing in Cyprus camps
- 537 Arabs shooting
- 542 Hagana fighting in Jerusalem
- 562 Jews defending settlement against Arab attack
- 597 British flag being lowered
- 601 British troops pulling out
- 615 ? Cunningham (High Commissioner) embarking at Haifa
- 626 Arab troops parade past Abdallah
- 643 Ben Gurion arrives in Tel Aviv
- 652 Ben Gurion declaring independence
- 680 Gates open to immigrants
- 687 Detainees sailing from Cyprus, arriving in Israel and being greeted at quayside
- 793 Burnt out vehicles on road to Jerusalem
- 816 Crowds arriving to plant trees in memory of the six million martyrs
- 857 CREDITS
- 905 END
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem

Vor- / Nachspann

- 1. [fi] / A / FILMS INCORPORATED / PRESENTATION
- 2. Let My People Go
- 3. Narrated by / RICHARD BASEHART
- 4. A / David L. Wolper / Production
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- 1. Written, / Produced and Directed / by / MARSHALL FLAUM
- 2. Narrated by / RICHARD / BASEHART
- 3. Music / Composed and Conducted / by / MARC LAVRY
- 4. Film Editor / NICHOLAS CLAPP
- 5. Historical Consultant / RALPH J. KAPLAN / Research / MARTIN COHAN
- 6. Assistant Film Editor / GEORGE T. FREDERICK / Production Manager / CONRAD HOLZGANG / Film Research / JACK GOELMAN
- 7. Music Editor / JACK TILLAR / Sound Effects Editor / MORTON TUBOR, MPSE / Assistant to the Producer / JANET VOELKER
- 8. Sound Supervisor / JERRY OwYOUNG / Sound Engeneer / JAMES OwYOUNG / DON LUSBY, JR. / Sound Recording / TV RECORDERS
- 9. Business Administrator / HARVEY BERNHARD / Film Supervisor / BERT GOLD / Optical Titels / MODERN FILM EFFECTS / COPYRIGHT: 1965 WOLPER PRODUCTIONS, INC.
- 10. We gratefully ackknowledge / the generous cooperation with / THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL / THE UNITED STATES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS / THE BRITISH IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM / THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ISRAEL / IN LOS ANGELES / THE JEWISH AGENCY
- 11. THE UNITED STATES SIGNAL CORPS / THE WIENER LIBRARY, LONDON / HEBREW UNION COLLEGE, LOS ANGELES / THE CENTRAL ZIONIST ARCHIVES / UNITED JEWISH APPEAL / KEREN HAYESOD / KEREN KAYEMET / MEYER LEVIN
- 12. A / DAVID L. WOLPER / PRODUCTION
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Abschrift lt. Kopie: Cinématheque Municipal, Luxembourg