ID

FBW000515      Newsreel

Country / Year

USA, 1947

Original Title

Universal International Newsreel // [Vol. 20, No. 68 / 28-Aug-1947] /// [Orphans Admitted to Haifa]

Directed by

[?]

Produced by

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

Length

2'20'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 00 Aug 1947: Premiere
- 28 Aug 1947: Copyright MP2333

Abstract

Haifa. View of the "SS Empire West" arriving, with orphans at the rail. Orphans disembarking, being checked by British troops, fed by women, and taken away on buses.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; British Army; Empire West (Ship); Refugee ships; Haifa; Survivors of the Holocaust; Orphans

Holdings

- National Archives, Washington, DC: 2'20'; 35mm; ohne Ton; 200 UN 20-68-4
- National Archives, Washington, DC; 35mm; Outtakes; ohne Ton; 200 UN 5614x2

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