1970s ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES (IDF) RECRUITING & TRAINING FILM ISRAEL ARMY 25704

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Aimed at a foreign audience, this Israeli promotional film illustrates the daily life and basic training on a military outpost of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), including paratrooper training. The IDF was first established in 1948 on the order of Defense Minister (and later Prime Minister) David Ben-Gurion. It has served in all of Israel’s major military operations, and is unique in that it includes the mandatory conscription of women. The film appears to be from the early 1970s. The film opens with IDF soldiers in uniform, raising a post. Shots of soldiers at a military outpost. A flock of sheep is herded at the camp. Closeup of a woman herding sheep. 0:33 IDF soldier performing daily tasks – shaving, folding blankets, cleaning weapons, polishing shoes. 1:00 Bomb goes off in the middle of an empty field. Tankers cross a field an