Original subtitles

TRANSLATION FROM HEBREW:

ARCHIVE: Dr Weitz of Keren Kayemet, the pioneer of Israel,

autographs a piece of rock from this hallowed ground.

The forest is his dream and passion.

ARCHIVE: The sands of solitude

turned into the fertility of the future.

Wastes into woodlands.

Desolation into dedication.

The planting of fruit trees and forests.

The victory of man

over the destructive forces of nature.

The foundation was laid for what was to become the Jewish state.

CHATTER

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

HOOTER BLARES

PATRIOTIC SONG

ARCHIVE: The story goes back to the year 1901.

Theodor Herzl proposed the establishment

of a perpetual fund to regain the land of Israel.

How can one buy a country without the aid of a government?

The land of Israel was acquired by the Jewish people

and by methods which made the whole people, poor and rich,

young and old, partners in this historic venture.

The Blue Box was devised as a symbol

and as a fundraising vehicle,

for at the same time you lift your hand to put some coins into the box,

you lift another hand in Israel -

to clear another acre,

to plough another furrow,

to plant another tree.

STIRRING MUSIC

TRAIN RUMBLES

CHILDREN CHATTER

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

ARCHIVE: Train wrecking becomes the latest weapon of the Arabs

in their unreasoning campaign against a Jewish homeland

in Palestine.

SIREN WAILS

CLAMOURING

SHOTS

FLURRY OF WINGS

DOG BARKS

THUNDER RUMBLES

RAIN POURS

SHOUTING

UPBEAT SWING MUSIC

CHEERING

INAUDIBLE

TELEPHONE RINGS

CHATTER

HORNS BLARE

ARCHIVE: The resolution of the Committee for Palestine

was adopted by 33 votes, 13 against,

ten abstentions.

CHEERING

SOLDER SHOUTS ORDERS

CHEERING

SINGING

AIR-RAID SIRENS WAIL

INAUDIBLE

GUNFIRE

ROOSTER CROWS

DONKEY BRAYS

DISTANT GUNSHOT

DISTANT GUNSHOTS

INAUDIBLE

ARCHIVE: Israel is not ready to sit

with the most direct involved party in the conflict...

STIRRING MUSIC

ARCHIVE: In a ceremony at Jerusalem,

the government formally turns over to the Jewish National Fund

a million dunams of state land.

The agreement is signed by chairman of the land administration,

Mr Joseph Weitz.

The contract is based upon agreement which made the Lands Administration

responsible for managing the land and the JNF for developing it.

The lands are located in all parts of the country

and will be developed by the JNF

through soil reclamation, agricultural drainage, afforestation

and road construction.

SWING MUSIC

PATRIOTIC SONG

CHATTER

ARCHIVE: Today in the Near East, a suffering people,

the Palestine Arab refugees, are struggling for survival.

Three quarters of a million displaced human beings are dependent

upon charity for their very existence.

This is one of dozens of camps in which these refugees huddle...

AIR-RAID SIREN WAILS

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