ID

FBW000170      Short documentary

Country / Year

USA / Israel, 1950

Original Title

Design for Israel

Directed by

Lasar Dunner

Produced by

Educational Documentary Films, New York, NY; for National Labor Committee for Israel, New York, NY/Tel Aviv / Histadrut, Tel Aviv

Staff

Producer: Paul Victor Falkenberg; Script: Paul Victor Falkenberg, Nahum Guttman; On-screen commentary: David Kurland; Camera: Lasar Dunner

Appearance

Golda Meir (Minister of Labor, Israel); Joseph Schlossberg (US Histadrut, Chairman); David Ben Gurion (Prime Minister, Israel); Moshe Sharett (Foreign Minister, Israel); Avraham Harzfeld (Mapai leader)

Mentioned

Theodor Herzl

Length

231,3 m / 21'06''

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 00 Jan 1950: Premiere

Remarks

1. In engl. Sprache.

Abstract

The Film depicts the role of Histadrut in Israel. It opens with authentic scenes of the reburial of Theodor Herzl in Jerusalem. The cameraman, who appears as central character in the film, shoots highlights of Histadrut activities, focusing attention on services to immigrants, at reception camps and scenes dealing with medical care, cultural activities, vocational training, etc. Beyond the camp we witness the renewed life of freedom in a productive and cooperative society. Cooperative factories, stores, trade schools, farms and fishing villages exemplify the slogan of "initiative plus teamwork" that animates the Histadrut. Prime Minister David Ben Gurion issues a call for pioneering.

Subject Terms

1950-1959; Immigration; Exile films; Haifa; General Federation of Workers in the Land of Israel; Israel; Jerusalem; Ma'abarot

Holdings

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 231,3 m / 21'06''; 16mm

Bibliography

- Krahn, Frederic A.: Educational Film Guide, Ed. 11, New York, NY: H.W. Wilson Company, 1953
- N.N.: , The Jewish Audio-Visual Review New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1962
- Koolik, Murry Wolf: A Content Analysis of Educational Films about Israel. (thesis), New York, NY: NYU, 1971
- N.N.: The Jewish Audio-Visual Review, New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1973
- Loewy, Ronny: "Die Welt neu zusammenfügen. Paul Falkenbergs Filme einer 'Displaced Society'", in: Filmexil (Berlin), Nr. 8, November, 01.11.1996

Contents (detailed)

Shotlist:
- Theodor Herzl's coffin brought to Israel, Pillars of Light, parade, ceremony on Mt. Herzl
- Ma'abara Sha'ar Aliya Haifa, truckloads of new immigrants
- CUs: Yemenites and other immigrants, rows of tents, people with food, women laundering
- Kupat Holim cards and clinic
- Histadrut registration station
- "Igereth La'Oleh" newspaper
- Ulpan class, Arabs in ulpan
- Amal school in Ramla construction
- Packing house, "Back to Land" drive
- Picking tomatoes
- Ramla Labor Exchange, workers repairing railroad tracks, train
- Jaffa: Arabs and Jews working, Arab workers' club
- Michmoret: mothers and children, fishing boat
- Tel Aviv port: fishermen and fish
- Construction of homes, manufacture of water pipes
- Negev reservoir being built
- Golda Meir (Minister of Labor, Israel) at cornerstone laying of Beilinson Hospital, nurses, Joseph Schlossberg (US Histadrut, Chairman), hospital
- Haifa Labor Center, Solel Boneh construction
- Shoemakers cooperative, Glil Yam shirt factory, Hamashbir L'tsarchan, canned food
- Tel Aviv bus station, drivers
- Building Burma road
- Pool in Haifa
- Library
- Nursery school, flag waving, soldiers marching
- David Ben Gurion (Prime Minster, Israel) addressing Hanoar Haoved, Moshe Sharett (Foreign Minister, Israel) in audience
- Kol Israel radio, books
- Editorial board of Davar
- Truck convoy of pioneers, desert
- Kibbutz Arad, construction of buildings
- Avraham Harzfeld (Mapai leader) speaks to immigrants
- ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem