ID

FBW000517      Newsreel

Country / Year

USA, 1948

Original Title

Universal International Newsreel // [Vol. 21, No. 145 / 20-May-1948] /// [New Israel Fights for Its Life]

Produced by

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

Staff

Camera: [?]

Length

2'48''

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 00 May 1948: Premiere
- 20 May 1948: Copyright

Abstract

Cyprus. Views of DPs camp. Refugees leaving, boarding ship and sailing for Israel. Haifa. British troops and supplies being loaded on ships for departure. Israeli ships coming in. Egyptian planes flying over. Bombed buildings and bodies in rubble. Captured weapons. Haganah troops. Israeli flag.

Subject Terms

Egypt; British Army; DP camps; Refugees; Hagana; Haifa; Survivors of the Holocaust; Israel; Jewish displaced persons; Cyprus

Holdings

- National Archives, Washington, DC: 2'48''; 35mm; ohne Ton; 200 UN 21-145-1
- National Archives, Washington, DC: 25'24''; 35mm; Outtakes; ohne Ton; 200 UN 5895x1,2 / 200 UN 5894x1,6,7

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