A newsreel titled 'Martial law in Palestine' shows imposition of Martial law in Jerusalem, Palestine by British mandate authorities. Military tanks roll out on the streets and access to public buildings restricted by barbed wires. Police and soldiers check and search the people on the streets. Curfew imposed in the city.
A documentary film about the people and biblical art in Jerusalem, Palestine. People enter an arched gate. Donkeys loaded with sacks walk past an open market. People sit in the open marketplace. A painting depicting a copy of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. A Franciscan monk walks in the Garden of Gethsemane. A painting of Jesus Christ praying at the Garden of Gethsemane. View of the Temple Mount. Aerial view of the Tower of David (David's Citadel) and the city walls. View of the old city through a window. Minaret of the Omar Mosque located opposite the southern courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at the end of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. Another painting of biblical art depicting Jesus Christ standing before Pontius Pilate.
British soldiers capture Jerusalem in Palestine during World War 1. British soldiers march through the streets of captured Jerusalem. Two officers talk to each other. Horses in the background. Soldiers march in formation. British soldiers march over an uneven sandy terrain.
Mandatory Palestine High Commissioner General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham visits an Infant Welfare Centre in Jerusalem. Palestinian officials greet General Cunningham. General Cunningham meets the nurses of the Infant Welfare Centre. Jewish children having their meals. General Cunningham meets the children during their lunch break. General Cunningham holds a Jewish child, other politicians pose beside him. Mothers in the Infant Welfare Centre meet the British High Commissioner. A sign over a door reads “Department of Health Infant Welfare Centre”. Crowds gathered outside watch General Cunningham leave the Infant Welfare Centre and board a staff car. A Jeep and other vehicles trail behind the High Commissioner’s car. Jewish and Arab civilians crowd a street in Jerusalem.
Rector Professor Leo Aryeh Mayer working inside his office at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Givat Ram Campus Jerusalem 91904 Israel). The office of Professor Leo Aryeh Mayer, Rector of the University. Mayer is the Professor of Art and Archeology in the Middle East. Administrator of the University Dr. D. W. Senator and Registrar Mr. Ibn Sahaw arrive in the office to confer with the rector. The Rector talks to the Administrator.
Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem, Palestine. Soldiers stand with guns. The former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, seated at a desk and in discussion. The Holy Fire ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. A congregation stampedes as people light up candles from the holy fire. (World War II period).