# VISIT PALESTINE NOW 1930s HOLY LAND TRIP TO ISRAEL / PALESTINE 88084

Dating to the 1930s and made by the Polish Gdynia America Line, VISIT PALESTINE NOW presents a voyage aboard the SS Pulaski (formerly the Russian-American Line's SS Czar) to the Holy Land. The trip originates from New York and goes to Warsaw (;40) and thence by rail to Bucharest and finally Constanza where "we embark on a steamer for the direct run to Haifa". Haifa is seen at 1:12 and the Pulaski at 1:20 . At 1:57 Jewish tourists dance on the deck of the vessel. At 2:40 , a Rabbi and Kantor G. Sirota of Warsaw are seen on deck as the sun goes down. Religious services are seen on the ship. At 4:30 , Purim is shown celebrated in the streets of Tel-Aviv. At 4:48 the flag now affiliated with the state of Israel flies over the city. At 5:30 a parade of camels goes through the streets as part of the festival, followed by floats at 6:10 . At 6:40 the harvest festival at Tel-Aviv is shown and school children bring green plants to celebrate the arrival of summer. At 7:50 the Levant Fair is shown and at 7:58 British officers are seen at the event. At 8:46 a local museum is shown. The film ends with a special promotional message aimed at viewers -- "You too can now visit the land of your forefathers..." SS Czar, or Царь in Russian, was an ocean liner for the Russian American Line before World War I. The ship was later known as Estonia for the Baltic American Line, Pułaski for the Gdynia America Line and as a British Ministry of War Transport troopship, and as Empire Penryn after World…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/88084VisitPalistineNow)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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