'Flames of Revolt' -The Story of the Irgun (I.Z.L)
Reference code : VD - 124/ 1
Description
Film describes great Etzel operations, that stirred the world and the Jewish community in Eretz Israel during war to establish State of Israel, events that contributed significantly to establishment of State of Israel: Breaking policy of restraint, Olei Hagardom (Etzel and Lehi fighters hanged by British), Shlomo Ben-Yosef, saving tens of thousands of Jews in Af Al Pi (illegal) aliyah, death in Iraq of Etzel commander David Raziel, the 'Season' abductions and torture, blowing up British Secretariat and headquarters at King David Hotel, blowing up British embassy in Rome and Etzel activity around the world, beating British soldiers, attack on Officers Club in Jerusalem, clandestine radio station, Acre Prison Break, Olei Hagardom, hanging British sergeants, detention camps for Etzel and Lehi detainees in Israel and Africa and escapes from them, 'Deir Yassin' Affair, conquest of Jaffa and sinking of the Altalena.
Film participants: Menachem Begin, former Prime Minister and former Etzel commander during uprising against the British, Bezalel Amitzur, Dr. Eli Tavin, Yitzhak Avinoam, Menachem Mailetzki, Dov Solomon, Yaakov Meridor, Benny Shemer, Esther Raziel-Naor.

