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Young Jewish refugees sign up for Jewish Brigade Group in Haifa, Palestine.
Young Jewish refugees join the Jewish Brigade in Haifa, Palestine. Banner reads 'Jewish Brigade Group'. Young Jews gather to sign up with the Jewish Brigade. Young Jews enter the Jewish Agency of Tel Aviv. Board reads 'Recruiting Department, The Jewish Agency for Palestine'.
Jewish refugees from Europe reach Palestine
A newsreel titled 'US-Russia back UN plan for Holy Land' shows European Jewish refugees on board a former American vessel as they reach Haifa Palestine after traveling from a Black Sea port. Writing on ship says "Haganah Ship - Jewish State". Passengers hold up a dead infant for those on the docks to see, a victim of the overcrowded ship conditions. British forces patrol the docks before passenger disembark. Fatigued refugees, including families with small children, disembark from the ship as the injured and sick are carried away on stretchers. Passengers are sprayed with delousing agent powder to control spread of disease. Other passengers seen embarking a ship from dock for transport to Cypress detention camps, rather than facing deportation to Europe. Scene change to United Nations meeting at Lake Success New York. United States delegate, Herschel Johnson, addresses a meeting of General Assembly's Special Committee on Palestine, expressing support for proposed partition of Palestine.
Israeli delegates go to the United Nations and seek for a separate Jewish state -- formation of Israel.
Formation of Israel in May 1948 and events leading up to it. October 1947: Jewish refugees from Europe aboard two ships arriving in Palestine, only to be turned away by British authorities and sent to internment in Cyprus. They get off from the ship Cyprus. A Jewish woman with her child at the dock. A sign reads 'United Nations Palestine Commission'. Delegates seated in a hall debating about the partition of Palestine between the Jews and the Arabs. Destroyed houses and buildings in Haifa after fighting between Israeli and Arab forces. Jewish troops holding guns walk on the ruins of building. The dead Jewish people on street. The troops stand in a group. Captured Arab prisoners in the Negev desert area, being directed by Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF). The prisoners with their hands up enter a vehicle. Cars and people on a street with a traffic circle in Tel Aviv. Prime Minister of Iseral David Ben Gurion enters a building on May 14, 1948, to be installed as leader of the new government. The Jewish soldiers stand holding guns. A flag of Israel flatters in air. United Nations soldiers stand holding a white flag and join Israeli troops in recovering bodies of Israeli soldiers killed in ongoing skirmishes with Arab forces. The troops stand on a border. President of Israel Chaim Weizmann, a Jewish patriot, walks with officials. Soldiers stand on the side. The Israel delegates go to the United Nations and seek for Israel to be admitted to the United Nations. Delegates seated in hall. Middle Eastern Arab country representatives of the UN walk out of the hall in protest after Israeli receives the vote admitting it to the UN. The empty seats of the Arab countries. The new state of Israel is born. Flags are raised at the UN including the flag of Israel. People cheer and celebrate. From a July 2, 1964 newsreel of "Yesterday's Big Story".
Baggage is unloaded and Jewish refugees disembark from a ship in Haifa, Palestine, during World War II.
Jewish refugees arrive in Haifa,Palestine during World War II. A ship is docked. Refugees wave their handkerchiefs. Authorities going aboard the ship. British soldiers carrying arms at the dock. Ambulances bearing Star of David in the foreground. Unloading of baggage with British Sea Transport Naval Officer Commandant Frederick E. Morgan in the foreground. The refugees disembark from the ship. Some old people and mothers disembark with their children.
The Mobile Jewish Brigade of Tel Monte undergo rifle drill in Haifa, Palestine.
The Mobile Jewish Brigade of Tel Monte in Haifa, Palestine. Brigade members undergo a rifle drill wearing uniform. Officers on horses march behind the Guards. Mobile Guards march on ground with Tel Monte village in the background. Mobile Guards run from the woods, lie down and fire rifles as part of the drill. Local man walks with his camel. (World War II period).
Aftermath of the Barclays Bank bombing in Haifa Palestine.
British response to the Barclays Bank in Haifa. British soldier on guard outside Barclays Bank as military trucks drive by. A jeep backs up slowly as British soldiers converge outside the Barclays Bank building. Facade of Barclays Bank. Shattered glass in road as jeeps drive by. British officers converse outside Barclays Bank. British soldier surveys a destroyed office inside the bank.
