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James H. BeckerBill Morrison

Back to the Soil

    RELEASE

    2014-01-01

    BUGET

    N/A

    LENGTH

    18 min

    Description

    In 1924, Jewish tradesmen in the newly-formed Soviet Union relocated to the Ukraine, Belarus and Crimea to form farming colonies. The film is of a tour to survey the so-called “Agro-Joint colonies” by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, shot during one week in May 1927 by Bill Morrison’s grandfather, James H. Becker.

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