Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematographie des Holocaust


Will to Live. R: [?] [US, 1947]

ID

FBW001712      Kurz-Dokumentarfilm

Land / Jahr

USA, 1947

Originaltitel

The Will to Live

Regie

[?]

Produktion

RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum) Pathe, Inc., New York, NY; für United Jewish Appeal (UJA), New York, NY

Prod. / Stab

Drehbuch: David Epstein; Musik: Herman Fuchs; Sprecher: Paul Muni

Auftritt

Chaim Weizmann (WZO, President); Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (UJA, Chairman); Eleonor Roosevelt (First Lady); Edward M.M. Warburg (JDC, Chairman)

Länge

229,5 / 20'55''

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Synopsis

Jüdische Flüchtlinge nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Hilfsmaßnahmen, Einwanderung nach den USA und dem Britischen Mandatsgebiet von Palästina.

Schlagworte

1940-1949; American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; DP-Lager; Freiheitsstatue; Gordon (Schiff); Haifa; Holocaust-Überlebender; Jüdische displaced person; Kibbuz; New York, NY; Palästina; Polen; Technion; Tel Aviv; United Jewish Appeal

Inhalt (detailliert)

Shotlist:
- Children run and play
- Passengers arrive at port of New York
- AV: Haifa, immigrants arrive by ship
- Flag unfurled
- Holocaust survivors getting medical treatment in Europe
- Men run to Red Cross truck
- Reunions
- Trucks and bus bring refugees from camps
- Bombed buildings in Europe
- Bread
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) relief trucks and supplies, clothing
- Medical examinations
- Haircuts
- Home for orphaned children
- Workshop (joinery course)
- Prayer in synagogue
- "Gordon" (ship) and nets in Adriatic
- Agricultural training
- Portrait of Herzl
- Map of Israel
- Ship arriving
- Tent camp
- Clothing warehouse
- Kitchen
- Refugees leaving DP camp
- Boats
- Folding nets
- Farming
- Chaim Weizmann in laboratory
- Classroom
- Haifa, Technion
- Tel Aviv street scenes and construction
- Dam
- Smokestacks
- Forge
- Textile industry
- Kibbutz work assignment board
- Tractor plowing
- Planting
- Girl holds up eggplant
- Boat arrives in New York
- People wait and wave
- Refugees arrive
- Reunions
- Henry Morgenthau, Jr, United Jewish Appeal (UJA, Chairman) speaks
- Meal
- Shelter
- Clubhouse
- Counseling
- Training for refugees in America
- Citizenship class in America
- Train
- Children eating
- Statue of Liberty
- UJA meeting, lady speaks
- Girl cries
- Children left in Europe
- UN and Western capitals
- Homeless refugees sleeping
- Walking to Czech border
- In line near JDC truck
- Children dance
- DP camps in US zone
- Eleanor Roosevelt visit camp
- Sign "We will go home to Palestine"
- Edward Warburg (JDC, Chairman) speaks
- Refugees and possessions
- Warburg speaks
- Arriving at port
- CUs: Crowds
- ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem

Vor- / Nachspann

- 1. The / United Jewish Appeal / FOR REFUGEES OVERSEAS NEEDS / AND PALESTINE
- 2. On behalf of / JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE / UNITED PALESTINE APPEAL / UNITED SERVICE FOR NEW AMERICANS / Presents
- 3. THE WILL / TO LIVE
- 4. NARRATED / by / PAUL MUNI
- 5. Produced by / R.K.O. PATHE / Written by / DAVID EPSTEIN / Musical Supervision / HERMAN FUCHS
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- 1. THE END / But For You, They Stand Alone
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem