Italian aircraft attack the British Mandate of Palestine during World war II. Italian Royal Air Force raiding bombers conduct the first air raid on the Holy Land seaport of Haifa, a vital oil shipping center. Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero bombers in flight. The crew in the aircraft. Bombs dropped. The aircraft bombard the coastline and the port. Smoke due to heavy explosions during the bombardment.
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.
Jewish refugees from Europe arriving in Palestine after World War 2. Crowd of people enter a railway car. Police guarding security check point made of sandbags outside train station as a convoy of military trucks carrying Jewish passengers pulls up. Jewish women and men climb down from back of a truck. An Arab shepherd tends his grazing goats as convoy of trucks passes on road behind him. Palestinian women and men in train platform. Sign above platform directs travelers to different platforms for Jerusalem and Haifa. Smiling Jewish families, including a small boy holding his father's hand, queue up at the railroad train station. People waving good-bye from train windows as train departs the station.
Inside view of United Nations Headquarters where United Nations meeting is in progress. Dr Oswaldo Aranha, President of the session and assembly seated. United Nations ponders Palestine problem. Terrorist attack at Rehovoth is shown. Cairo to Haifa express blown up and derailed. British soldiers look through wreckage of train. Injured turkish woman mourning over her 3 year old son. Injured carried from train.
The Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, off the coast of Bat-Galim, Haifa with 1378 Jewish refugees from Italy and Sweden. British Palestinian coast guard ship confronts the Haim Arlozoroff (also formerly the USCGC Unalga (WPG-53). The Haim Arlozorov after running aground seen from beach as British soldiers patrol nearby. British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Chiefstain intercepts the Haim Arlozorov. Jewish refugees onboard the Haim Arlozorov, with a sign in Hebrew and the name “Haim Arlozorov”. British navy personnel escort Jewish refugees out of the ship. Jewish refugees, mostly female refugees, on the coast of Bat-Galim. Lifeboat pulls up alongside the Haim Arlozorov. Refugees are processed dockside after disembarking. British soldiers carry a man on a stretcher, injured during fight to prevent the British from capturing the ship. British medic escorts a young female Jewish refugee along the dock. British soldiers sitting on the beach watching the interception of the Haim Arlozorov.
The British Navy captures a Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, in Palestine. The immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, off the coast of Bat-Galim, Haifa with 1378 Jewish refugees from Italy and Sweden. The Haim Arlozorov (also formerly the USCGC Unalga (WPG-53) after running aground seen from beach as British soldiers patrol nearby. Some civilians watch the refugee ship near the coast. Jewish immigrants crowd the deck of the Haim Arlozorov. British navy men form a human shield on the deck. Sign in English and Hebrew reads “Haim Arlozorov”. Medics carry a woman on a stretcher. An injured Jewish man with splint is escorted out of the ship. British navy personnel escort Jewish refugees out of the ship. Jewish refugees, mostly female refugees, on the coast of Bat-Galim.
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