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British Palestine troops detain suspected Jewish men following the Irgun bombing of the Goldsmith British Officer’s Club in Jerusalem
British Palestine troops search for suspects of the bombing of the Goldsmith British Officer’s Club in Jerusalem. British soldiers marching up the stairs of a building. Soldiers escort suspected terrorists down the stairs of a house. Jewish men suspected of having ties to the Zionist Irgun and Stern Gang are taken by British officers. Two British soldiers hold their rifles as they watch detained Jewish men and women heading to a tennis court. A soldier searches a detained Jewish man for weapons. Jewish men are being frisked before entering the tennis court. British soldiers guard outside the tennis court.
British Palestine High Commissioner Cunningham visits an Infant Welfare Centre in Jerusalem
Mandatory Palestine High Commissioner General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham visits an Infant Welfare Centre in Jerusalem. Palestinian officials greet General Cunningham. General Cunningham meets the nurses of the Infant Welfare Centre. Jewish children having their meals. General Cunningham meets the children during their lunch break. General Cunningham holds a Jewish child, other politicians pose beside him. Mothers in the Infant Welfare Centre meet the British High Commissioner. A sign over a door reads “Department of Health Infant Welfare Centre”. Crowds gathered outside watch General Cunningham leave the Infant Welfare Centre and board a staff car. A Jeep and other vehicles trail behind the High Commissioner’s car. Jewish and Arab civilians crowd a street in Jerusalem.
Jewish refugees from the Haganah immigration ship Haim Arlozorov disembark in Palestine.
Jewish refugees the Haim Arlozorov are transferred to a transport ship for eventual processing in Cyprus. Jews from Europe attempting to enter Palestine on the refugee ship Haim Arlozorov stand on the deck of a transport ship while others wait to disembark. A young Jewish man looks at the camera as he waits to disembark. A British soldier holds back a refugee to allow others to disembark. Jewish refugees, some bandaged due to injuries sustained while fighting the British, walk up the gangplank onto the dock. British soldiers on the dock while refugees stand behind barbed wire.
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.
United Nations rumination on Palestine problem.
Inside view of United Nations Headquarters where United Nations meeting is in progress. Dr Oswaldo Aranha, President of the session and assembly seated. United Nations ponders Palestine problem. Terrorist attack at Rehovoth is shown. Cairo to Haifa express railroad train blown up and derailed. British soldiers look through wreckage of train. Injured turkish woman mourning over her 3 year old son. Injured carried from train.
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.