British Palestine troops search for suspects of the bombing of the Goldsmith British Officer’s Club in Jerusalem. British soldiers marching up the stairs of a building. Soldiers escort suspected terrorists down the stairs of a house. Jewish men suspected of having ties to the Zionist Irgun and Stern Gang are taken by British officers. Two British soldiers hold their rifles as they watch detained Jewish men and women heading to a tennis court. A soldier searches a detained Jewish man for weapons. Jewish men are being frisked before entering the tennis court. British soldiers guard outside the tennis court.
Mandatory Palestine High Commissioner General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham visits an Infant Welfare Centre in Jerusalem. Palestinian officials greet General Cunningham. General Cunningham meets the nurses of the Infant Welfare Centre. Jewish children having their meals. General Cunningham meets the children during their lunch break. General Cunningham holds a Jewish child, other politicians pose beside him. Mothers in the Infant Welfare Centre meet the British High Commissioner. A sign over a door reads “Department of Health Infant Welfare Centre”. Crowds gathered outside watch General Cunningham leave the Infant Welfare Centre and board a staff car. A Jeep and other vehicles trail behind the High Commissioner’s car. Jewish and Arab civilians crowd a street in Jerusalem.
Jewish refugees the Haim Arlozorov are transferred to a transport ship for eventual processing in Cyprus. Jews from Europe attempting to enter Palestine on the refugee ship Haim Arlozorov stand on the deck of a transport ship while others wait to disembark. A young Jewish man looks at the camera as he waits to disembark. A British soldier holds back a refugee to allow others to disembark. Jewish refugees, some bandaged due to injuries sustained while fighting the British, walk up the gangplank onto the dock. British soldiers on the dock while refugees stand behind barbed wire.
A copy of newspaper Palestine Post with the headline "Tel Aviv outlawed: Martial law over half of Yishuv." British military outposts seen in town. Flowers are seen. Boys ride their bicycles. British soldiers talk to people and smoke cigarettes.
Inside view of United Nations Headquarters where United Nations meeting is in progress. Dr Oswaldo Aranha, President of the session and assembly seated. United Nations ponders Palestine problem. Terrorist attack at Rehovoth is shown. Cairo to Haifa express blown up and derailed. British soldiers look through wreckage of train. Injured turkish woman mourning over her 3 year old son. Injured carried from train.
The Haganah immigration ship, Haim Arlozorov, off the coast of Bat-Galim, Haifa with 1378 Jewish refugees from Italy and Sweden. British Palestinian coast guard ship confronts the Haim Arlozoroff (also formerly the USCGC Unalga (WPG-53). The Haim Arlozorov after running aground seen from beach as British soldiers patrol nearby. British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Chiefstain intercepts the Haim Arlozorov. Jewish refugees onboard the Haim Arlozorov, with a sign in Hebrew and the name “Haim Arlozorov”. British navy personnel escort Jewish refugees out of the ship. Jewish refugees, mostly female refugees, on the coast of Bat-Galim. Lifeboat pulls up alongside the Haim Arlozorov. Refugees are processed dockside after disembarking. British soldiers carry a man on a stretcher, injured during fight to prevent the British from capturing the ship. British medic escorts a young female Jewish refugee along the dock. British soldiers sitting on the beach watching the interception of the Haim Arlozorov.