ID

FBW002467      Short documentary

Country / Year

Palestine, 1934

Original Title

The Valley of Zebulun / Emek Zevulun

Other Title(s)

Emek Sebulon [CS]

Directed by

Erich Brock, Walter Kristeller

Produced by

Tekufa Film Co., Tel Aviv; for Keren Kayemeth Le-Israel (KKL) (=Jewish National Fund / Jüdischer Nationalfonds [JNF]), Jerusalem

Staff

Producer: Erich Brock, Walter Kristeller; Script: Erich Brock; Script contributor: Ernst Mechner (als: Aaron Mechner); Camera: Walter Kristeller; Editing: Erich Brock

Length

441 m / 16'07''

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Further Remarks

- Tonsystem: ohne Ton

Abstract

The development of the Emek Zevulun (Valley of Zebulu) of the Haifa Bay area. A JNF film made by recent arrivals from Germany.

Subject Terms

1930-1939; Emek Zebulun; Exile films; Haifa; Jewish National Fund; Palestine; Zionist film propaganda in Germany (1933-1939)

Holdings

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 441 m / 16'07''; 35mm; tschech. Fassung

Materials

- Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem; Brief, Joseph Gal-Eser an Leo Herrmann (26.10.1936), Typoscript, 1 S.
- Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem; Brief, Erich Brock (TEKUFA Films) an Nathan Bistritzky (KKL) (20.10.1936), Typoscript, 4 S.

Bibliography

- N.N.: "'A Vision Come True'. Film of Emek Zebulun", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 10, Nr. 2844, 28.11.1934
- N.N.: "Jewish Land Fund Meetings", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 11, Nr. 2791, 25.07.1935
- Tryster, Hillel: Israel Before Israel. Silent Cinema in the Holy Land. Jerusalem: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, 1995
- Loewy, Ronny: "'Nur in geschlossenen Veranstaltungen vor Angehörigen der jüdischen Rasse'. Palästina-Filme im Jüdischen Kulturbund 1935-1938", in: Geschichte des dokumentarischen Films in Deutschland, Zimmermann, Peter (Hg.); Bd. 3: Drittes Reich (1933-1945), Zimmermann, Peter / Hoffmann, Kay (Hg.), Leipzig: Reclam, 2005

Contents (detailed)

Titles, translated:
- 1. A dream is being realized
- 2. In 1904 Theodor Herzl writes his prophetic novel Altneuland
- 3. In a chapter full of visionary power he describes the blossoming in the Haifa Bay
- 4. Under the direction of Ussishkin
- 5. The Haifa Bay, the biblical Emek Zevulun, becomes Jewish national property again
- 6. For 2,000 years of decline the land turned to desert and swamp
- 7. Only a few Beduins
- 8. Jewish pioneers turned a malaria-infested area into fertile soil
- 9. They are rebuilding a piece of Eretz Israel
- 10. Haifa becomes an increasing junction of world trade
- 11. And in 1934 over 70,000 inhabitants
- 12. Greater Haifa must grow in the direction of Emek Zevulun, the INF's constant acquistion of land makes systematic contribution possible
- 13. Property speculation is prevented, JNF land is not sold but is given us a hereditary lease. Jewish industry thrives on national land
- 14. Haifa becomes Palestine's big industrial city
- 15. A wide green belt will separate the industrial zone from residential areas
- 16. A miracle in stages, in two years a city was created
- 17. Biblical property laws and modern land reform are linked in JNF policy. The land is not for sale. Here too: Hereditary lease, Mortages, rent, one floor extension, sale - only with JNF permission
- 18. The beginnings of Jewish work
- 19. The dream turn to reality
- 20. Emek Zevulun is redeemed
- 21. And further land in Eretz Israel awaits
- 22. The End

Credits

- 1. Emek Sebulon / Dilo Židovského Národniho Fondu / (Keren Kayemeth Leisrael)
- 2. Scenario - Erich Brock / za spolupráce / dr. A. Mechnera. / Fotografie - W. Kristeler.
- 3. Vyrobil / Erich Brock, Tel Aviv.
- 4. Sen se uskutecnuje
Original-Vorspann (tschech. Fassung), Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem
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- 1. Emek Zevulun / Ein Projekt des Jüdischen Nationalfonds / (Keren Kayemeth Le-Israel)
- Szenario - Erich Brock / in Zusammenarbeit mit / Dr. A. Mechnera. / Kamera - W. Kristeler.
- 3. Produziert von / Erich Brock, Tel Aviv.
- 4. Sen se uskutecnuje
Original-Vorspann, Übersetzung von Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem