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.
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.
A large number of Jewish immigrants from Europe in Palestine are monitored and processed by British soldiers, after World War 2. The immigrants are in good spirits and some are dancing the Hora. Groups of immigrant men are seen. One man is seen drying clothes on stone bank of drainage ditch.
Ship smuggling European Jewish refugees into Palestine is intercepted by British land forces who forcibly prevent their entry. Group on land is escorted under arms back to shore and to their ship. British troops take up fighting positions in the sand.
A dynamite explosion at a building in Palestine kills five people. The building completely destroyed by explosion. Crater in ground shows intensity of explosion. Remains of wrecked car. Rubble and debris all over the area. Enormous smoke evolves from the explosion. Rescue workers in the ruins'
Jewish refugees from Europe arriving in Palestine after World War 2. Crowd of people enter a railway car. Police guarding security check point made of sandbags outside train station as a convoy of military trucks carrying Jewish passengers pulls up. Jewish women and men climb down from back of a truck. An Arab shepherd tends his grazing goats as convoy of trucks passes on road behind him. Palestinian women and men in train platform. Sign above platform directs travelers to different platforms for Jerusalem and Haifa. Smiling Jewish families, including a small boy holding his father's hand, queue up at the railroad train station. People waving good-bye from train windows as train departs the station.