Formation of Israel in May 1948 and events leading up to it. October 1947: Jewish refugees from Europe aboard two ships arriving in Palestine, only to be turned away by British authorities and sent to internment in Cyprus. They get off from the ship Cyprus. A Jewish woman with her child at the dock. A sign reads 'United Nations Palestine Commission'. Delegates seated in a hall debating about the partition of Palestine between the Jews and the Arabs. Destroyed houses and buildings in Haifa after fighting between Israeli and Arab forces. Jewish troops holding guns walk on the ruins of building. The dead Jewish people on street. The troops stand in a group. Captured Arab prisoners in the Negev desert area, being directed by Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF). The prisoners with their hands up enter a vehicle. Cars and people on a street with a traffic circle in Tel Aviv. Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben Gurion, enters a building on May 14, 1948, to be installed as leader of the new government. The Jewish soldiers stand holding guns. A flag of Israel flutters in the air on a flag pole. United Nations soldiers stand holding a white flag and join Israeli troops in recovering bodies of Israeli soldiers killed in ongoing skirmishes with Arab forces. The troops stand on a border. President of Israel Chaim Weizmann, a Jewish patriot, walks with officials. Soldiers stand on the side. The Israel delegates go to the United Nations and seek for Israel to be admitted to the United Nations. Delegates seated in hall. Middle Eastern Arab country representatives of the UN walk out of the hall in protest after Israeli receives the vote admitting it to the UN. The empty seats of the Arab countries. The new state of Israel is born. Flags are raised at the UN including the flag of Israel. People cheer and celebrate. From a July 2, 1964 newsreel of "Yesterday's Big Story".
United States troops learn customs and languages from Japanese girls in Tokyo, Japan. Buildings on a street. An American soldier strolls the Ginza shopping district with a Japanese girlfriend. The troops stand on the street. A Japanese woman walks past the troops on the street. American troops walk with two Japanese girls on the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku 100-0001 Tokyo). Two soldiers with the girls pose as a man takes pictures. Soldiers with Japanese girls, wearing Western dresses, walk on a street. Vehicles drive on the street. Soldiers strolling in Hibiya Park (1-6 Hibiyakouen, Chiyoda-ku, Toukyou-To 100-0012). A girl in a garden teaches language to a soldier. A soldier seated on side of a road speaks to Japanese girls in sign language.
America's Olympic contenders return in Los Angeles, United States from the Olympic games at Melbourne. The America's Olympic team members climb down a ladder. American weightlifters Paul Anderson carrying Charles Vincci on his shoulders climbs down the ladder. A close up of American Oarsman John B. Kelly. Basketball player Bill Russell. A close up of Anderson waving. All the players including Anderson seated together. American athletes Glenn Davis and Greg Bell stand together. Olympic athletes Bob Richards, Charles Dumas and Tom Courtney stand together. Parry O' Brein meets his family members.
Geologists at Mount Saint Helens in Washington, United States. A few geologists in the area of the volcano eruption at Mount Saint Helens. Dried wood covered with grey ash on the hill. Men holding tools walking along a stream of water flowing in the eruption area. A man looking at the water and walking through the water. The men discussing standing beside a helicopter. Dried eruption material in the background. Views of the men talking. A part of the helicopter in view. Aerial view of the eruption area. A man wearing a helmet seated inside the helicopter and talking into a headphone.
Geologists at Mount Saint Helens in Washington, United States. A geologist walking up the rocks in the area of the volcanic eruption at Mount Saint Helens. The geologists beside a helicopter in the eruption area. Dried wood on the hill covered with grey ash. Rocks formed from the eruption. Other mountains and hills in the background. A man walks about looking at the hardened emissions on the ground.
Geologists at Mount Saint Helens in Washington, United States. Two geologists beside a huge rock formed during the eruption of stratovolcano Mount St. Helens. One of them fixes a tool on the rock. The other geologist takes a photograph of the rock. The geologist on top of the rock. Two men talking beside a helicopter. One of them seated on the ground and logging the findings. Uprooted trees on the hill. The seated man writes. A man walking beside a hill on which thickened lava deposit is visible. The man collecting samples and walking to the helicopter.
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