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British troops impose martial law and patrol the streets of Tel Aviv in Palestine (later Tel Aviv, Israel).

A copy of newspaper Palestine Post with the headline "Tel Aviv outlawed: Martial law over half of Yishuv." British military outposts seen in town. Flowers are seen. Boys ride their bicycles. British soldiers talk to people and smoke cigarettes.

Date: 1947, March
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038028
Martial law imposed on Tel Aviv. British troops operate checkpoint on road.

A car, a truck and a tank cross a checkpoint in Tel Aviv, Israel. Brisish Officers discuss map of areas under military control.

Date: 1947, March
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038029
Imposition of Martial law in Jerusalem, Palestine

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.

Date: 1947, March 3
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038050
British Royal family visits Cape Town, South Africa, in the first visit to South Africa by a reigning British monarch

A newsreel titled 'Royal family arrives in South Africa' shows the British Royal family being welcomed by Prime Minister Jan Smuts in Cape Town. The Royal family consisting of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth II moves across the city in a motorcade, as the people cheer them on. They attend a garden party where nearly five thousand people are gathered to pay respects to them. Queen Elizabeth wears a hat that features ostrich feathers; other women present wear grand hats and carry parasols, influenced by the Queen's fashions.

Date: 1947, March 3
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038051
Bombing of British Officers Club in Palestine

A newsreel titled 'Terror grips Palestine' shows passports of Jews being checked as they leave the country. They board a train and wave goodbye. A ship carrying large number of Jews arrives at the coast and the injured are being carried away. People disembark from the ship. Bomb blast occurs at British Officers Club in Palestine killing 16 people. Injured being carried out from a wrecked building by the soldiers. Suspects being arrested and captives being searched for weapons. Soldiers patrol the streets as Martial Law is imposed in the city.

Date: 1947, March 6
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038052
Lifting of Martial law in Tel Aviv

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.

Date: 1947, March 24
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038053