ID

FBW002924      Documentary

Country / Year

Palestine, 1924

Original Title

The Land of Promise / Banim Bonim / The Sons Build

Other Title(s)

Söhne Bauleute / Das Gelobte Land (German)
Banenu Bonenu / Unsere Söhne – Unsere Bauleute

Directed by

David Davidov

Produced by

Keren Hayessod, Jerusalem

Staff

Camera: Yaacov Ben Dov

Appearance

Menashe Meirovitz (Veteran Settler from Russia); Meir Dizengoff (Mayor of Tel Aviv); Zeev Vilnai (Famous Tourist Guide); Boris Schatz (Founder of Bezalel School)

Length

1400 m

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 03 Jan 1925: Censor, AT Jugendfrei
- 05 Jan 1925: First run, AT, Wien (Opern-Kino)

Abstract

A group of immigrants to Palestine, are shown around the country and then settle in the Jezreel Valley, working in agriculture and rebuilding the land. The first film produced by Keren Hayesod, showcasing the work of the early pioneers. A number of prominent figures of the period are also seen.

Subject Terms

1920-1929; Degania; Ein Harod Youth Village; Haifa; Hebrew University (Jerusalem); Jerusalem; Palestine; Technion; Tel Aviv; Tel Aviv (Port)

Holdings

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: ca. 40'; 35mm; Fragment, 2. von 5 Rollen fehlt

Bibliography

- N.N.: "Der Palästina-Film des Keren Hajessod", in: Jüdische Rundschau (Berlin), Jg. 29, Nr. 87, 31.10.1924
- N.N.: "'Das Land der Verheißung.' Ein neuer Palästinafilm", in: Wiener Morgenzeitung, Jg. 6, Nr. 2106, 31.12.1924
- N.N.: "'Das Land der Verheißung'. Die Wiener Uraufführung des neuen Palästinafilms", in: Wiener Morgenzeitung, Jg. 7, Nr. 2113, 07.01.1925
- N.N.: "Der neue Palästinafilm. Vorführung der Filmaufnahmen beim Herzl-Grabgang am 29. März 1925", in: Wiener Morgenzeitung, Jg. 7, Nr. 2199, 04.04.1925
- Tryster, Hillel: Israel Before Israel. Silent Cinema in the Holy Land. Jerusalem: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, 1995

Contents (detailed)

Shotlist:
=== Reel 1:
- Arrival of ships with chalutzim in Jaffa port
- Arrival of ships with chalutzim in Haifa ports
- Immigrants disembark
- Immigrants go through customs
- Immigrants go through quarantine check
- Tents set up in immigration camp in Haifa
- The group meet Menashe Meirovitz (Veteran settler from Russia)
- Scenes of settlements
- Scenes of towns
- Groves trees
- Ein Harod Youth Village
- Mounted shomrim (guards)
- Babies and toddlers at Hadassah Hospital
- Chilren at school
- Chilren at kindergarten in Kibbutz Degania, Kinneret
- Tu B'Shvat celebrations in Jerusalem
=== Reel 2 is missing
=== Reel 3:
- The group visit Haifa: technion
- Street scenes in Tel Aviv
- Buildings in Tel Aviv
- Aerial views of Tel Aviv
- Great synagogue in Tel Aviv
- Herzliya Gymnasium
- Electricity grids from power plant
- Fair
- Boy scouts
- Meir Dizengoff (Mayor of Tel Aviv) speaking at an open-air meeting about buying only locally made products
- Jerusalem and environ: David's Citadel
- Walking to the Western Wall with Zeev Vilnai (Famous tourist guide)
- Passing beggars sitting in streets
- The war
- The group walk around the Old City walls enjoying the view of suburbs beyond the Old City
- Tomb of Hedekiah
- Temple area
- Cornerstone laying of the Hebrew University
- Absalom's Tomb
- Valley of Jehosophat
- Village of Siloam (Shiloah)
- Rachel's Tomb
- Parade of camels in front of tomb
- Solomon's Pools
- Group crossing bridge by foot in Galilee
- Agricultural work in the Jezreel Valley including tractors
- Harvesters, working in fields
=== Reel 4:
- Pioneers reaping
- Pioneers harvesting
- Pioneers threshing
- Growing oranges
- Irrigating the Jezreel Valley
- Mikveh Israel agricultural school
- Oranges grown
- Oranges picked
- Oranges packed
- Oranges wrapped and put into crates for export
- Growing tobacco
- Picking and drying leaves
- Cattle grazing
- Cattle being milked
- Chickens
- Ducks
- Horses
- Shepherdess on the banks of the Kinneret with her flock
- Pelicans
=== Reel 5:
- Unloading lumber
- Camels unloading sand
- Mixing cement
- Work in quarry
- Escalator carrying rocks and workers up and down
- Workers eating
- Workers building trenches
- Workers laying foundation, stone hewing
- Building
- Iron workers
- Building in Hafia, Boris Schatz (Founder of Bezalel School in Jerusalem)
- Brick factory near Tel Aviv
- Road building including road to Beit Hakerem, Jerusalem
- Pioneers dancing the hora
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem

Credits

- 1. THE LAND / OF PROMISE
- 2. Photographed and arranged / on behalf of the / Palestine Foundation Fund / (“Keren Hayesod”) / by J. Ben-Dov, Jerusalem
- 3. [Text]
- 4. A PICTORIAL RECORD / OF JEWISH WORK / IN / THE RESTORATION / OF PALESTINE
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- 1. THE END
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem