A newsreel titled 'Terror grips Palestine' shows passports of Jews being checked as they leave the country. They board a train and wave goodbye. A ship carrying large number of Jews arrives at the coast and the injured are being carried away. People disembark from the ship. Bomb blast occurs at British Officers Club in Palestine killing 16 people. Injured being carried out from a wrecked building by the soldiers. Suspects being arrested and captives being searched for weapons. Soldiers patrol the streets as Martial Law is imposed in the city.
A newsreel titled 'Martial law lifted in Palestine' shows, armed crewmen inspect a wrecked train after a bomb blast and guards patrol the area in Jerusalem, Palestine. Jewish agency executives including American representatives gather at a hospital to meet with President David Ben-Gurion and discuss the creation of a Jewish state. American representatives include Ms. Rose Halprin and Dr. Abba Silver. Martial law being lifted as people move out on streets and British soldiers remove barbed wire that had been dividing Jerusalem. Crowd of men, women, and children greet and mingle after the wire is removed.
A film titled 'Interrogation of prisoners-rank, number' shows an American officer explaining the do's and don't s for prisoners of war during World War 2. An dramatized enactment shows British soldiers gambling, sharing photos of their 'girls' and then being instructed by officers about giving away only their name, rank and number in case of being captured by the enemy. Later, these British soldiers are shown being interrogated by a German officer after capture. Some ill trained troops give away valuable information to the enemy officer.
The first scene shows United States Army soldiers conversing with Turkish officers. A sign reads: "Headquarters Joint United States Military Mission For Aid to Turkey." It displays the American and Turkish flags and U.S. Navy and Air Force insignia. Two stars are under the word Headquarters, indicating a Major General's Mission. A different sign reads: Headquarters Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group to the Republic of the Philippines. Closeup of a African Army officer and an American Army Advisor as they inspect a line of African soldiers standing next to their jeeps. A pair of American soldier advisors overseeing two African soldiers examining a jeep engine. Two United States advisors converse with several Filipino soldiers on a porch. An American Army doctor examines a Filipino child as a nurse and aide stand nearby. A United States Navy Hospital Corpsman and a Filipino counterpart treat the foot of child. A Corpsman examines ear of a Filipino child being held by his mother. A United States Army surveyor using a sextant as an Army Sergeant First Class stands nearby, wearing a white hard hat. Glimpses of a road grader and a dump truck being operated by U.S. Army personnel. An American advisor briefing Filipinos in an outdoor class setting and another leading a class indoors. American Army advisor working with Filipino soldiers replacing underground pipes. An advisor sawing a plank as a Asian farmer in a conical hat watch. Closeups of several advisors in one-on-one assistance with Filipinos. U.S. military advisors working with Filipino soldiers in military planning and training, including firearms instruction. American advisor points to a map in Taiwan.
American troops practice in the military training area at Braunton Burrows North Devon, England, in preparation for the D-Day landings in Normandy, during World War 2. They practice handling and loading of 105mm Howitzers, trucks and vehicles aboard concrete landing craft mock ups Vehicles being unloaded from one of the mock ups.
United States training film about handling of cryptographic messages during WWII. Colonel receives secret documents in his office. Hand stamping of documents with word, "SECRET" View of warning page reads in part, "THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN" A message center envelope is opened and then given to several different officers. Colonel sitting at his desk tears and burns a paper message and throws it into an ash can. Major Doyle reads sample secret message saying, "D-Day is 30th of October...." A soldier burns a paper message and stirs the ashes in his ash can. Colonel opens a secret message and then looks in a file cabinet. He burns a paper message. Major Doyle warns that "cryptographic and clear text versions are never pursed together in the same file" as he leads officer into a secure office and locks a steel gate behind them.
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