Avodah = Awodah / directed by Helmar Lerski.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lerski, Helmar, 1871-1956.

Brandeis University.

National Center for Jewish Film, publisher.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Agriculture, Cooperative--Palestine.

Agriculture, Cooperative.

Reclamation of land--Palestine.

Reclamation of land.

Land settlement--Palestine.

Land settlement.

Zionism--History--20th century.

Zionism.

Jews--Palestine--History--20th century.

Jews.

Kibbutzim.

Palestine--History--1917-1948.

Palestine.

Palestine--Description and travel.

Documentary films.

Travel.

Middle East--Palestine.

Genre:

Documentary films.

History.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Awodah

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Mass. : National Center for Jewish Film, 2008.

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC, all regions; full screen (1.33:1) presentation..

Summary:

"This landmark documentary celebrates the pioneering labors of early Jewish settlers in Palestine. With striking visual compositions and a remarkable soundtrack by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, the film records the technological and agricultural accomphishments of the pioneers and extols the idea of a socialist Jewish state. Footage includes shots taken at the Jaffa port, in Tel Aviv, and on various kibbutzim of the time; Strasbourg-born director Lerski's expressive style creates an almost mythic image of the Jew in Palestine, toiling and triumphing amidst the sweeping desert landscape."--Container.

Notes:

"The National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA"--DVD surface.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1935.

[Music, Paul Dessau] ; Budapest Symphony Orchestra.

ISBN:

1585872326

9781585872329

OCLC:

721059024

Publisher Number:

800821025332

Access Restriction:

This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.