MP2017-3
Home Movies of Edward Jacobson in Israel
Administrative Information
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.
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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