AXELROD NEWSREEL STORIES E
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 1436).
Synopsis
(22B/second series) June/July 1947: Dr Magnes (President of Hebrew University of Jerusalem) addresses members of UNSCOP (United Nations Special Committee on Palestine), speaking in English at the end of a luncheon; Sandstrom chairman of UNSCOP replies.
(25A/second series) probably early 1947: children from Cyprus brought back to Palestine. Famagusta harbour; children in line, collecting documents from British troops; passing out of camp gate as papers are checked by soldiers; children kiss relatives through barbed wire fence, wave goodbye from trucks; refugees wave from camp. Children disembark from trucks and board flat bottomed barge out to transport ship. Children arrive in Palestine camp.
(25D/second series) probably 1946/7: wedding in Cyprus camp.
Extracts from a series of newsreels produced for the Jewish audience in Palestine, 1929-1947.
Notes
Documentation/associated material: Axelrod catalogue (held in photocopy form by Film and Video Archive).