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.
United States sailor on a car passes along the Tomb of Rachel (Qever Rahel, Hebron Road, Jerusalem) to Bethlehem. United States Navy sailors go into the Church of Nativity. Men and women walk by the door of humility at the Church of the Nativity (Manger Square Bethlehem, State of Palestine) in Bethlehem.
Turkish mobilization activities in World War 1. Turkish and Bedouin Cavalry engaged in exercises. Turkish authorities have enlisted every horse and camel in Syria for the anticipated military engagement with British forces defending the Suez Canal in Egypt. Individual Cavalrymen ride their horses at a gallop, while others watch. Turkish troops of the Fourth Turkish Army in Palestine, preparing to depart. They begin assembling in formation and start to march, accompanied by a brass band, in Jerusalem. Later, well-drilled and equipped troops march in good order through the streets. Turkish cavalry move through the crowded streets on horseback. Change of scene shows column of troops led by a military band,as they march out of a town. Turkish troops make their way marching, with shouldered rifles, through streets packed with people.
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.