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Views of Jerusalem and surroundings with both Jewish and Arab residents in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Late 1930s and early 1940s life in Jerusalem, Palestine. Views from 1917 era as British military patrol under British Army General Edmund Allenby advances in military trucks up the plains from Gaza. Arab forces riding on camels. The Arabs move in support. Jerusalem is captured by the British in 1917. British men in the city. Jerusalem aerial view of late 1930s and approximately 1940 "new" Jerusalem contrasting the ancient and old parts of the city and new buildings. Narrator descriptions and visual portrayals of nationalism among Jewish and Arab residents in Jerusalem. Jewish men construct what the narrator terms as "a typical Zionist house just going up" Jewish civilians walking on the streets including one woman pushing a baby carriage. Cars move on a street and a view of a bus moving up Queen Mary Avenue. Jewish residents at a beach of Tel Aviv. They enjoy the water and dance the hora at the water's edge. A British man teaches an Arabic farmer the modern methods of agriculture. Men harvest food grains with a harvester. Arab boys in a class get a proper education "as in Europe." Palestinian girls in dresses play a game of basketball. The ex mayor of Jerusalem Hussein al-Khalidi in the center and other people around him.
General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot through Jaffa Gate and reads out proclamation in Jerusalem, Palestine
British Army General Edmund Allenby, the Commander in Chief of the EEF (Egyptian Expeditionary Force), enters Jerusalem, Palestine on 11th December, 1917 during World War I. The Commander in Chief converses with commanders of Allied detachments and Attaches before entering the city. He shakes hands with officers and soldiers. Soldiers in the background. General Allenby enters the holy city through the Jaffa Gate on foot. He is accompanied by Allied Ministers and Military Attaches. Officers on horseback. Allied soldiers march. Standing on a platform Sir Allenby reads out proclamation of Marshal Law in Jerusalem (beginning of British administration in Palestine). A large crowd of soldiers and officers in front of the stage. A reception of civic and religious dignitaries. Sir Allenby shakes hands with the dignitaries.
British soldiers march along with officers through captured Jerusalem in Palestine during world War I.
British soldiers capture Jerusalem in Palestine during World War 1. British soldiers march through the streets of captured Jerusalem. Two officers talk to each other. Horses in the background. Soldiers march in formation. British soldiers march over an uneven sandy terrain.
British troops occupying Jerusalem during World War I
Views of Jerusalem, Palestine, following entry of the British, under General Sir Edmund Allenby, on December 11, 1917, in Worid War 1. A minaret and the Dome of the Rock, mosque. Outer view of the mosque, with the fountain for worshipers to wash in before prayer, and men on its steps. A guard detail of British troops marches past, in formation. British soldiers on camels. A captured Ottoman soldier being questioned by British interrogators. British troops inspect a well that had been sabotaged by retreating Ottoman forces. British troops on parade, in full battle gear, with their unit leaders saluting as they pass reviewing officers (unseen). (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British military forces in Palestine and Mesopotamia during World War I
Camel caravan passes wagons mired in water. Turkish troops surrendering to British soldiers.The Turks are excorted past British soldiers manning an 18 pounder field artillery piece. The prisoners of war join a large group of other POWs held in an outdoor containment. Closeup of British General Edmund Allenby, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), who led forces that seized Jerusalem from the Ottomans. The British Forces marching into Jerusalem, led by a Bagpipe Band. British soldiers escorting Ottoman prisoners. A British gunboat firing while anchored on the Tigris River. British soldiers marching up ma mountainside and building a tall, somewhat pyramidal, observation post, made of sand bags. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Dome of the Rock shrine; British troops interrogate Turkish prisoner of Ottoman Army in Palestine during World War I.
British troops in Palestine after the end of Ottoman rule during World War I. Mosques and minarets. Al Aqsa Mosque and view of Dome of the Rock Islamic shrine at Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Australian soldiers on camels. A Turkish prisoner of the Ottoman Army is interrogated by British soldiers. The troops inspect a well destroyed by retreating Ottoman troops.
