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).
Nabi Musa(Tomb of Prophet Moses) South of Jericho and East of Jerusalem in the Judean wilderness. Visitors mingling at the entrance. Pilgrims massed in courtyard during annual pilgrimage. A uniformed band of musicians in their midst. Flags of prophets being carried. Scene shifts to the Mosque of Omar(Tomb of the Rock) in Jerusalem, where pilgrims are gathering. A procession begins to form with five pilgrims carrying Prophet's flags.
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.
Arab man walking with city of Jerusalem in background behind him. British army soldiers drive GMC OTTER Light Reconnaissance Cars next to the Tower of David (Jerusalem citadel). They are driving on Highway 60, also known as the Talpiot–Atarot Axis, also known as "Road 1." Sign that reads “NO ENTRY." Residents of Palestine, some wearing European clothing, others in traditional Arab attire, wait behind a barbed wire checkpoint. British Army soldiers of the South Lancashire Regiment check credentials and admit entry to a Jewish women. A South Lancashire Regiment soldier frisks an Arab man who has his hands raised. Soldiers talk to the driver of a 1945 Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan (one of only 770 made) that pulls up behind barbed wire. British soldier with machine gun behind sandbags and barbed wire. Machine gun pointing behind wall of sandbags. Silhouette of a soldier and barbed wires. Point of view from inside sand bag machine gun position looking out to city. Silhouettes of solidier and of a man putting his hands up.
Views of the Al Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque in Jerusalem, Palestine. A closeup of the Dome of the Rock Mosque after British capture of Jerusalem in World War 1. A contingent of British troops on guard duty marches past the Dome of the Rock Mosque. Men are seen on the mosque steps. Several British soldiers setting out on camels.
Jewish prisoners are returned to Israeli authorities in Palestine during 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Arabs standing at a sandbagged position. Men at artillery guns. Israeli officers and soldiers arrive. Jewish prisoners arrive. The Red Cross supervises the humanitarian transfer.