ID |
FBW000169 Short documentary |
Country / Year |
USA, 1949 |
Original Title |
A Day of Deliverance |
Directed by |
Paul Victor Falkenberg |
Produced by |
Educational Documentary Films, New York, NY; for American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. (JDC), New York, NY |
Staff |
Producer: Paul Victor Falkenberg;
Script: Raphael Levy;
Translation: Samuel Schneiderman (jidd. Version);
Supervision: Al Paul Lefton;
Editing: Paul Victor Falkenberg;
Narration: Martin Gabel (engl. Version), Norman Gilmovsky (jidd. Version) |
Appearance |
Edward M.M. Warburg (JDC, Chairman);
Chaim Weizmann (President, Israel) |
Length |
252,7 m / 23'02'' |
Format |
16mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Dates |
- 00 Oct 1949: Premiere
- 26 Apr 1950: First broadcast, WJZ-TV, Channel 7 |
Remarks |
1. In zwei (engl./jidd.) Versionen produziert. |
Abstract |
Fundraiser. The film is composed of footage showing the historic break-up for the DP camps of Germany following WWII, on the closing of the Cyprus detention camps, and on Operation Magic Carpet which brought the Jews of Yemen to Israel. It reports on the role which American Jewry played in bringing about this events, and the general rehabilitation of Jews in overseas distressed areas, through the JDC (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee). Finally, the film depicts the tasks that confront American Jewry and the JDC in aiding Jews abroad, in areas outside of Israel. It presents the plight of Jews in Arab lands, and shows how the work of reconstruction in, and emigration from Europe must be carried on to fulfilment. |
Subject Terms |
1940-1949;
Aliya Bet;
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee;
Atzmaut (Ship);
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp);
Briha;
Immigration;
Refugees;
Refugee ships;
Fundraising;
Prisoner functionaries;
Galila (Ship);
Survivors of the Holocaust;
Internment camps;
Israel;
Yiddish cinema;
Jewish displaced persons;
Kedmah (Ship);
Munich;
Vienna;
Cyprus |
Holdings |
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 252,7 m / 23'02''; 16mm; engl. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 16mm; engl. Version
- YIVO Institute, New York, NY; 16mm; engl. Version
- YIVO Institute, New York, NY; 16mm; jidd. Version
- Film Library, Jewish Community Center, Omaha, NE; 16mm; ? Version
- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA: 240,8 m / 21'57'; 16mm; engl. Version
- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA; 16mm; engl. Version
- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA; 16mm; jidd. Version |
Materials |
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Reklame, 4 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Pressetext, Raphael Levy (20.10.1949), Typoscript, 2 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Pressetext (06.10.1949), Typoscript, 1 S.
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), New York, NY; Filmprotokoll, Typoscript, 28 S. |
Bibliography |
- N.N.: Catalogue of Audio-Visual Materials. New York, NY: Jewish Center Lecture Bureau, National Jewish Welfare Board, 1949
- 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
- Koolik, Murry Wolf: A Content Analysis of Educational Films about Israel. (thesis), New York, NY: NYU, 1971
- 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
- 035 Introduction
- 051 Scenes of railway platform near Belsen and DPs boarding trains
- 085 Train in motion
- 092 Signposts at Belsen, empty ovens and jar of ashes
- 111 GV: German countryside
- 118 Refugees boarding trains at Munich
- 135 Adolf Hitler at Nazi rally
- 149 Luggage being loaded on to train
- 155 Train setting off
- 171 Refugees on train
- 183 CU: Ship
- 186 GVs: Detention camp in Cyprus
- 197 CUs: Detainees at barbed wire fence
- 200 GVs: Life in camp
- 227 Camp graveyard
- 232 Detainees leaving camp
- 244 Arriving at quayside
- 249 British soldiers checking lists
- 251 Refugees boarding ship
- 261 Deserted camp
- 267 "Galilea" sailing for Haifa
- 281 Plane landing in Aden
- 288 GV: Aden
- 294 Yemenite Jews traveling across desert
- 317 Waiting to board plane
- 335 Man carrying sefer Tora aboard plane
