ID

FBW002154      Short documentary

Country / Year

USA / Israel, 1952

Original Title

High Tower

Directed by

David Epstein

Produced by

Dynamic Films Inc., New York, NY; for Women's League for Israel, New York, NY

Staff

Script: David Epstein; On-screen commentary: Jo Van Fleet; Camera: Rolf Michael Kneller; Assistent cameraman: Samuel Rois; Editing: Luke Bennett; Music: Jack Shaindlin

Length

25'

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Women's League for Israel set up five hostels (Beth Halutzoth) in Israel to help new female immigrants adjust from the traumas of the Holocaust. Children playing, women weaving, making dolls, binding books, working in the kitchen.

Subject Terms

Beit Halutzot; Immigration; Survivors of the Holocaust; Israel; Women's League for Israel

Holdings

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 16mm