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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.
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.
Warren Austin, Ambassador from the United States in UN General Assembly proposing a UN-trustee government for Palestine
Ambassador Warren Austin speaks during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting addresses the Israel-Palestine conflict. The speaker proposes establishment of a trusteeship government of the disputed lands under the UN. He further proposes that the Palestine Commission suspend its efforts to implement the proposed partition.
European Jewish refugees arrive in Palestine; Transjordan gets liberated from British occupation.
News from Middle-East. A ship arrives at a harbor in Palestine. European Jewish refugee men, women and children step out of the ship from Europe and board a bus. Security guards stand all around the place, monitoring the incoming refugees. Narrator comments that only 1500 Jewish refugees per month are being accepted in Palestine. Scene shifts to Amman the capital city of Transjordan. The streets, houses and buildings. Citizens enjoy their forthcoming independence from Britain. Palace of King Amir Abdullah of Transjordan. Dignitaries arrive for a ceremony. King Abdullah and other officials review a cavalier parade of soldiers and armed troops on camels.
