ID

FBW000516      Newsreel

Country / Year

USA, 1947

Original Title

Universal International Newsreel // [Vol. 20, No. 82 / 14-Oct-1947] /// [U.S.-Russia Back U.N. Plan for Holy Land]

Produced by

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

Staff

Camera: [?]

Appearance

Herschel Johnson (US delegate)

Length

2'36''

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 00 Oct 1947: Premiere
- 14 Oct 1947: Copyright MP2474

Abstract

Palestine. Views of Haganah Ship "Geula" jammed with refugees. Cyprus. A ship. Lake Success, NY. Views of UN meeting. including speech by US delegate Herschel Johnson (silent). Outtakes: Johnson speech. "SS Empire Comfort" and "SS Padua" taking refugees to Cyprus.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; Empire Comfort (Ship); Refugees; Refugee ships; Geula (Ship); Hagana; Haifa; Survivors of the Holocaust; Padua (Ship); United Nations; Cyprus

Holdings

- National Archives, Washington, DC: 2'36''; 35mm; ohne Ton
- National Archives, Washington, DC: 4'54''; 35mm; Outtakes; ohne Ton; 200 UN 5650x5

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