Sands ofSorrow 1950 (Restored)

In 1950, the American Council for the Relief of Palestinians produced the first international documentary on the Palestinian refugee camps, Sands of Sorrow.1 Directed primarily at Christian churches and charities, the film’s tone was lightly didactic, its images striking and ethnographically attentive. An early example of the then relatively new genre of humanitarian advocacy, Sands of Sorrow invited its audience to focus on the human consequences of the mass displacement of the Palestinian Arabs.

The film was introduced by the journalist Dorothy Thompson, famous in the war years for her political internationalism, anti-Nazi campaigns, and tireless support of Jewish refugees.

For Thompson, there was a clear moral and political continuity between her
support of Jewish refugees in the late 1930s and her advocacy for the Palestinians in the early 1950s. Others disagreed. Amid accusations of anti-Semitism, she lost friends, work, and political influence. JUST 2 years after the founding of Israel, the witch-hunts/censorship of ANYONE who dared speak with a pro-Palestinian voice were already established.
SEE: https://youtu.be/tIKJhs8IWyk

This film exists only in really poor copies; this one is "restored" as best I could with simple software tools.