Film Number

6873

Title

[ISRAEL 1949]

Producer

William Moss

Date

1949

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

79 mins 56 secs

Description

Reel 1
A Moss family trip to Israel on a tour of various locations. Footage includes Haifa street scenes, around Haifa Bay, Mount Carmel, Acre Old City and Nahariya. A sequence shows children living on a Kibbutz and countryside landscapes are seen from a moving car. A Military parade shows the Jewish paramilitary organisation Haganah and Navy and Police officers on horseback marching along a street. Wreckage of Israeli buildings show evidence of recent fighting, The Moss family and friends sit around outdoor table, Judith Moss plays with other children on Herzliya beach. Includes a short sequence on the streets of Tel Aviv.

Reel 2
Various scenes, including surrounding the town of Tiberius and the Sea of Galilee from hillside, the countryside from a moving car and Judith Moss with her family. Children wear colourful costumes for the Jewish holiday Purim as playing ring-o-roses. Footage includes Herzliya beach scenes, shots of oranges being sorted and on conveyor belt at a orange packing factory and general street scenes in the city of Jaffa. Evidence of recent warfare is shown in Jerusalem, with rubble of collapsed buildings amongst the cityscape. There are shots of King David's Tower, Mount Zion and the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus. The reel continues with a sequence showing people spinning and weaving cloth in an unidentified village, Judith Moss is seen dressed up for the Purim Holiday and children from an orphanage on Mount Carmel wear fancy dress costumes as they pose for the camera. Concludes with Judith Moss and family playing on Herzliya beach. There are also some shots of Allenby Street in Tel Aviv.

Reel 3
The Moss family on a Sunday morning in Tel Aviv, people walking along streets and gardens, and taking a promenade along the sea front. Includes a brief shot of a shipwreck close to the seashore. Footage shows the family arriving at the Sharon Hotel in Herzliya and Judith Moss playing on the beach and posing with soldiers. Scenes in Jerusalem show people walking along shopping streets (with young boy selling newspapers) with wreckage and debris of war torn buildings in background. The camera pans across the city from the hillside showing the Old City with rubble and burnt out cars on the streets below. People (including Orthodox Jews) walk along in the Mea Shearim district. Included are shots of The Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University and Hadassah Hospital. Badly destroyed buildings are seen in the city of Jaffa. Judith and family take a visit to Ramat Gan Zoo and later stands with a group of children on a beach as they sing and clap. The road trip continues with footage of the Negev Desert and Negba Kibbutz.