Armed soldiers patrol in formation as officers inspect them outside the Mustaphsha Police Station in Jerusalem, Palestine. Israeli flag flies above building. Soldier stops a couple walking by to inspect their papers. Scene changes to crowds near a wrecked building after an attack, as people gather outside it. Injured persons being carried on stretchers. Possibly aftermath of Ben Yehuda Street bombings of February 1948.
Warren Austin, United States representative to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Palestine Commission at UN Headquarters in New York. Austin speaks about the situation in Palestine and the U.S. desire for peace and an end to violence.
A Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly underway. The Ambassador from the United States,Warren Austin, addressing the conference. The issue of the Israel-Palestine conflict is the matter under consideration. Austin speaks of the actions for the Security council to take to resolve the conflict, in light of the failure of the Jewish and Arab contingents in Palestine to resolve a partition peacefully.
Ambassador Warren Austin speaks during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting addresses the Israel-Palestine conflict. The speaker proposes establishment of a trusteeship government of the disputed lands under the UN. He further proposes that the Palestine Commission suspend its efforts to implement the proposed partition.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. Britain's representative to the UN Alexander Cadogan speaks about a truce between Palestine and Britain after the formation of the state of Israel. He speaks about withdrawal of British troops from Palestine. Soviet Union's representative on the United Nations Security Council Andrei Gromyko sitting next to Cadogan.
Distant view of a British flag over a building in the old city of Jerusalem. Arab with a gun looks over wall. View of Mosque of Omar (Ha Notsrim Street, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel) through a window grill. Arab with a gun aims through window. Rooftops of Jerusalem. Military jeeps moves in streets of the city. Various views of old city including Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock, Tower of David, or David's Citadel.