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Palestinian Engineers survey the area for construction of Sir Arthur Waucope bridge in Tel Aviv, Palestine.
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.
Rollers compacting sand and leveling sand dunes for construction of Sir Arthur Waucope bridge in Tel Aviv, 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.
Jewish workers discover oil while drilling well for rich Arabs near Revivim settlement in Tel Aviv, Palestine.
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.
German Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern front in World War II
Animated map shows extent of German controlled areas in Europe following their conquest of the Balkans in World War 2. Norway is under their control and German forces threaten Leningrad and Moscow. A soviet defense line is shown on the map. The German attack is shown to come from 5 directions on June 22, 1941, with the launch of German Operation Barbarossa. A sky filled with German Heinkel He 111 bombers is shown. German Panzer III tanks with 75 mm guns. Army trucks carry German troops into battle. German soldiers on motor cycles and infantry advance under fire. Animated map shows principal German targets as Leningrad, Moscow, and Kiev. It then shows beginning a drive from the North to encircle Leningrad. Arrows show where German Marshal Fedor von Bock's forces drove 480 miles into Soviet territory. Slates identify cities being overrun by German invaders, including: Pskov, Novgorod, Brest-litovsk, Minsk,Mogilev, and Vitebsk. On July 17, 1941, a German tank is seen entering Smolensk, past the Dnieper River threatening Moscow, itself. To the south, German forces, under Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, cut deep into the Ukraine. Newspapers world-wide consider the Soviet forces close to defeat. Slate shows communique from the German High Command stating: "The issue in the East is already settled. Smolensk is the last halt on the road to Moscow." German infantry marching. Scene shifts to heavy artillery being fired by Soviet forces in a snowy scene clearly later in the year. Animated map shows German forces very close to Moscow on October 15, 1941, forcing the Soviet Government and all foreign missions to move to Kuibyshev, 700 miles to the east. Adolf Hitler, in a speech on October 3, 1941, states that the enemy is broken and will never rise again. Animated map shows 500 thousand square miles of Soviet territory occupied by German forces. Views of fires burning in Russia. Damaged and abandoned Soviet industrial plants. A German guard atop a hill looks down on thousands of Soviet people in the occupied areas of Russia. Damaged and abandoned Soviet T-26 tanks. Glimpse of damaged Soviet aircraft and field artillery. Headline in New York World Telegram newspaper reads: "Berlin Admits Russ War May Last Winter." Another headline reads: "Red Army Holds Push On Moscow." Weary German soldiers traveling in horse-drawn wagons, pulling field artillery. Soviet and German war planners are seen at work. Slate quotes Adolf Hitler saying: "A single blow must destroy the enemy, without regard for losses... A gigantic all-destroying blow." German armor moving along a road. Animated map shows this technique in the German invasions of Poland, France, the Balkans, and Yugoslavia. In contrast, the Soviet planners are seen, as map illustrates how they intend to take advantage of the vast area of their land by holding lines of defense an falling back as necessary to keep engaging the invaders across interior of the Soviet Union. Soviet infantry are seen marching along a road. German troops riding atop their tanks. Soviet troops forcing German invaders into close combat in her cities. Soviet soldiers running in a city and firing heavy machine guns. Bomb damage and rubble inhibit German armor mobility in cities. Cities where this kind of Soviet resistance prevailed were: Rostov, Kharkov, Kiev, Kursk, Smolensk. German troops leaving a city with heavy black smoke rising in the background. More views of cities where Soviet troops are engaged German forces in House-to-house battles, including: Odessa, where the Old Opera Theater building is shown sandbagged and relatively undamaged. The Odessa NI tank, created from an STZ-3 agricultural tractor.
Doctor Abba Hillel Silver speaks for the United Palestine Appeal in United States.
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.
Israel-Palestine issue at the UN General Assembly, Ambassador Warren Austin of the U.S. addresses the body
A Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly underway. The Ambassador from the United States,Warren Austin, addressing the conference. The issue of the Israel-Palestine conflict is the matter under consideration. Austin speaks of the actions for the Security council to take to resolve the conflict, in light of the failure of the Jewish and Arab contingents in Palestine to resolve a partition peacefully.
