A documentary film about the monuments and biblical art in Jerusalem, Palestine. People enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre from the main entrance. The Skull Hill or Golgotha near the Tomb of Jesus. A painting of biblical art showing Jesus Christ crucified in Golgotha.
A documentary film about the monuments and biblical art in Jerusalem, Palestine. View of the Garden Tomb. The entrance to the Garden Tomb. Paintings of biblical art depicting Jesus Christ taken to Garden Tomb. People ride on camels on the road to Emmaus. Paintings of biblical art depicting Jesus Christ's life in Emmaus.
A documentary film about the monuments and biblical art in Jerusalem, Palestine. The Arch of Ecce Homo. A sign on wall reads 'Via Dolorosa'. People walk along the narrow streets of Via Dolorosa. A painting depicting biblical art. People on the streets walk though arch gates.
National Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, Doctor Abba Hillel Silver gives a speech in New York City, United States. He holds several documents in his hands. He talks about building a new hope for the Jews by upbringing of Palestine. He expresses hope that American Jewry will raise funds. United Palestine Appeal aims to aid in resettling of Jews in Palestine.
A newsreel titled 'US-Russia back UN plan for Holy Land' shows European Jewish refugees on board a former American vessel as they reach Haifa Palestine after traveling from a Black Sea port. Writing on ship says "Haganah Ship - Jewish State". Passengers hold up a dead infant for those on the docks to see, a victim of the overcrowded ship conditions. British forces patrol the docks before passenger disembark. Fatigued refugees, including families with small children, disembark from the ship as the injured and sick are carried away on stretchers. Passengers are sprayed with delousing agent powder to control spread of disease. Other passengers seen embarking a ship from dock for transport to Cypress detention camps, rather than facing deportation to Europe. Scene change to United Nations meeting at Lake Success New York. United States delegate, Herschel Johnson, addresses a meeting of General Assembly's Special Committee on Palestine, expressing support for proposed partition of Palestine.
Meeting of the United Nations Security Council at Lake Success, New York, in 1947. A representative of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and National Council of the Jews of Palestine [possibly Abba Hillel Silver] presents a statement approved by those groups on march 23, 1947. They object and are disappointed in the position taken by the United States regarding Palestine's administration, and state that at the end of the mandatory administration, a provisional Jewish Government will be established, not later than May 16th. The Soviet Union's representative to the UN, Andrei Gromyko, is seated at the same table, wearing dark glasses.