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1950s - Israel: Civil Defense Exercise; Kibbutz Construction & Self-Defense Training.

Reel Number: 220579-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1950s,1953,1956

Country: Israel

Location: Jerusalem,Lake Galilee,Lake Kinneret,Suez Crisis

TC Begins: 03:06:39

TC Ends: 03:08:51

Duration: 00:02:12

1950s - Israel: Civil Defense Exercise; Kibbutz Construction & Self-Defense Training. LS Jerusalem; street scenes during civil defense exercise in Zion Square, downtown Jerusalem. Traffic, buses; crowds hurrying / moved by soldiers, people moved into doorways. High Angle / HA empty street. 03;07:01 Firecrackers exploded to make smoke - exterior building w/ sign Zion Hall. Anti-aircraft gun fired from rooftop. Soldiers / troops hose down firecracker box in intersection. 03:07:28 Mock injured escorted to ambulance; others lowered from building & carried on stretcher. 03:07:50 Intertitle: Israel 03:07:54 Men & women in work clothes walking past building construction in a Kibbutz. MS man pointing, LS across farm. 03:08:03 CUs smiling bearded Jewish man; bearded men w/ cap & w/ hat. MS along pipe above trench being laid for irrigation. Men w/ lowering w/ chain & pulley; arc welding joint; man breaking up rocky ground w/ pickax as young Jewish children watch; planting garden (?). 03:08:29 Men taught use of bolt-action rifle, pretending to fire from prone position w/ houses in background. Man w/ rifle walks among sheep in pens; others along road & patrolling (?) Kibbutz fence next to Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). 1950s Middle East; Self Defense Preparations; Training; Public Safety; Settlement; Ethnic; Jewish; NOTE: May be ca time of Suez Crisis. NOTE: If requested will supply 03;06:39 - 03:16:27 at per reel rate.

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