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Crowds at meeting in front of Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem.

Jewish passover week in Jerusalem. Crowds at meeting in front of Hurva Synagogue. Crowd is there to attend the meeting. Views of different Orthodox Jews. Speaker at microphone. Three Rabbis singing, chanting and praying for their murdered brothers.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038997
Families celebrate at Al Aqsa Mosque,and Mosque of Omar, in Jerusalem on occasion of annual pilgrimage to Nabi Musa

Families gathering at Al Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem for celebration of annual pilgrimage to Nabi Musa. The Ghawanima Minaret visible at far left. In courtyard pilgrims take refreshments. Several small girls play a game. A large group surrounds several people performing spontaneous circle dance. Family groups socialize and eat snacks. Views of persons leaving the area, with Mosque of Omar (Dome of the Rock) clearly visible behind them.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062975
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.

Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079969
Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini in exile; People light up tapers from the Holy Fire in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Palestine

Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem, Palestine. Soldiers stand with guns. The former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, seated at a desk and in discussion. The Holy Fire ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. A congregation stampedes as people light up candles from the holy fire. (World War II period).

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047425
Aftermath of the Irgun bombing of the Goldsmith Officers Club in Jerusalem.

Rescue and response following the Irgun bombing of the Goldsmith Officers Club in Jerusalem on 1 March 1947. British Palestine military carry a casualty in a stretcher to a truck in front of debris of the officers club. British military patrol streets on foot and jeeps. British soldiers drive a Universal Carrier, also known as a Bren Gun Carrier, through the streets of Jerusalem. A bulldozer clears rubble from the destroyed Goldsmith Officers Club building. British soldier climbs ladder to rescue stranded men on top of building. A man smoking a pipe climbs down ladder after being rescued. British armored personnel carriers parked in front of ruins of the Goldsmith Officers Club British on King George Avenue. British soldiers search for suspects, marching a group of Jewish men down the stairs of a building. At tall British officer speaks briefly to an old woman while smoking a pipe. Jewish men and women suspected of having ties to the Irgun and Stern Gang are detained on a tennis court while others are searched for weapons.

Date: 1947, March 1
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078612
Large number of Jewish pilgrims for prayer at Western Wall or Wailing wall in Jerusalem.

Large number of Jewish pilgrims walk toward the Western Wall in the old city of Jeruslaem. Omar Mosque and minarets visible. Pilgrims praying at Wailing Wall. Open books can be seen. Many views of men and women praying at the wall.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038998