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Views of Jerusalem, Palestine, while under British Administration, in 1932.. Important buildings and ruins. Typical Street scenes.

Film 'The city of David' depicts notable landmarks and people in Jerusalem, Palestine. Film begins showing the Islamic shrine, the Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount (Qubbat al-Sakhra in Arabic or Kippat ha-Sela in Hebrew) in Jerusalem, Palestine. Film focuses on the city walls and some of its gates. Palestinians are seen walking near the Damascus gate. The Citadel (Tower of David) atop the walls. Visitors in Western clothes are seen entering through the wide Jaffa Gate (Omar Ibn Katab, Jerusalem). Local people enter and leave through another gate to David Street. Scene shifts to narrow walkways filled with shops and pedestrians, within sight of city Wall in the background. Camera pans down from rooftop to the narrow lane of shops and pedestrians

Date: 1932
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032033
Smoke bombs erupt and people are rescued during 1947 Jerusalem Riots in Palestine

The 1947 Jerusalem Riots in Palestine. Views of Jerusalem from a distance. Downtown Jerusalem with traffic and pedestrians. British authorities begin moving pedestrians away from an area. Smoke erupts from smoke bombs in the street. British troops fire machine gun into the air. "Zion Hall" sign is on building in background. Smoke emerging from building windows. Firefighters hose down smoke bombs in street as crowds are held back. A policewoman helps an old man to cross a street. Fire rescue personnel lower a women from a building on a rope. A ladder is set against side of building. People are lowered to sidewalk on stretchers and carried to Israeli ambulance.

Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061318
The Valley of Israel, Jerusalem and Haifa in Palestine.

The Haifa coastline in Palestine. An animated map of Palestine by the Mediterranean. Arrows point to the Valley of Israel, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv. The Valley of Israel: Hills, buildings and flora in the valley. Jerusalem: Buildings on a street. Men in a loaded horse cart. Trucks pass by. Pedestrians in the traditional attire. Men in cloaks and women in 'burkha'. Barclays Bank in the background. Haifa: Men lead herd of camels on a street. Buildings. Pedestrians and cars pass by. Loaded boats in the harbor. The Haifa coastline.

Date: 1935
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031309
Views of Jerusalem, Tower of David (Jerusalem citadel) and Jaffa Gate, 1947

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.

Date: 1947, February
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078639
Imposition of Martial law in Jerusalem after the bombing of the Goldsmith Officers Club.

British military impose Martial law in Palestine after the Irgun bombing of the Goldsmith Officers Club. A British soldier assume prone position while holding his rifle. Troops lay down barbed wires on roads in Jerusalem. A soldier keeps watch from a balcony. Armored personel carriers patrol the streets of Jerusalem. A soldier stands guard at a gate. An empty street in Jerusalem during Martial law.

Date: 1947, March
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079967
Lifting of Martial law in Tel Aviv

A newsreel titled 'Martial law lifted in Palestine' shows, armed crewmen inspect a wrecked train after a bomb blast and guards patrol the area in Jerusalem, Palestine. Jewish agency executives including American representatives gather at a hospital to meet with President David Ben-Gurion and discuss the creation of a Jewish state. American representatives include Ms. Rose Halprin and Dr. Abba Silver. Martial law being lifted as people move out on streets and British soldiers remove barbed wire that had been dividing Jerusalem. Crowd of men, women, and children greet and mingle after the wire is removed.

Date: 1947, March 24
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038053