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Team of Hebrew University in Israel discovers city of Tel Hazor burned by Joshua and restored by King Salomon
Archaeological expedition of the Hebrew University in Palestine, Israel. The team discovers the city of Tel Hazor that had been burned by Joshua and restored by King Salomon. Two men in discussion at the site. The man in the white hat is Yigael Yadin, lead archeologist for the project. Students of the Hebrew University work at site. A woman brushes off pillars. Views of reassembled pieces of pottery. Board reads 'The Hebrew University, Jerusalem'.
Car thief steals car and alters it to match VIN of wrecked junkyard car.
Cartoon drawing of used car lot with words "The Salvage Racket" A speeding 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe. Car after crash with smoke and STOP sign. A smirking man takes down notes as wrecked1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe is towed to a junkyard. A policeman opens a file cabinet to retrieve a file and then says, "the car theft racket is one of major problems facing law enforcement today." A car pulls up near a parked 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe. The man in passenger seat gets out of the car. Man using slim jim to break into car and open door. Man in car uses wires to go under dashboard to hot wire car. Stolen car drives away with another following. Garage door opens and cars drive in to garage. Man wearing gangster hat drives up to junkyard and gets out of car. Junkyard owner walks through junkyard with man looking at cars. The man pays the junkyard owner in cash for wrecked 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe. Man uses pocket nice to cut car VIN trim tag off of car. Man opens car hood to get the car’s motor number. Close up of engine stamp pad containing number. The man closes hood and pulls out notebook and writes notes. The junkyard owner walks through piles of tires and gives the man sale paperwork. 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe in garage with hood open. Mechanic grinding off engine number of stolen car. Gangster throws smoking cigarette to ground and then rubs his hands together. Mechanic tears up and throw out identifying papers found in car, attaches replacement trim tag to door, and removes stickers. Mechanic throwing out papers found in car trunk. Gangster puts paperwork into his suit jacket pocket and watches mechanic work on car with arms akimbo. Police officer explains that "the doctored stolen car is now ready for market." Two cars drive on highway pass sign reading, "state line 1/2 mile". Cars parked with gangster standing by to sell stolen car.
Doctor A H Silver speaks for the United Palestine Appeal in New York City, United States.
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.
Revolutionaries in Hungary demonstrate against the Stalinist government and their Communist Party leader Matyas Rakosi.
Scenes from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A revolution against the Stalinist government in 1956 in Hungary. Aerial view of Budapest in 1956. Communist leader Mátyás Rákosi addressing a crowd in a public square. Rakosi not yet challenged by uprising. Hungarian Revolution demonstrators on roads and at government buildings in Budapest. Students and writers assembled in October 1956 in solidarity with the recently successful anti-Stalinist uprising in Poland. The police fire at revolutionaries. Fighting in streets as secret police combat revolutionaries.
Jewish refugees from Europe reach 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.
Spokesman for Jewish Agency for Palestine and National Council of Jews of Palestine presents statement to UN Security Council
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.
