Israel- Birth of a nation
A History Channel Film
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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. This 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.
2 Hours
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