Exodus 1947
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“The ship that launched a nation”
Exodus 1947 is a one hour PBS documentary narrated by Morley Safer with a score by Ilan Rechtman. The Exodus 1947 voyage acted as a catalyst in forming the new State of Israel. The documentary focuses on clandestine and "illegal" American efforts to finance and crew the most infamous of ten American ships that attempted to bring Jewish refugees to Palestine.
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Cast
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Murray Aronoff
Self
Ike Aronowitz
Self
Robby Henson
Elizabeth Rodgers
Ilan Rechtman
David Ben-Gurion
Self
Also in
Ben-Gurion, Epilogue
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
Eli Bergman
Self
Moe Bernstein
Self
Ruth Gruber
Self
Morley Safer
Narrator (voice)
Also in
No One Saw a Thing
The American President
Ronald Bundle
Self - HMS Checquers
Ralph Goldman
Self - Former Haganah Liaison
Robby Henson Director · Elizabeth Rodgers Director
United States release July 6, 1997
Production
Maryland Public Television
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English
Release dates
United States · July 6, 1997
TV
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