
The United Kibbutz Newsreel #1
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Overview
The kibbutz artists and sculptors gathered in Naan and presented some of their works at an exhibition on the kibbutz lawn and in the exhibition halls. Representatives of the United Kibbutz presented their innovations at the agricultural machinery exhibition held in Haifa Bay. Every week, 10,000 copies of the “Bakibbutz” newspaper are edited, printed, and distributed among the kibbutzim.
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