British Palestine troops search for suspects following the Irgun bombing of the Goldsmith Officers Club in Jerusalem on 1 March 1947. British soldiers marching up the stairs of a building. Soldiers escort suspected terrorists away. Jewish men suspected of having ties to the Goldsmith Officers Club bombing are detained by British officers. Some journalists are seen holding cameras. Jewish men and women suspected of having ties to the Irgun and Stern Gang are detained on a tennis court. A detained Jewish man smiles while waiting in line to enter the tennis court. A soldier frisks a Jewish man for weapons.
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.
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.
British troops gather outside Barclays Bank in Palestinian. Sign reads “Barclays Bank (Dominion Colonial and Overseas)”. Guards stand at the entrance of the bank. Clients entering the bank. Cartoon explosion. British troops evacuate victims from the blast site at Goldsmith Officers Club. A medic attempts to resuscitate a victim. Medics carry an injured on stretchers. A man lying face down on a stretcher. Rescue personnel search through debris of the Goldsmith Officers Club building in Jerusalem following the Irgun bombing on 1 March 1947. A Goldsmith Officers Club sign lying among the debris. Rescue personnel climbs down a ladder. The blasted façade of the Goldsmith Officers Club building after the terrorist bombing.
Arab man walking with city of Jerusalem in background behind him. British army soldiers drive GMC OTTER Light Reconnaissance Cars next to the Tower of David (Jerusalem citadel). They are driving on Highway 60, also known as the Talpiot–Atarot Axis, also known as "Road 1." Sign that reads “NO ENTRY." Residents of Palestine, some wearing European clothing, others in traditional Arab attire, wait behind a barbed wire checkpoint. British Army soldiers of the South Lancashire Regiment check credentials and admit entry to a Jewish women. A South Lancashire Regiment soldier frisks an Arab man who has his hands raised. Soldiers talk to the driver of a 1945 Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan (one of only 770 made) that pulls up behind barbed wire. British soldier with machine gun behind sandbags and barbed wire. Machine gun pointing behind wall of sandbags. Silhouette of a soldier and barbed wires. Point of view from inside sand bag machine gun position looking out to city. Silhouettes of solidier and of a man putting his hands up.
British Palestine troops search for suspects of the bombing of the Goldsmith British Officer’s Club in Jerusalem. British soldiers marching up the stairs of a building. Soldiers escort suspected terrorists down the stairs of a house. Jewish men suspected of having ties to the Zionist Irgun and Stern Gang are taken by British officers. Two British soldiers hold their rifles as they watch detained Jewish men and women heading to a tennis court. A soldier searches a detained Jewish man for weapons. Jewish men are being frisked before entering the tennis court. British soldiers guard outside the tennis court.