Zuccaro Week 2 Sunday Storyboard Lydda; Chapter 5 of My Promised Land

Use the following storyboard to organize elements of your story into a timeline that you will use as an
outline when working in iMovie or MovieMaker.
Name: Mark Zuccaro
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What do you see?

What do you hear?

Narration (1-2 sentences)

Shot One: Photos of burning buildings in

Lydda, soldiers, and prisoners of the city.

Shot Two: (Interview with an expert) Camera

on his face.

Lydda: one of the most controversial turning

points of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is
here that Israelis massacred hundreds of
Palestinian civilians.
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Lydda was of extreme importance. If the

Zionists wanted to succeed, they knew they
needed Lydda. An Arab Lydda could not
exist if Israel were to survive.
The valley of Lydda how did the Zionists
arrive in the first place? How did Israelis get
along with the Arab Lydda before the
massacre?
Shot Three: Aerial shot of what Lydda looks
like today
Transition/Special Effect
Cut out

Music (if any)

Somber, slow music. Something with
instruments used in middle eastern music
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What do you see?

What do you hear?

Narration (1-2 sentences)

Shot 1: Just photos of various Jewish

immigrants in Palestine; specifically, if
retrievable, in the Valley of Lydda.
Shot 2: Ari Shavit interview; [something like
this]
The Anglo-Palestine Bank had purchased
2,330 dunams of land for over 80,000
francs. Of the 2,330 dunams, nearly 1,946 of
it was fertile. The city of Lydda and the
valleys numerous olive trees were included
in this area.

Shot 3: Overview/aerial shot of Israeli

farmland.
Transition/Special Effect

The first Zionists arrived in the Valley of

Lydda in 1903 and began to farm.

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By 1905, more and more Jews were in

search of a place to go. Palestine was not
the most popular, but it was an option.
Music (if any) Middle-eastern music; more
uplifting than before

Fade out

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What do you see?

What do you hear?

Narration (1-2 sentences)

Shot 1: Shots of olive tree centered; blowing Nahum Wilbosh was Zionist engineer who
in the wind.
decided to attempt to create a factory in the
Lydda Valley. He purchased 100 dunams
from the Anglo-Palestinian Bank.

Shot 2: Moving shot from left to right of

many olive trees in Israel

The factory was going to use olive trees to

make soap and to get oil from the orchards.
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Shot 3: Shot aiming up in an olive tree

orchard, the sun shining through the
branches

After the death of Theodor Herzl, there an

immense push of Jewish pride; to send a
message, one thousand olive trees were
planted in his memorial. Most importantly,
though, some workers rallied and destroyed
old trees planted by Arab workers to show
this sense of nationalism.

Transition/Special Effect
Fade in

12,000 olive trees were planted.

Music (if any)Happy music in the beginning,
sad, slower middle-eastern music after the
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Slow fade out

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What do you see?

What do you hear?

Narration (1-2 sentences)

Shot 1: Ari Shavit; side of the face shot:
[something like this]:
The factory did not last long thanks to
ongoing skirmishes and locusts.
Shot 2: Straight shot of his face:
And unfortunately, it was one of many
settlement failures before successes. An
agriculture school went bankrupt, and an
artisan colony collapsed due to diseaseBy
1910, nearly all the settlements of the
Lydda Valley failed. Except for one, in
1919.

Transition/Special Effect
Slow fade in

Music (if any)

No music for Shavits explanation; hopeful
and louder music after his interview

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What do you see?

Shot 1: Footage of Jewish refugees; photos

of Lyddas settlements

Shot 2: Photos of Lehmann

What do you hear?

Narration (1-2 sentences)
- Dr. Siegfried Lehmann was a German Jew
who realized the widespread anti-Semitism
in Europe. As a result, he wanted to
reconnect Eastern and Western Jewry in
another place. He created a youth village
which was very successful by 1946, there
were over 600 students.
Lehmann had phenomenal relations with the
Arabs living in Lydda they celebrated
festivals, worked together, and visited one
anothers markets. The Jews and Arabs
cooperated in peace.

Shot 3: Ari Shavit, side of face, dark

lighting.
Unfortunately, while there was peace, war
was slowly approaching. The Zionists were
training and building their arms.

Transition/Special Effect
Fade out slowly

Music (if any)

Very happy, becomes somber when Shavit is
shown. No music when he speaks.

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What do you see?

What do you hear?

Narration (1-2 sentences)

Shot 1: Israeli marketplaces; shots of people

walking; camera on the ground.

Shot 2: Timelapse of a big city in Israel.

Shot 3: United Nations photos of the

Partition being approved;

Shot 4: War scenes and photos

Transition/Special Effect
Fade out slowly to black.

Lydda began to flourish. By 1947, there

were 19,000 people. The economy grew
substantially as well.
However, as time went on, the Zionists built
their armies and trained their men.
Finally, in 1947, when Israel was officially
established, war broke out from December
1947 to May 1948 between the Jews and
Arabs.
Then, on July 11, the turning point: the
conquering of Lydda, and when the Zionists
perhaps crossed the line.

Music (if any)No music.

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What do you see?

What do you hear?

Narration (1-2 sentences)

Shot 1: Scenes of war

Within 2 days, Lydda is utterly destroyed.

Hundreds of innocent civilians are killed.
Orders are given to shoot anyone in the
streets regardless of age.

Shot 2: Ari Shavit, camera slowly revolving

around him, [dark lighting]
Lydda was an enormous Arab cityit was a
necessity to conquer it if Zionism was to
continue. If Lydda was to be, Zionism could
not be. If Zionism was to be, Lydda could
not be. Arab Lydda could not exist in the
center of Israel.
Shot 3: [Expert]
The soldiers were brutal; some were
reluctant and horrified, but in the end, they
followed orders. Lydda was a significant
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turning point because of the fear it inflicted

within Palestine. People were forcibly
removed, and many moved due to fear.
Do Jews today believe they overstepped
their boundaries?

Transition/Special Effect
Quick flash to various war scenes

Music (if any)

Very sad music; middle-eastern instruments

Very dark lighting

Fade out

What do you see?

What do you hear?

Narration (1-2 sentences)

Shot 1: Ari Shavit, close up on face

Lydda is an essential part of our story. And
when I try to be honest about it, I see that
the choice is stark: either reject Zionism
because of Lydda, or accept Zionism along
with Lydda.
I know if it that if it wasnt for them, the
State of Israel would nothave been born. If
need be, Ill stand by the damned.

Shot 2: Clips of war today in the region

Many Jews today reject what happened that
day, while others believe it was an essential
part of their struggle for a homeland.
Regardless, the conflict continues today
just as brutally as it did in 1948.

Transition/Special Effect
Dim lighting
Slow fade out

Music (if any)

slow, somber music

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