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).
Nabi Musa(Tomb of Prophet Moses) South of Jericho and East of Jerusalem in the Judean wilderness. Visitors mingling at the entrance. Pilgrims massed in courtyard during annual pilgrimage. A uniformed band of musicians in their midst. Flags of prophets being carried. Scene shifts to the Mosque of Omar(Tomb of the Rock) in Jerusalem, where pilgrims are gathering. A procession begins to form with five pilgrims carrying Prophet's flags.
Rescue and response following the Irgun bombing of the Goldsmith Officers Club in Jerusalem on 1 March 1947. British Palestine military carry a casualty in a stretcher to a truck in front of debris of the officers club. British military patrol streets on foot and jeeps. British soldiers drive a Universal Carrier, also known as a Bren Gun Carrier, through the streets of Jerusalem. A bulldozer clears rubble from the destroyed Goldsmith Officers Club building. British soldier climbs ladder to rescue stranded men on top of building. A man smoking a pipe climbs down ladder after being rescued. British armored personnel carriers parked in front of ruins of the Goldsmith Officers Club British on King George Avenue. British soldiers search for suspects, marching a group of Jewish men down the stairs of a building. At tall British officer speaks briefly to an old woman while smoking a pipe. Jewish men and women suspected of having ties to the Irgun and Stern Gang are detained on a tennis court while others are searched for weapons.