Paramount Newsreel, 14 April, 1949: First President of Israel Chaim Weizmann of Israel speaks with the press upon arrival at Idlewild

First President of Israel Chaim Weizmann of Israel speaks with the press upon arrival at Idlewild

1949
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Directed by: Unknown
Language: Silent
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Subtitles: English, Hebrew

President Weizmann speaks about being back in the US; praises America for its support; Israel is a hard reality, a small country with few natural resources; notes theres going to be a massive influx of 25 million refugees from several countries in the next year that will be immigrating there, even the US couldnt cope with it. Note: several lens switches. (From the Sherman Grinberg Film Library)

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