Israel: Birth of a Nation
Kategorie
(DVD)
ISBN(s): 7290004550226Katalognummer UK70527
Artikelnummer: 999800016728
Label: Doko Media
A prestige film production of the History Channel. Israel
declared its
sovereignty on May 14, 1948. One day later, armies from Lebanon, Syria,
Transjordan, Egypt and Iraq invaded. With only 600,000 people in the
infant nation, the odds seemed overwhelming.
Yet they not only
survived, they triumphed, and by 1949 armistice negotiations began that
would ensure the existence of the Jewish State. Filled with rare
footage, photographs, and interviews with participants in the War of
Independence, this is the definitive document of one of the turning
points in modern history. Extraordinary footage like a filme by Bernard
Beecham, a British soldier, shows the reality of life in the fledgling
nation.
T his is a remarkable chronicle of a nation won by
courage and determination more than weaponry, the saga of a people
finally returned to the land from which they had been away from for
almost 2000 years.
Against the well-equipped Arab armies stood
poorly armed Jewish forces dedicated to protecting a country whose
population totaled just 650,000 men, women and children. Not only did
Israel's young soldiers stop the Arab onslaught, but - with more bravery
than bullets - they went on to create a military triumph that ensured
the survival of the new Jewish State
Showing the dramatic days
that surrounded the birth of the fledgling nation, this movie includes
rare material ? a unique film by a British Mandate soldier, footage of
Ben Gurion at the Declaration of Independence, scenes from the war as
well as interviews with those who actually fought in it.
Without
doubt this extraordinary movie, produced by the History Channel, is the
definitive document of one of the remarkable turning points in modern
history.
DVD PAL
Languages: Hebrew, English
