ID |
FBW000062 Documentary with fiction |
Country / Year |
USA, 1956 |
Original Title |
Wherever the Migrant |
Directed by |
Martin A. Bursten |
Produced by |
HIAS (Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society), New York, NY |
Staff |
Producer: Edna Gamble, Bud Gamble;
Script: Martin A. Bursten, Virginia Momond;
Camera: Bud Gamble, Martin A. Bursten;
Music: Harry Glass;
Narration: Jerry Roberts, Joseph Schildkraut |
Cast |
Stephen Hart;
Nancy Quint;
Robert Janney;
Michael Weiss;
Josephine Badal |
Length |
219,5 m / 20' |
Format |
16mm/farbe/1:1,37 |
Abstract |
Fundraiser. Solving the problem of homelessness of a refugee family in Europe by United HIAS (Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society) Service. |
Subject Terms |
1940-1949;
1950-1959;
Immigration;
Haifa;
HIAS;
Survivors of the Holocaust;
Israel;
Jewish displaced persons;
USA |
Holdings |
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 23'; 16mm
- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA: 219,5 m / 20'; 16mm |
Bibliography |
- N.N.: , The Jewish Audio-Visual Review New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1962
- N.N.: , The Jewish Audio-Visual Review New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1967
- Fox, Stuart: Jewish Films in the United States. New York, NY: K.G. Hall, 1976 |
Contents (detailed) |
Shotlist
- 000 Title, credits
- 036 Introducing a family - a man, wife and their child - refugees who are ordered by the European authorities to emigrate
- 074 Series of people saying no
- 077 The couple Abrahams living with another family in same room. Jacob the husband writes letter to whoever he remembers. They cannot get jobs and the landlord comes to warn them if rent is not paid they will have to leave
- 131 The families go to bed. Pictures of man superimposed on the door: Refugee lines and celebrations after the war
- 167 The families sleep: Narrator introduces HIAS
- 186 The two families go to the HIAS branch and speak to the representative
- 240 Introducing HIAS service in USA. New York. HIAS in Israel, street shots. North Africa, street shots. Latin America. Europe. The families in HIAS office
- 320 Board meeting in New York of the HIAS central committee
- 347 Jacob's uncle is located in the USA by HIAS and told to call the Jewish family service
- 371 The other family is accepted by Brazil, the two families are shown on the various stages of arrangements to emigrate, their arrival in their new countries, appealing to public for support
- 735 End
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem |