ID

FBW001712      Short documentary

Country / Year

USA, 1947

Original Title

The Will to Live

Directed by

[?]

Produced by

RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum) Pathe, Inc., New York, NY; for United Jewish Appeal (UJA), New York, NY

Staff

Script: David Epstein; Music: Herman Fuchs; Narration: Paul Muni

Appearance

Chaim Weizmann (WZO, President); Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (UJA, Chairman); Eleonor Roosevelt (First Lady); Edward M.M. Warburg (JDC, Chairman)

Length

229,5 / 20'55''

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

The flight of Jews from Poland after WWII, following the Kielce Pogrom. Misery and frustration of life in overcrowded DP camps: Arrival of homeless Jews in Mandatory Palestine. The film also portray the wave of migration of refugees to the US and the care provided for the newcomers to these shores.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; DP camps; Statue of Liberty; Gordon (Schiff); Haifa; Survivors of the Holocaust; Jewish displaced persons; Kibbutz; New York, NY; Palestine; Poland; Technion; Tel Aviv; United Jewish Appeal

Contents (detailed)

Shotlist:
- Children run and play
- Passengers arrive at port of New York
- AV: Haifa, immigrants arrive by ship
- Flag unfurled
- Holocaust survivors getting medical treatment in Europe
- Men run to Red Cross truck
- Reunions
- Trucks and bus bring refugees from camps
- Bombed buildings in Europe
- Bread
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) relief trucks and supplies, clothing
- Medical examinations
- Haircuts
- Home for orphaned children
- Workshop (joinery course)
- Prayer in synagogue
- "Gordon" (ship) and nets in Adriatic
- Agricultural training
- Portrait of Herzl
- Map of Israel
- Ship arriving
- Tent camp
- Clothing warehouse
- Kitchen
- Refugees leaving DP camp
- Boats
- Folding nets
- Farming
- Chaim Weizmann in laboratory
- Classroom
- Haifa, Technion
- Tel Aviv street scenes and construction
- Dam
- Smokestacks
- Forge
- Textile industry
- Kibbutz work assignment board
- Tractor plowing
- Planting
- Girl holds up eggplant
- Boat arrives in New York
- People wait and wave
- Refugees arrive
- Reunions
- Henry Morgenthau, Jr, United Jewish Appeal (UJA, Chairman) speaks
- Meal
- Shelter
- Clubhouse
- Counseling
- Training for refugees in America
- Citizenship class in America
- Train
- Children eating
- Statue of Liberty
- UJA meeting, lady speaks
- Girl cries
- Children left in Europe
- UN and Western capitals
- Homeless refugees sleeping
- Walking to Czech border
- In line near JDC truck
- Children dance
- DP camps in US zone
- Eleanor Roosevelt visit camp
- Sign "We will go home to Palestine"
- Edward Warburg (JDC, Chairman) speaks
- Refugees and possessions
- Warburg speaks
- Arriving at port
- CUs: Crowds
- ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem

Credits

- 1. The / United Jewish Appeal / FOR REFUGEES OVERSEAS NEEDS / AND PALESTINE
- 2. On behalf of / JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE / UNITED PALESTINE APPEAL / UNITED SERVICE FOR NEW AMERICANS / Presents
- 3. THE WILL / TO LIVE
- 4. NARRATED / by / PAUL MUNI
- 5. Produced by / R.K.O. PATHE / Written by / DAVID EPSTEIN / Musical Supervision / HERMAN FUCHS
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- 1. THE END / But For You, They Stand Alone
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem