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)
A caravan of British troops on camels, proceeds from the captured city of Jerusalem, to engage Ottoman forces in Palestine. They are seen moving across the desert in a line that appears to stretch for a mile. Scene changes to remains of a well and its apparatus that has been destroyed by retreating Ottoman forces.
Irgun bombing of the Goldsmith Officers Club in Jerusalem. British soldiers pulling out an injured man from the ruins of the Goldsmith Officers Club. Rescue workers carry wounded to an ambulance. An empty street and its buildings after the declaration of Martial Law in Palestine. Laundry hanging in a courtyard outside a building. British soldiers lay down barbed wire on the street. A Bedford MW 4x2 truck with British troops drives away. Some soldiers march on foot. A group of universal carriers (also known as Bren gun carriers) drive through the streets. Some Palestinian civilians watch the universal carriers from the sidewalk. A white truck with the Star of David drives past a universal carrier. A British solider guards two suspects as they walk down a road.
British Palestine troops search for suspects following the Irgun bombing of the Goldsmith Officers Club in Jerusalem on 1 March 1947. British soldiers marching up the stairs of a building. Soldiers escort suspected terrorists away. Jewish men suspected of having ties to the Goldsmith Officers Club bombing are detained by British officers. Some journalists are seen holding cameras. Jewish men and women suspected of having ties to the Irgun and Stern Gang are detained on a tennis court. A detained Jewish man smiles while waiting in line to enter the tennis court. A soldier frisks a Jewish man for weapons.
Turkey declares War and formally enters World War 1, on November 4, 1914. Turkish military Governor of Palestine, Djemal Pasha, and ministers are seen leaving the government building in Jerusalem. Turkish mobilization begins. People show enthusiasm. Crowds are seen including a few soldiers, some on horseback, and people beating drums and marching with massed flags.
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.