1945 - Palestine: Palnat Diamond Cutters, Syndicate; Givat Hashlosha Kibbutz Library Cornerstone Laying
View across dry flat land of Sharon plain past signs at Jaffa-Haifa & Natanya road intersection. English soldier directs trucks & cars / traffic. CU sign: Natanya in English, Hebrew & Arabic. LS past construction of small houses on sandy ground to sea.
04:54:35 LS of establish houses & small trees around. Large buildings / barns / factories. MS large modern buildings. Sign on side: Palnat Diamonds Ltd.
04:55:19 Interior: Diamond cutters & workers seated polishing gems, foremen / supervisors behind inspect thru loupes.
04:56:19 Man (Oved Ben-Ami ?) in suit to safe next to man at workbench; takes out envelope. To man at bench beneath poster & picture. MCU man sorting stones / gems. CU fingers holding gems. CU man cutting stone; looking thru magnifier.
04:57:49 Two men weighing stones on balance scale. Gems wrapped in papers put in envelope
04:58:10 Oved Ben-Ami, Albert Ehrenfeld & members of diamond syndicate meet. Men seated around table & in chairs behind applaud as Ben-Ami & Ehrenfeld go to head of table. MS men seated listen, applause.
04:58:56 Oved Ben-Ami standing & talking MOS.
04:59:16 Jan45 (?) Givat HaShlosha Kibbutz, Palestine May Day Celebration. LS street filled w/ young men walking towards & past camera to sports ground. Enter, some w/ flags, thru gate. Some girls in uniform with them. Units of men marching, around field w/ banners & flags, houses in background. LS from hilltop. MS of people listening. Speaker (MOS) on platform beneath banners in Hebrew. MCU men w/ flags. CU speaker, men adjust microphone. MS people listening. MCU row of men standing on platform w/ flags or banners.
05:02:19 LS girl reading while standing on platform surrounded by spectators; MCU. Speech put in bottle & buried. Laying cornerstone of library (?). Banners.
Animals; 1940s; British Mandate; Jewish Industry; Palestine Immigration; 1940s;
NOTE: Ben-Ami became Mayor of Netanya; Ehrenfeld was Israel’s first diamond controller.
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1945 - Palestine: Palnat Diamond Cutters, Syndicate; Givat Hashlosha Kibbutz Library Cornerstone Laying View across dry flat land of Sharon plain past signs at Jaffa-Haifa & Natanya road intersection. English soldier directs trucks & cars / traffic. CU sign: Natanya in English, Hebrew & Arabic. LS past construction of small houses on sandy ground to sea. 04:54:35 LS of establish houses & small trees around. Large buildings / barns / factories. MS large modern buildings. Sign on side: Palnat Diamonds Ltd. 04:55:19 Interior: Diamond cutters & workers seated polishing gems, foremen / supervisors behind inspect thru loupes. 04:56:19 Man (Oved Ben-Ami ?) in suit to safe next to man at workbench; takes out envelope. To man at bench beneath poster & picture. MCU man sorting stones / gems. CU fingers holding gems. CU man cutting stone; looking thru magnifier. 04:57:49 Two men weighing stones on balance scale. Gems wrapped in papers put in envelope 04:58:10 Oved Ben-Ami, Albert Ehrenfeld & members of diamond syndicate meet. Men seated around table & in chairs behind applaud as Ben-Ami & Ehrenfeld go to head of table. MS men seated listen, applause. 04:58:56 Oved Ben-Ami standing & talking MOS. 04:59:16 Jan45 (?) Givat HaShlosha Kibbutz, Palestine May Day Celebration. LS street filled w/ young men walking towards & past camera to sports ground. Enter, some w/ flags, thru gate. Some girls in uniform with them. Units of men marching, around field w/ banners & flags, houses in background. LS from hilltop. MS of people listening. Speaker (MOS) on platform beneath banners in Hebrew. MCU men w/ flags. CU speaker, men adjust microphone. MS people listening. MCU row of men standing on platform w/ flags or banners. 05:02:19 LS girl reading while standing on platform surrounded by spectators; MCU. Speech put in bottle & buried. Laying cornerstone of library (?). Banners. Animals; 1940s; British Mandate; Jewish Industry; Palestine Immigration; 1940s; NOTE: Ben-Ami became Mayor of Netanya; Ehrenfeld was Israel’s first diamond controller.