The National Zionist Organizations, fulfilling a crucial role in founding the State of Israel, produced films depicting the rebuilding of the Jewish Homeland. This section contains original films produced between 1911 and 1948, as well as special showcase films produced by the Spielberg Archive. Here one may find films about founding new settlements, views of israel as it is being renewed with construction, home movies of historic events, the assumed first newsreel ever shot in Israel which concerns a natural disaster in Tiberias, consequences of Arab Riots in 1929, and some prominent figures such as Teddy Kollek and Shimon Peres in their youth.
