ID

FBW000249      Short documentary

Country / Year

USA, 1945

Original Title

The Forgotten Children

Directed by

[?]

Produced by

Hadassah, the Women's International Zionist Organisation of America, Inc., New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Hazel Greenwald; Script: Mildred Barish Vermont; Editing: Stephen L. Sharff; Narration: Quentin Reynolds

Length

185,6 m / 17'

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Displaced children in post-war Europe are brought to Palestine.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; British Army; Displaced children; DP camps; Refugees; Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America; Survivors of the Holocaust; Internment camps; Jewish displaced persons; Youth Aliyah; Palestine; Orphans; Gypsies; Cyprus

Holdings

- Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem; 16mm
- Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem; 16mm
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem: 10'; 16mm
- Israel Film Service, Jerusalem; 16mm
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 185,6 m / 17'; 16mm

Bibliography

- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Filmography. Catalogue of Jewish Films in Israel. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1972
- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Catalogue of Films. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1976
- Skirball, Sheba F.: Films of the Holocaust. An Annotated Filmography of Collections in Israel. New York, NY: Garland, 1990

Contents (detailed)

Shotlist (- m):
- 015,2 Children skiing
- 017,4 Children blowing bubbles
- 019,5 Scenes of very young children having their hair done
- 024,7 Children on float in USA
- 026,8 Children in post-war Europe
- 039,0 Refugees walking in Europe and in camps
- 047,2 Return in ? (unidentifiable flag)
- 052,5 People rebuilding Europe and returning to their homes
- 061,0 Supplies and food distributed in liberated Europe
- 068,9 Relatives of concentration camp victims check dead bodies
- 079,6 Camp survivors on road unable to return home because of pogrom
- 097,5 Jewish DP camp, scenes of children
- 124,1 Older children studying, learning about Palestine
- 128,9 Jerusalem
- 136,2 British soldiers in Palestine
- 140,2 Immigrants being deported by British
- 148,1 Scenes of Palestine
- 149,7 Detention camps in Cyprus
- 154,8 More immigrant ships arriving
- 157,9 Immigrant children waiting to go to and in Palestine, CUs: "the forgotten children"
- 185,6 ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem

Credits

- 1. YOUTH ALIYAH, / the child rescue movement / sponsored by HADASSAH, has / delivered thousands of boys / and girls form the Europe / of Hitler and his aftermath / into the miracle of a new / life in Palestine. / The friends of YOUTH ALIYAH / are people from free nations. / They believe that the hope / of the future and the destiny / of freemdom lie with youth. / There are thousands of / Jewish children still to be rescued. / In their name and in the / name of their faith in us
- 2. The / NATIONAL YOUTH ALIYAH / COMMITTE / OF
- 3. HADASSAH / THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA / Presents
- 4. THE / FORGOTTEN / CHILDREN
- 5. Edited by / STEPHEN L. SCHARFF
- 6. Written by / MILDRED BARISH VERMONT
- 7. Voice / QUENTIN REYNOLDS
- 8. Produced by / HAZEL GREENWALD
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- 1. The / END
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem