Movie Documentary Reviews: The Magnetic Tide (US, 1950)


Figure 1.--These two Kibutzim boys are many of the individuals depicted in Dorothy Silverstone's documentary, 'The Magnetic Tide'. The film shows how at the time the mostly European refugees who survived the NAZI Holocaust were building a new nation. This 22-minute American documentary was shot in Israel and released in the United States by 20th Century-Fox.

This 22-minute American documentary was shot in Israel and released in the United States by 20th Century-Fox. The film attemoted to stear clear of political commentary and to focus on how European refugees flowing into Israel were building new lives in the just established nation of Israel. At the time the largest group of immigrants, were the European survivors of the NAZI Holocaust. After the departure of the British (1948), there was no longer any contrraints on immigration. The film was directed by Dorothy Silverstone, the wife of Fox's foreign Chief Executive, Murray Silverstone. The music is provided by Isreali groups like the Palestine String Quartet and the Tel-Aviv Opera. The narriator is British actor and singer Dennis King. The film is interesting as a view of Israel just after independence and defeating the Arab invasion (1948-49). Not addressed in the film is the beginning of immigration from the Arab couuntries and Iran which would would eventually provide a larger contribution to the Isreali population than European immigrants.






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