ID

FBW000171      Short documentary

Country / Year

Israel / USA, 1950

Original Title

A State in Action

Directed by

William Zimmerman (?)

Produced by

[?]; for Keren Kayemeth Le-Israel (KKL) (=Jewish National Fund / Jüdischer Nationalfonds [JNF]), Jerusalem

Staff

Producer: William Zimmerman; Script: Ruth Zimmerman; Camera: Lasar Dunner; Editing: Paul Victor Falkenberg; Narration: Gene Kern; Consultant: Elias M. Epstein

Appearance

Moshe Sharett (Foreign Minister, Israel); Avraham Harzfeld (Mapai leader); Chaim Weizmann (President, Israel); David Ben Gurion (Prime Minister, Israel)

Length

157 m / 14'20''

Format

16mm/farbe/1:1,37

Remarks

1. In engl. Sprache.

Abstract

1948/1949: Israeli government gets under way.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; Immigration; Israel; Israel Defense Force; Jerusalem; Jewish Agency; Jewish National Fund; Ma'abarot

Holdings

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 157 m / 14'20''; 16mm
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 16mm; Outtakes; ohne Ton

Bibliography

- Yeshiva University Cumulative Index of Films of Jewish Interest. (2nd edition) New York, 1958
- Antonini, Josephine S.: Educational Film Guide. 1954-1958, New York, NY: H.W. Wilson Company, 1958
- 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
- 019 CU: Flags flying
- 022 Crowds in streets in May 1948
- 027 Radio announcers reading news
- 036 CU, GVs: Graves in cemetery
- 042 Jewish leaders entering provisional government building, including Moshe Sharett (Foreign Minister, Israel) and Avraham Harzfeld (Mapai leader)
- 052 Ext: Jewish Agency building
- 058 Immigrant handing papers to Israeli official
- 063 Boat loaded with immigrants and immigrants disembarking
- 084 Life in tent camp (ma'abara)
- 096 Chaim Weizmann (President) arriving with group and tree being planted
- 108 School children playing and learning outside
- 134 New Knesset members arriving at Knesset in February 1949
- 150 CU: Weizmann
- 156 CU: David Ben-Gurion (Prime Minister, Israel)
- 158 CUs: Plaques and flags of foreign embassies
- 166 CUs: Israeli flags (with Magen David filled in)
- 172 CUs: Menora emblem
- 175 CU: Declaration of Independence
- 181 Military parade in 1949, watched by citizens
- 214 Plane taking off and passengers alighting
- 247 Men working on track
- 253 Trucks on road
- 257 New road under construction
- 260 Goods unloaded at docks
- 273 Naval cadets learning semaphore
- 283 CUs: Ships in port
- 303 Ext, Int: Factories
- 329 People buying food with ration cards
- 346 New housing and building construction
- 373 Work in fields
- 381 Policemen in jeep and directing traffic and people in streets
- 396 People buying stamps in Post Office-C 410 Teller counting coins and notes and people standing in line in bank
- 420 Land being cleared for construction
- 437 People moving belongings out to new housing
- 442 GV: Acre, CU: Mosque
- 447 Arabs in streets and sitting talking
- 460 Arab debka
- 496 GV: Audience watching
- 515 ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem

Credits

- 1. Produced by / WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN
- 2. This is a brief objective / picture of the first year / of Israel's experience as / an independent state / A STATE IN ACTION
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem