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.
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.
Scene from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, for the revival of Hebrew language and literature. Director of the Library, Professor G. Weil, seated at a desk with other professors. He works with them, exchanges ideas and passes a note to them for review. A portrait of David Wolffsohn, the second president of the World Zionist Organization, on a wall. Colleagues examine the note from Weil and motion their approval. Scenes changes to show a professor of mathematics as he enters a room with his students, opens a case, and shows the students a manuscript page on the Theory of Relativity. The professor takes the page out of the case in which it was kept and hold it for his students to see. He points to the area at the bottom of the manuscript page showing the signature of Albert Einstein.
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.
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.