ID

FBW000149      Short documentary with fiction

Country / Year

Israel / USA, 1950

Original Title

The Tent / Ha'Ohel / Dos Getselt

Other Title(s)

Report on Israel

Directed by

[?]

Produced by

[?]; for United Jewish Appeal (UJA), New York, NY

Length

100,3 m / 9'08''

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Remarks

1. In zwei (engl./jidd.) Versionen produziert.

Abstract

Fundraiser. Immigration situation in Israel as examlified by the tent city of Pardes Hanna. A film that focuses almost exclusively on the harshness of life in Israel's transit camps. A doctor is faced with the anger of a father whose daughter's life he has been unable to save.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; Aliya; Transit camps; Immigration; Survivors of the Holocaust; Israel; Yiddish cinema; Pardes Hanna; Zeltstadt

Holdings

- Jewish Agency Film Archive, Jerusalem
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 100,3 m / 9'08''; 16mm

Bibliography

- N.N.: Catalogue of Audio-Visual Materials. New York, NY: Jewish Center Lecture Bureau, National Jewish Welfare Board, 1949
- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Filmography. Catalogue of Jewish Films in Israel. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1972
- Fox, Stuart: Jewish Films in the United States. New York, NY: K.G. Hall, 1976
- Hoberman, J.: Bridge of Light. Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds. New York, NY: Schocken, 1991

Contents (detailed)

Shotlist:
- Tel Aviv, seashore, bathers
- Ship carrying DPs from Europe coming to Israel
- Waving
- Ambulance and nurses on dock
- People disembark
- Reunions
- Beit Lid Ma'abara tents
- Man in bed
- Baby in hammock
- Children
- Int: Tent, doctor examines girl and finds her dead
- Father sits, then attacks doctor
- Dialogue between doctor and father about conditions in tent camp and treatment of immigrants
- They leave
- Ext: Tents
- City
- Park
- Agriculture
- Construction
- Industry
- Teacher
- Children
- CUs: Hora
- Flag
- ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem