March of Time -- outtakes -- Palestine, 1938
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- S.R. Sozio (Camera Operator)
- March of Time, Inc. (Producer)
Scope and Content
Views of Tel Aviv harbor. Boats (lighters) used to load/unload ships are docked. Workers repair boats. Bags of flour imported from America piled in customs sheds. 01:42:51 Loading and unloading goods at Jaffa harbor, a few miles from Tel Aviv (This harbor was used for imports and exports of Tel Aviv until the beginning of the Arab strike on April 19, 1936 when a new port was built in Tel Aviv.) CUs, loading and unloading citrus. Workers, cranes, donkeys. CU, an Arab supervises workers. Orange juice seller. View of Jaffa harbor from crane, man on crane. Shot of harbor with Tel Aviv in BG. Retake of harbor with Tel Aviv in BG. CU, milk seller, Arab lighters. Man steering boat with shirt reading "Torm Gorthon Lines, Jaffa"
Note(s)
Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.
Jaffa and Haifa ports were considered to be the major ports in Palestine, and both were publicly owned and operated by the Government of Palestine. Before WWII, Jaffa's port was underdeveloped, and because of its treacherous sea, ships often had to continue sailing up north to Haifa. Ships anchored a few miles from the shore line, to unload their passengers or goods to small boats.
Subjects
- PALESTINE
- FOOD
- BOATS
- WORKERS
- SHIPS
- HARBORS
- MARCH OF TIME
Places
- Tel Aviv, Palestine
- Haifa, Palestine
- , Palestine
Genre
- Outtakes.
- Film