ID

FBW001628      Short documentary

Country / Year

Palestine / USA, 1946

Original Title

Land of Hope

Directed by

[?]

Produced by

[?]; for Keren Kayemeth Le-Israel (KKL) (=Jewish National Fund / Jüdischer Nationalfonds [JNF]), Jerusalem

Staff

Script: William Zimmerman; On-screen commentary: James McDonald (League of Nations); Camera: Lasar Dunner (als: Lasar Duenner); Narration: José Ferrer

Length

291,7 m / 26'35''

Format

16mm/farbe/1:1,37

Dates

- 24 Oct 1946: Press preview, Palestine, Jerusalem (Eden)

Abstract

Fundraiser. JNF's documentary opens with European concentration camp scenes and an address by James McDonald (League of Nations). In contrast, the rest of the film showed the work of "upbuilding" in Palestine, with narration by then up-and-coming American actor José Ferrer.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; Chalutz; Haifa; Survivors of the Holocaust; Huleh-Sümpfe; Jerusalem; Jewish National Fund; Palestine; Tel Aviv; Extermination camps; World War II

Holdings

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 291,7 m / 26'35''; 16mm

Bibliography

- N.N.: "Preview of New Palestine Film", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 21, Nr. 6235, 25.10.1946
- Antonini, Josephine S.: Educational Film Guide. 1954-1958, New York, NY: H.W. Wilson Company, 1958
- Fox, Stuart: Jewish Films in the United States. New York, NY: K.G. Hall, 1976
- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Catalogue of Films. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1976
- Tryster, Hillel: "Filmmakers Captured Essence of Pre-State, Early Israel", in: Jewish Bulletin of Northern California (San Francisco, CA), 02.06.2000

Contents (detailed)

Shotlist (- ft):
- 000 (Missing frames and credits) Scenes of bombing and fighting
- 035 Soldiers marching
- 062 War scenes
- 081 CU: Old Man
- 096 Dead bodies and concentration camp survivors
- 118 Map of Europe showing survival statistics
- 159 James McDonald (League of Nations) speaking
- 206 Map of Palestine showing Jewish-owned land
- 273 CU: Hula swamps and cattle in water
- 302 Yasud Hamala settlement
- 314 Tel Hai monument
- 328 Arabs on camels
- 335 GVs: Swamps and irrigation channels being dug
- 391 Houses being built
- 414 GV: Settlement
- 419 Planting
- 430 GVs: Settlements and fields being cultivated
- 506 Car on road
- 512 Kfar Blum
- 552 GVs: Hula valley
- 567 River flowing
- 592 Horse and cart in water
- 604 Row boats on river
- 634 Fishing on Lake Kinneret
- 688 Women mending nets
- 695 Herds of goats
- 714 Apiary
- 729 Geese on water and being fed on farm
- 750 CUs: Pioneers at work on land
- 773 GV: Jerusalem
- 787 Tel Aviv street scenes
- 812 Haifa harbor and ships
- 838 Jewish Agency building, Jerusalem
- 845 Children going to school
- 860 Hebrew University, Mount Scopus
- 865 Hadassah Hospital
- 883 Children playing and swimming
- 957 ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem