ID |
FBW001611 Short documentary |
Country / Year |
USA / Israel, 1947-1948 |
Original Title |
Birthday of a Prophecy |
Directed by |
[?] |
Produced by |
Affiliated Film Producers, Inc., New York, NY; for United Israel Appeal (UIA), New York, NY |
Staff |
Producer: Irving Jacoby;
Script: Irving Jacoby;
Camera: Lasar Dunner;
Editing: Aram Boyajian |
Appearance |
Chaim Weizmann (President, Israel);
Vera Weizmann (First Lady, Israel);
Moshe Sharett (Jewish Agency, Head of Political Department) |
Mentioned |
Theodor Herzl |
Length |
228,3 m / 20'49'' |
Format |
16mm/farbe/1:1,37 |
Remarks |
1. In engl. Sprache. |
Abstract |
Fundraiser. The achievements and goals of Palestine in 1947 are seen through the eyes of a Polish immigrant, a Jewish Agency worker and an American fundraiser. |
Subject Terms |
1940-1949;
Immigration;
Fundraising;
Haifa;
Survivors of the Holocaust;
Israel;
Jerusalem;
Jewish Agency;
Jewish Brigade;
Mograbi Cinema;
Palestine;
Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra;
Establishment of the State of Israel;
Tel Aviv |
Holdings |
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 228,3 m / 20'49''; 16mm
- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA; 16mm |
Materials |
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: Matis Collection; div. |
Bibliography |
- Porges, Friedrich (als: F.P.): "Die Hakoah zeigt Israel Filme", in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 16, Nr. 2, 13.01.1950
- Krahn, Frederic A.: Educational Film Guide, Ed. 11, New York, NY: H.W. Wilson Company, 1953
- 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 |
Contents (detailed) |
Shotlist (- ft):
- 000 CREDITS
- 012 CU: Bust of Herzl
- 016 CUs: Bedouin on camel
- 029 Mosque in desert
- 035 Old Jews studying
- 049 CU: Herzl
- 054 CU: Herzl's writings in diary
- 058 GVs: Town, Jerusalem, desert, Lake Kinneret
- 070 Haifa bay
- 079 Immigrants on deck of ship about to dock
- 090 Disembarking and greeting relatives
- 114 Bus load of new arrivals leaving quay
- 123 Immigrants looking out of apartment balconies
- 128 GV: Agricultural settlement
- 137 Family at table
- 141 Agriculture, building, factory and laboratory scenes
- 152 Street scenes
- 154 GVs: People
- 162 Children in class, at prayer and out of school
- 171 Harbor
- 178 Jewish Agency Immigration Office in Haifa, Sara in office
- 186 Supplies loaded into van
- 195 Old couple in rest home garden
- 206 Immigrants in office
- 214 Post being sorted
- 221 GV: Jewish Agency compound, Jerusalem
- 233 Jerusalem street scenes
- 248 Tel Aviv street scenes
- 252 Various settlements, throughout the country
- 269 Building on settlement, Bazra Agricultural Cooperative
- 295 Land being cleared of stones
- 309 Dam and reservoir
- 320 Pipeline in field
- 324 Irrigated fields and settlements
- 350 Agricultural research laboratories
- 371 CUs: Crates of fruit marked for export
- 380 Loading on docks
- 387 GV: Harbor
- 391 Int: Textile factory
- 401 Women embroidering by hand
- 410 Street scenes
- 409 Pottery being made and painted
- 436 Ext, Int: Cluson Steel Works
- 454 Children learning agriculture in youth village
- 472 Demobbed Jewish Brigade soldiers
- 484 Ex-soldiers agricultural station
- 507 Fishing boats in harbor
- 513 Students at Haifa Nautical School
- 525 Nurses in class
- 531 Students in class
- 542 Chaim Weizmann (President) and Vera Weizmann (First Lady) arriving
- 544 Audience at open-air meeting
- 548 Weizmann addressing audience
- 556 Various leaders in offices
- 565 Moshe Sharett (Foreign Minister) in office
- 576 Israeli flag hoisted ceremoniously
- 587 Children dressed up for Purim
- 607 Children dancing on hay wagon, on beach and in youth village
- 649 Athletes running
- 652 Children taking part in tree planting ceremony
- 679 Outdoor class
- 691 CU: Bust of Herzl
- 697 Immigrants on deck at Haifa
- 712 Herzl
- 715 Bulldozers clearing sand dunes
- 732 Herzl and closing appeal
- 749 ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem |
Credits |
- 1. Written and Produced by / IRVING JACOBY / Edited by ARAM BOYAJIAN / AFFILIATED FILM PRODUCERS, INC.
- 2. Director of / Photography / LASAR DUNNER / JERUSALEM
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- 1. The United Israel Appeal (former the United Palestine Appeal) runs fund through the United Jewish Appeal campaign / U.I.A. is sole fundraising representative in the United States of the Palestine Foundation Fund who finances the Jewish Agency, immigration and resettlement program in Israel
- 2. THE END
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem |