ID

FBW000167      Short documentary

Country / Year

USA, 1948

Original Title

The Future Can Be Theirs

Other Title(s)

Zayer LichtigerMorgen komt / Suyo Puede ser el Futuro

Directed by

Paul Victor Falkenberg

Produced by

Educational Documentary Films, New York, NY; in partnership with South African Jewish Appeal / United Jewish Appeal (UJA), New York, NY / United Jewish Relief Agencies of Canada; for American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. (JDC), New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Paul Victor Falkenberg; Script: Marc Siegel; Supervision: Raphael Levy; Editing: Paul Victor Falkenberg; Singing: Larry Adler ("Meine Stedtele Belz", mit Harmonikabegleitung); Narration: Norman Gilmovsky (als: Nehemiah Gilmovsky) (jidd. Version); Consultant: Al Paul Lefton

Statement(s) by

Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (UJA, Honorary Chairman); Herbert Henry Lehman (JDC, Vice-Chairman); Edward M.M. Warburg (JDC, Chairman); Moses A. Leavitt (JDC, Executive Vice-Chairman and Secretary); Harold F. Linder (JDC, Vice-Chairman)

Length

215,5 m / 19'39''

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 25 Mar 1948: Shooting period discussion group
- 03 May 1948: Premiere

Remarks

1. In drei (engl./jidd./span.) Versionen produziert.

Further Remarks

- Musikaufnahmen: Decca Records, American Federation of Musicians
- Studioaufnahmen: Fox Movietone, New York

Abstract

Fundraiser. The JDC's (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) role in the relief, reconstruction and resettlement of European Jewry after 1945. The film is composed of footage showing DP camps, ORT training etc.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; Briha; DP camps; Fundraising; Hachshara; Survivors of the Holocaust; Yiddish cinema; Jewish displaced persons; Organization for Rehabilitation through Training; Sports; United Jewish Appeal

Holdings

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 215,5 m / 19'39'; 16mm; engl. Version
- YIVO Institute, New York, NY; 16mm; jidd. Version
- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA: 177,4 m / 16'10'; 16mm; engl. Version

Materials

- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Brief, Robert M. Jacobs (Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation) an JDC (18.11.1948), Typoscript, 1 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Brief, Elizabeth E. Eppler (Mizrachi Women's) an Philip Skorneck (JDC, New York) (25.06.1948), 1 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY - Typoscript (Mizrachi Women's Organisation, GB and Ireland); Brief, Elizabeth E. Eppler (Mizrachi Women's) an Philip Skorneck (JDC, New York) (25.06.1948), 1 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY - Typoscript; Brief, S. Lewis Gaber (JDC, München) an Jack M. Joslow (JDC, New York) (24.06.1948), 1 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Pressetext, Raphael Levy (15.04.1948), Typoscript, 2 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Brief, Raphael Levy an Moses A. Leavitt (15.04.1948), Typoscript, 1 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Brief, Larry Adler an Raphael Levy (??.04.1948), Typoscript, 1 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Brief, Raphael Levy an Larry Adler (06.04.1948), Typoscript, 1 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Brief, Raphael Levy an Edward M.M. Warburg u.a. (17.03.1948), Typoscript, 1 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY - (auch an: Harold F. Linder, Moses A. Leavitt u. Carolin Flexner für Herbert H. Lehman); Brief, Raphael Levy an Edward M.M. Warburg u.a. (17.03.1948), Typoscript, 1 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Arbeitsplan u. Kalkulation, Paul Falkenberg an Raphael Levy (16.02.1948), Typoscript, 2 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Filmprotokoll, Typoscript, 19 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Filmprotokoll, Typoscript, 16 S.

Bibliography

- M.W.: "Vom K.Z. ins Land der Hoffnung. Zwei Filme über die D.P.s", in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 14, Nr. 24, 11.06.1948
- N.N.: Catalogue of Audio-Visual Materials. New York, NY: Jewish Center Lecture Bureau, National Jewish Welfare Board, 1949
- Fox, Stuart: Jewish Films in the United States. New York, NY: K.G. Hall, 1976
- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Catalogue of Films. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1976
- Loewy, Ronny: "Die Welt neu zusammenfügen. Paul Falkenbergs Filme einer 'Displaced Society'", in: Filmexil (Berlin), Nr. 8, November, 01.11.1996

Contents (detailed)

Shotlist (- ft):
- 000 CREDITS
- 037 GV: Canadian fundraising assembly, CUs: newspaper headlines of Henry Morgenthau's (UJA, General Chairman) reports
- 051 Morgenthau speaking to assembly
- 080 Edward M.M. Warburg (JDC, Chairman ) on phone to Morgenthau
- 087 CU: Herbert H. Lehman (JDC, Vice-Chairman)
- 092 CU: Harold F. Linder (JDC, Vice-Chairman)
- 095 CU: Moses A. Leavitt (JDC, Executive Vice-Chairman)
- 098 Warburg chairing executive meeting
- 171 CU: Concentration camp survivor
- 175 GV: Graves
- 180 CUs: Survivors
- 185 JDC workers organizing and transporting supplies
- 220 DPs awaiting distribution of supplies
- 233 Football match in progress
- 240 Children at beach
- 249 JDC executives discussing situation in Europe at meeting
- 257 GVs: Devastated Warsaw
- 262 Refugees on road, on foot and by truck
- 292 Living conditions in crowded DP camps
- 315 DP children in class with JDC teachers
- 330 JDC-run clinic--children examined
- 344 Patients in JDC Merano Sanatorium, Italy
- 352 Children in JDC home
- 365 JDC meeting discussing alternative solutions for European Jews
- 434 GV: Jerusalem
- 440 DPs en route from camps by train and arriving at new destinations
- 463 CUs: DPs at work in retraining workshops for carpentry and sewing, and factories
- 509 Agricultural training center in Europe
- 529 Boat built and launched
- 555 JDC meeting
- 587 Larry Adler playing harmonica for children in Munich
- 605 Children on picnic
- 627 DP camp communal Seder taking place
- 670 Morgenthau summing up and making appeal
- 707 ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem

Credits

- 1. [A THIRD OF A CENTURY OF AID 1914-1948 / JDC / RELIEF / RECONSTRUCTION / RESETTLEMENT]
- 2. THE / FUTURE CAN / BE THEIRS
- 3. THE STORY OF / EUROPE'S JEWS TODAY / told by / HENRY MORGENTHAU, JR. / HERBERT H. LEHMAN / EDWARD M.M. WARBURG / HAROLD F. LINDER / MOSES A. LEAVITT
- 4. This film has been made / possible by the active / guidance and counsel / of / AL PAUL LEFTON
- 5. and the cooperation of numerous / persons and organizations, / including: / UNITED JEWISH APPEAL / SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH APPEAL / UNITED JEWISH RELIEF AGENCIES OF CANADA / NEWS OF THE DAY. PARAMOUNT NEWS / FILM-POLSKI. DECCA RECORDS / THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS / LARRY ADLER and OTHERS
- 6. Supervision / RAPHAEL LEVY
- 7. Script / MARC SIEGEL
- 8. Directed and Produced by ... / PAUL FALKENBERG
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem