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Home Movies of Edward Jacobson in Israel

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
DVD
Running Time
35 minutes 35 seconds
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Restrictions
Undetermined
Received
Gloria Schusterman
Description

Shows Edward Jacobson and his wife Bluma Jacobson during their trip to Israel around March-April, 1949, and with relatives in the United States. This is a DVD of what appears to be a tape transfer of a film.

Date(s)
March 1949 - April 1949
Available Format(s)
DVD

SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.

This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov​​​​​​​

Moving Image Type
Other
Other
DVD copied from video tape of film

Shot List

00:00    Scenes of Edward Jacobson with his brothers and other members of his family at a gathering; an infant girl and an older boy at play; members of the family outside the Mt. Vernon Motor Courts; and a Passover Seder

05:40    Scenes of the Israeli countryside and city streets, shot from a moving vehicle; Edward Jacobson and Bluma Jacobson touring various sites and relaxing at a seaside resort; buildings and housing projects; battle damage from the war; tents for refugees; soldiers conferring with the Jacobsons; civilians (Jewish and Arab) encountered by the Jacobsons during their visit; a man carrying a Torah scroll from a ship; and troops on the march

23:15    The Jacobsons visit a religious order, the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition; more scenes of the countryside shot from a moving vehicle

26:10    The Jacobsons visit the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel; Chaim Weizmann, wearing a hat and dark glasses, shakes hands with the Jacobsons and talks with them outside the building; visits by the Jacobsons to other sites; scenes of children at play and the countryside