Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust


Voice of the Land / Kol Adamah. D: [?] [IL / US, 1960]

ID

FBW002131      Short documentary

Country / Year

Israel / USA, 1960

Original Title

Voice of the Land / Kol Adamah

Directed by

[?]

Produced by

Lasar Dunner Production, New York, NY; for Keren Kayemeth Le-Israel (KKL) (=Jewish National Fund / Jüdischer Nationalfonds [JNF]), Jerusalem

Staff

Producer: Lasar Dunner; Script: Herbert Freeden; Camera: Edgar Hirshbain

Subject

Avraham Menachem Ussishkin (Zionist leader); Yehoshua Hankin (Pioneer in Palestine); Nachum Goldmann (World Jewish Congress [WJC], President; WZO, President); Levi Eshkol (Minister of Finance, Israel); Moshe Sharett (Jewish Agency, Executive); David Ben Gurion (Prime Minister, Israel)

Length

20'

Format

16mm/farbe/1:1,37

Remarks

1. In engl. Sprache.

Abstract

Fundraiser. The story of the Keren Kayemeth Le-Israel (KKL) (=Jewish National Fund [JNF]) from its inception and points out its role in the redemption, reclamation and cultivation of the land, as well as its contributions towards the upbuilding of the State of Israel. Among the central personalities mention are Avraham Menachem Ussishkin (Zionist leader), Yehoshua Hankin (Pioneer in Palestine), Nachum Goldmann (World Jewish Congress [WJC], President; WZO, President), Levi Eshkol (Minister of Finance), Moshe Sharett (Jewish Agency, Executive) and David Ben Gurion (Prime Minister).

Subject Terms

1940-1949; 1950-1959; 1960-1969; Fundraising; Israel; Jewish National Fund

Holdings

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 20'; 16mm
- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA; 16mm

Bibliography

- N.N.: , The Jewish Audio-Visual Review New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1962
- N.N.: , The Jewish Audio-Visual Review New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1967
- Koolik, Murry Wolf: A Content Analysis of Educational Films about Israel. (thesis), New York, NY: NYU, 1971
- N.N.: The Jewish Audio-Visual Review, New York, NY: National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials; American Association for Jewish Education, 1973
- Fox, Stuart: Jewish Films in the United States. New York, NY: K.G. Hall, 1976