The Commission for city planning of Tel Aviv studies on the development of the town in Tel Aviv, Palestine. Engineers standing near River Yarkon survey the area and plan for the development of 'Sir Arthur Waucope' bridge. Engineers look at a map of the bridge. Boats in the River Yarkon. The bridge being built in memory of Sir Arthur Waucope for his benevolent actions in Palestine.
The Commission for city planning of Tel Aviv studies on the development of the town in Tel Aviv, Palestine. Development of 'Sir Arthur Waucope' bridge. The bridge being built in memory of Sir Arthur Waucope for his benevolent actions in Palestine. Number of Rollers compacting sand and leveling sand dunes. Truck arrives at the site with material. Group of workers lift stones. Stones being transported on lorries run on tracks. Women hang clothes on string outside their houses. Workers dig a trench.
Life at Revivim settlement in Palestine. Tents pitched on ground at the Revivim settlement. Car bringing courier arrives near the tents. People rush towards the vehicle. Mail distributed to the people. Jewish drillers drill well in Palestine countryside. Arabs standing at site area. Drill lifted out of the hole to check how much drilling has been done. Worker shows oil to the Arab. Four men walk toward the drilling site. Water comes out of test pumps. Tractor moves in front of the pump area.
A proclamation issued on September 3, 1914 from General Joseph Simon Gallieni urging the defense of Paris in light of the French government’s evacuation for Bordeaux and the incoming Battle of Marne during World War 1. “MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF PARIS Army of Paris, Residents of Paris, The members of the Government of the Republic have left Paris to give a new impulse to the national defense. I have received the mandate to defend Paris against the invader. This mandate, I shall carry out to the end. Paris, 3 September 1914 The Military Governor of Paris, Commanding the Army of Paris, GALLIENI” translated in English. Workers using pickaxes to break stones at a park in Paris, France. Soldiers in position behind a trench made of tree branches. A soldier uses a telephone while hiding under a tent of twigs. A French military official answers call. French soldiers towing a reconnaissance aircraft. A French Blériot XI observation aircraft takes off from an airfield for a reconnaissance mission. Aerial view of countryside outside Paris and surrounding areas as seen from a Blériot XI’s , with the French Army incorporating cameras in reconnaissance planes from the beginning of World War 1. The Blériot XI aircraft lands back to the airbase. Reconnaissance pilot reports his findings, showing his logbook. French military official working at his desk. French officers consulting reports posted on a wall inside their office. Under a canopy of twigs, a military officer uses a telephone to receive orders.
National Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, Doctor Abba Hillel Silver stands at a podium and gives a speech in New York City, United States. He holds several documents in his hands. A lamp on a wall in the background. He talks about the progress made for the resettling of Jews in Palestine. He states that they have acquired new land and 19 new settlements. New buildings and a new port at Tel Aviv have been constructed.
Warren Austin, United States representative to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Palestine Commission at UN Headquarters in New York. Austin speaks about the situation in Palestine and the U.S. desire for peace and an end to violence.