ID

FBW003615      Short documentary

Country / Year

Palestine, 1940

Original Title

The Call of the Earth

Directed by

[?]

Produced by

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

Staff

Producer: Sascha Alexander; Camera: Sascha Alexander

Length

82,3 m / 7'30''

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Further Remarks

- Tonsystem: ohne Ton

Abstract

An agricultural student is seen studying on a settlement and finally going on to build a new settlement.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; Palestine

Holdings

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 82,3 m / 7'30''; 16mm

Contents (detailed)

Shotlist (- ft):
- 000 Titles
- 005 Children on settlement
- 012 Students in class in agricultural school
- 022 Teacher explaining with aid of map
- 028 CU: Student's notebook
- 038 Student called out in front of class
- 046 Pioneer walking through settlement
- 061 Sheep, geese and cows
- 076 Pioneer leading horse
- 080 Loaves taken from oven in bakery
- 086 Settlers eating in dining-room
- 098 Students walking in field and talking to veteran pioneer
- 124 Group going out to work carrying picks and digging
- 140 Plowing in field
- 146 Group attacking earth with picks
- 156 Children planting trees
- 104 Student shaking hands with others
- 207 Leaving school and waving goodbye
- 223 Arriving at tent settlement
- 236 GV: Desert
- 241 Carrying planks and building
- 263 Tying barbed wire
- 265 Sowing
- 270 ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem

Credits

- 1. KEREN / KAYEMETH / LEISRAEL / PRESENTS
- 2. The Call of the Earth
- 3. Production / Alexander / Film
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- 1. THE / END
Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem