Discussions on the Middle East crisis in the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. Soviet Prime Minister Alexey Kosygin arrives by an airplane. He climbs down the stairs. His daughter Liudmila Gvishiani at the airport with her husband Dzherman Gvishiani. Kosygin speaks in the General Assembly of the United Nations about the Middle East and condemns the U.S. for allegedly encouraging Israel. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets Australian Prime Minister Harold Edward Holt and his wife Zara Kate Dickens. He talks about the Middle East crisis days after the Six Day War, and urges Israeli-Arab negotiation with world cooperation. In the old city of Jerusalem, the dividing wall separating Jewish and Arab sections of the Holy City is demolished by bulldozers and religious orthodox Jews in a pilgrimage flock to the Wailing Wall or Western Wall.
The UN General Assembly meeting goes on in New York City near time frame of Arab-Israeli Six Day War in June 1967. The Assembly rejects Russia's resolution to brand Israel the aggressor in the Middle East, while voiding the annexation of Jerusalem. A board shows names of voting countries. Three men on stage. Arab forces and Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) exchange fire across the Suez Canal, breaking temporary truce. Soldiers on tanks. A soldier looks through binoculars. Soldiers in truck. Truck drives off.
Israeli tank rolls by as Army infantry drive across the Sinai Peninsula to the Suez Canal during the Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, Syria. Israeli soldier looks through binoculars. Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF) man a foxhole with weapons ready. An Israeli puts up a sign in Hebrew covering a sign that says "Welcome to Gaza." Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Dayan brief journalists. The Israeli forces break the Gulf of Aqaba blockade and take the old city of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. View of the damaged buildings. Israeli soldiers receive surrendering Arab prisoners of war. In New York: At United Nations Headquarters United States Ambassador Arthur Goldberg introduces the Peace Plan. Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban and representatives from 15 Nations come to a common decision. Resolution being adopted and Jordan and Egypt accepts the United Nations cease fire.
The baptism of John Clark Gable, son of Hollywood actor Clark Gable, at St. Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church (15520 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436, United States) in Encino, California. Sign reads “St. Cyril’s Catholic Church”. Hollywood stars Louella Parsons, Hedda Hopper, Jack Benny with his wife and Marilyn Monroe arrive at the church. Kay Williams Gable, holding John, arrives at the church. Baptism ceremony in the church. John with his mother comes out from the church.
Late 1930s and early 1940s life in Jerusalem, Palestine. Views from 1917 era as British military patrol under British Army General Edmund Allenby advances in military trucks up the plains from Gaza. Arab forces riding on camels. The Arabs move in support. Jerusalem is captured by the British in 1917. British men in the city. Jerusalem aerial view of late 1930s and approximately 1940 "new" Jerusalem contrasting the ancient and old parts of the city and new buildings. Narrator descriptions and visual portrayals of nationalism among Jewish and Arab residents in Jerusalem. Jewish men construct what the narrator terms as "a typical Zionist house just going up" Jewish civilians walking on the streets including one woman pushing a baby carriage. Cars move on a street and a view of a bus moving up Queen Mary Avenue. Jewish residents at a beach of Tel Aviv. They enjoy the water and dance the hora at the water's edge. A British man teaches an Arabic farmer the modern methods of agriculture. Men harvest food grains with a harvester. Arab boys in a class get a proper education "as in Europe." Palestinian girls in dresses play a game of basketball. The ex mayor of Jerusalem Hussein al-Khalidi in the center and other people around him.
An Arab man walks through the outskirts of Jerusalem. A donkey grazes near a house. View of Abbey of the Dormition on Mt. Zion. Man leads a horse carrying baggage near the Tower of David (Jerusalem citadel. ) Arab men sell fruits and gather next to Tower of David (Jerusalem citadel.) Men sell goods at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem. View through Jaffa Gate into the old city of Jerusalem.