Yaakov Ben Dov - My Father, the Hebrew Film
Reference code : VD - 40
Production:
Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
Format:
PAL
Color:
NO
Event date - from:
01/01/1917
Event date - to:
31/12/1933
Description
Documentation of life of the Jews in Eretz Israel by the photographer Yaakov Ben Dov
Among the topics:
The Jewish Legions - weapons practice, formations, religious life (prayers, Torah reading), parade commemorating the fallen;
Zeev Jabotinsky removes cigarette box from his pocket; Reception for High Commissioner Herbert Samuel; Visit by Winston Churchill in Eretz Israel; Opening of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus; Visit by Lord Balfour to Rishon LeTzion and Tel Aviv; 1929 Riots