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1945 - Palestine: Farming, Mikveh Israel Agricultural School; Educational & Agricultural Institute.

Reel Number: 220438-09

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945,1940s

Country: Israel,Palestine

Location: Magdiel,Mikveh

TC Begins: 05:09:15

TC Ends: 05:20:42

Duration: 00:11:27

1945 - Palestine: Farming, Mikveh Israel Agricultural School; Educational & Agricultural Institute. Workers feeding cows in barn stanchions as others groom the crossbreeds of Dutch cows & Arab bulls. Moving out to pasture. Workers cleaning out & hosing down barn. Cows moved to pasture, mule pulled wagon w/ load of hay past & into barn. 05:11:22 MSs Students out of school & down steps, going to work in the fields after morning courses. 05:12:13 Gather tools & into wagon / cart & leaving down road, passing. 05:13:20 Students into botanical gardens; weeding & hoeing flower beds. Turning on sprinkler for irrigation. Walk to area w/ large Agave (?) & teacher / instructor lecturing students re tropical plant. 05:14:31 Teacher & students at monument to Charles Netter, founder of the school. CU carved stone at base. 05:14:52 Newly arrived refugees w/ bundles & belongings walk down road at the agricultural school at Magdiel after leaving Athlit where they had a brief stay. Other students rush out to greet them (stagey). 05:15:46 CU sign: Educational And Agricultural Institute (also in Hebrew). Agricultural school where girls are taught household management. High Angle / HA Gardens - students hoeing gardens,weeding & tending flowers. 05:16:42 Field - student wi/ horse drawn plow towards instructor; others walking w/ shovels & hoes. Farm buildings & orchard in background. 05:17:19 Girls toss / turn straw w/ rakes. Instructor & three refugees walking thru cattle corral beside barn; put down stools & taught how to milk cows. MSs. 05:18:43 Three older students take new ones on tour of school - stop at chicken hutch & feed them. 05:19:22 Kitchen, students taught cookery skills, grinding, peeling & cutting vegetables. - cooking for large quantities in kettles on stove. Middle East Education; Jewish; Farming; Resettling; 1940s; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.

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