ID

FBW000514      Newsreel

Country / Year

USA, 1947

Original Title

Universal International Newsreel // [Vol. 20, No. 64 / 14-Aug-1947] /// [World Focus on Palestine]

Produced by

Universal International Pictures Co. (Universal Pictures Company, Inc.), Universal City, CA (New York, NY)

Length

2'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 00 Aug 1947: Premiere
- 14 Aug 1947: Copyright MP2329

Abstract

Palestine. British soldiers arriving and searching the rubble of a building for bodies. Jews are searched at barbed-wire barriers. De Bouc, France. The Ship "Runnymede Park" with people sent back to Port France from Palestine. Views on the Boat and the removal of ill refugees as the french refuse to force the unloading. Views of relief supplies sent by the French and others to the boat.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; Aliya Bet; British Army; Refugee ships; France; Survivors of the Holocaust; Jewish displaced persons; Palestine; Port-de-Bouc; Runnymede Park (Ship)

Holdings

- National Archives, Washington, DC: 2'; 35mm; ohne Ton; 200 UN 20-64-3
- National Archives, Washington, DC: 3'48''; 35mm; Outtakes; ohne Ton; 200 UN 5610x1/5507x5,8

Bibliography

- Gellert, Charles Lawrence: The Holocaust, Israel, and the Jews: Motion Pictures in the National Archives. Washington, DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board / National Archives and Records Administration, 1989