- 339 Refugees boarding plane
- 351 AVs: Aden, CUs: refugees in plane
- 366 Lod airport
- 369 Refugees getting off plane
- 378 Children doing gymnastics
- 385 Israeli flag raised
- 389 Audience cheering Chaim Weizmann (President)
- 392 Immigrants arriving in Israel
- 398 US flag raised on VE Day
- 403 JDC trucks on road
- 405 JDC supplies unloaded and distributed in Europe
- 445 Medical clinics
- 460 Refugees in workshops and classes
- 477 At leisure and playing football
- 489 Praying in synagogue
- 493 Voting at committee meeting
- 511 CU: Concentration camp survivor
- 513 GV: Communal Seder
- 517 DPs in various JDC institutions
- 528 "Atzmaut" in harbor
- 536 Edward M.M. Warburg (JDC, Chairman) addressing JDC conference
- 557 CUs: DP women
- 565 Refugees queuing for aid at Vienna JDC center
- 576 JDC sewing and other workshops. Vocational Training (man has #126543) on his left arm
- 594 Children eating and studying
- 600 Old people eating and sitting outside
- 614 Refugees with luggage boarding trucks at Marseilles
- 642 Jews in Aden ghetto
- 660 Street disturbances in Aden in 1948
- 674 Wounded in hospital
- 679 CUs: Damaged buildings
- 688 Jews praying
- 697 Children in Casablanca mellah
- 730 JDC milk supplies distributed in Casablanca
- 742 JDC trucks on road
- 747 CUs: North African Jews
- 758 Arriving at quayside
- 763 "Kedmah" in harbor and sailing
- 778 CUs: Babies, infants and children learning and playing
- 822 Closing appeal: "This is the story of 2.500.000 Jews in Europe and Moslem lands on the road to survival"
- 829 ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem |
Credits |
- 1. [JDC / 1914-1949 THREE AND A HALF DECADES OF AID]
- 2. The American Jewish / JOINT DISTRIBUTION / COMMITTEE / presents
- 3. A DAY / OF / DELIVERANCE
- 4. Narrated by: / MARTIN GABEL
- 5. Film Supervision: / AL PAUL LEFTON
- 6. Film Story and Narrative: / RAPHAEL LEVY
- 7. Producer and Director: / PAUL FALKENBERG
- 8. The assistance of the following / organizations in making this film / is gratefully acknowledged: / Alaska Airlines, Inc.; / Central Committee of Liberated / Jews, British Zone of Germany; / Central Committee of Liberated / Jews, U.S. Zone of Germany; / Czechoslovak State Film; Hefud, / and the ORT / whose vocational training / activities shown here have / had JDC support.
- 9. This is the Story of 2,500,000 Jews / in Europe and Moslem lands on the / road to revival, aided by the JOINT / DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE, / whose efforts have been made / possible by funds raised by the / UNITED JEWISH / APPEAL
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- 1. Give to the / UNITED JEWISH / APPEAL / through your / community campaign
- 2. THE END
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; YIVO, New York
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- 1. [JDC / 1914-1949 THREE AND A HALF DECADES OF AID]
- 2. The American Jewish / JOINT DISTRIBUTION / COMMITTEE / presents
- 3. A DAY / OF / DELIVERANCE
- 4. Narrated by: / MARTIN GABEL
- 5. Film Supervision: / AL PAUL LEFTON
- 6. Film Story and Narrative: / RAPHAEL LEVY
- 7. Producer and Director: / PAUL FALKENBERG
- 8. The assistance of the following / organizations and idividuals / in making this film is gratefully / acknowledged: / Alaska Airlines, Inc.; / Central Committee of Liberated / Jews, British Zone of Germany; / Central Committee of Liberated / Jews, U.S. Zone of Germany; / Czechoslovak State Film and / the following members of JDC's overseas staff: / Charles Malamuth / Alexander Taylor.
- 9. This is the Story of 2,500,000 Jews / in Europe and Moslem lands on the / road to revival, aided by the JOINT / DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE, / whose efforts have been made / possible by funds raised by the:
- 10. UNITED JEWISH / APPEAL / and by the South African Jewish / Appeal; United Jewish Relief / Agents, Canada; Organication Central de Ayuda Argentina; / Comites Auxillar do Joint, Brazil / and other bodies
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- 1. Give to JDC / through your / local campaign
- 2. THE END
Abschrift lt. Kopie: NCJF; Waltham, MA |