The Future Can Be Theirs

View at Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
  • Muu nimi/muut nimet: העתיד אולי שלהם
  • Lajityyppi: Short film
  • Vuosi: 1948
  • Kesto: 00:18:55
  • Kuvaus: The JDC's essential role in the relief, reconstruction, and resettlement of European Jewry after 1945. (Source: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive)
    A report about the help the American Joint Distribution Committee is providing to Jews in Europe and an explanation why it is necessary. In a frame narrative, Henry Morgenthau as head of the United Jewish appeal is accounting for the funds the AJDC has received from UJA and obtains reports from different AJDC representatives.
    00 credits / 37 GV Canadian fundraising assembly and CU's newspaper headlines of Henry Morgenthau's reports /51 Morgenthau speaking to assembly / 80 JDC Chairman Edward Warburg on phone to Morgenthau / 87 CU Vice-chairman Lehman / 92 CU JDC Vice-chairman Linder / 95 CU JDC Executive Vice-chairman Leavitt / 98 Warburg chairing executive meeting / 171 CU concentration camp survivor / 175 GV graves / 180 CU's survivors / 185 JDC workers organizing and transporting supplies / 220 Displaced persons awaiting distribution of supplies / 233 Football match in progress / 240 Children at beach / 249 JDC executives discussing situation in Europe at meeting / 257 GV's devastated Warsaw / 262 Refugees on road, on foot and by truck / 292 Living conditions in crowded displaced person camps / 315 Displaced person children in class with JDC teachers / 330 JDC-run clinic--children examined / 44 Patients in JDC Merano Sanatorium, Italy / 352 Children in JDC home / 365 JDC meeting discussing alternative solutions for European Jews / 434 GV Jerusalem / 440 Displaced persons en route from camps by train and arriving at new destinations / 463 CU's displaced persons at work in retraining workshops for carpentry and sewing, and factories / 509 Agricultural training center in Europe / 529 Boat built and launched / 555 JDC meeting / 587 Larry Adler playing harmonica for children in Munich / 605 Children on picnic / 627 Displaced persons camp communal Seder taking place / 670 Morgenthau summing up and making appeal / 707 ends
  • Avainsanat: VICTOR-E project / Nazi concentration camp / refugee / Holocaust / promotional film / healthcare / orphanage / school / institute for social welfare / children / displaced person / survivor / victim (of persecution) / poor relief / famine / meeting / speech / camp / concentration camp / border post / newspaper / religion / judaism / zionism / Warsaw / Poland / Henry Morgenthau
  • Sisältölähde: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
  • Oikeudet: In Copyright / Please contact the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives for further information
  • Tuotantoyhtiö: United Jewish Appeal
  • Väri: Black & White
  • Ohjaaja: Falkenberg, Paul
  • Sound: With sound
  • Kokoelma: Holocaust and World War II
  • Language: en