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Clip #: TFA-7A-13
Length: 1:33
Year: 1951
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Kibbutz Givat Haim, between Tel Aviv and Haifa, Israel
Two men steering horse-drawn wagon past crops.
Sprinkler irrigating crops.
Men and women working in field.
Pile of potatoes harvested in field.
Close-up of orange tree.
Rows of beehives in field.
Large flocks of poultry: chickens,...
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Clip #: TFA-7A-17
Length: 1:07
Year: 1951
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Acre, Israel
View of Old City across harbor as waves roll onto shore.
View across harbor of domed mosques in Old City.
Close-up of cross in Crusader wall built by Knights of St. John (Order of Knights Hospitallers)
Shot of seawall.
Men rowing in boat.
Muslim and Christian citizens walking...
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Clip #: TFA-7A-24
Length: 1:11
Year: 1951
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Hula Valley, Israel
Cultivated fields in valley.
Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinnereth), Israel
Trilingual English-Arabic-Hebrew sign for “Sea Level” on shore of lake.
Tiberias, Israel
Hotel resort on shore of Sea of Galilee.
People on hotel terrace looking at lake.
Men and boys fishing on...
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Clip #: TFA-7A-32
Length: 2:29
Year: 1951
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Jerusalem, Israel
Shots of new, modern buildings outside walls of Old City.
Street scenes.
Traffic cop giving directions.
Man riding donkey or mule on side of street. Passing pedestrians on sidewalk.
Men working at various construction sites around city.
Shots of houses and apartment...
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Clip #: TFA-16C-2
Length: :41
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Pan over large crowd of Westerners gathered by bay in Haifa, Palestine.
Railyard workers in traditional clothing pulling rope to haul heavy load.
Train passengers leaning through windows of train car. Man hanging sign for New Grand Hotel in Jerusalem on the train car.
Portrait of railyard...
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Clip #: TFA-7A-34
Length: 1:15
Year: 1951
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Ground crew working on Air France Constellation plane at Lydda Airport (now Ben Gurion International Airport).
Passengers walking across runway and boarding plane.
Flight attendant greeting passengers on boarding stairs.
Close-up of Air France logo on plane.
Air France...
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Clip #: TFA-7A-7
Length: :50
Year: 1951
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Shots of crowded outdoor cafes on Herbert Samuel Promenade.
Man putting baby in baby carriage and adjusting baby’s cap at outdoor cafe on Promenade.
Crowd walking along Promenade on Mediterranean beachfront. View of steamliners on horizon.
Man standing paddleboard surfing in ...
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Clip #: TFA-16C-1
Length: 1:00
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Men in Fez hats rowing boat flying flag with Union Jack in upper left hand corner, Bay of Acre, Haifa, Palestine. Canadian Pacific Empress of Scotland ocean liner anchored in background.
Young woman or girl in headscarf peering through window of Empress of Scotland.
Pan across decks of Empress ...
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Clip #: TFA-7A-31
Length: 1:57
Year: 1951
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Old City, Jerusalem, Israel
Pan right across city walls to tower of Dormition Abbey on top of Mount Zion.
Pilgrims hiking up Mount Zion to pay homage to King David.
View from Dormition tower of walls surrounding site of Solomon’s Temple and ruins of ancient Jewish quarter.
View of dome...
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Clip #: TFA-7A-11
Length: 1:26
Year: 1951
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Israel
Irrigation pipelines being laid down in agricultural fields by Jordan Valley Authority.
Welder lowering mask to work on pipeline. Welding pipeline with blowtorch.
Israeli citizens helping to lay down pipelines by doing hand labor. Woman digging trench with men.
Narration: “America’s...
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