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Two Jewish Grand Rabbis Amiel and Toledano at Grand Council of the Rabbinate of Tel Aviv.
The Grand Council of the Rabbinate of Tel Aviv. Two Grand Rabbis are preceded according to custom by a Kowas who opens the door and leads them to their seats. Other Israeli Jewish rabbis stand as Grand Rabbis enter the room. Grand Rabbi Amiel speaks. Rabbis listening and taking notes. Two Grand Rabbis Amiel and Toledano talking to each other during discussion. Grand Rabbi Toledano speaking, other rabbis listening.
Draining of flooded areas between Haifa and Tel Aviv.
Cars pass flooded road between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Views of trucks passing a flooded road. Bull dozer and scraper operated by British soldiers to deepen a drainage canal. (World War II period).
Views of Jerusalem and surroundings with both Jewish and Arab residents in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Late 1930s and early 1940s life in Jerusalem, Palestine. Views from 1917 era as British military patrol under British Army General Edmund Allenby advances in military trucks up the plains from Gaza. Arab forces riding on camels. The Arabs move in support. Jerusalem is captured by the British in 1917. British men in the city. Jerusalem aerial view of late 1930s and approximately 1940 "new" Jerusalem contrasting the ancient and old parts of the city and new buildings. Narrator descriptions and visual portrayals of nationalism among Jewish and Arab residents in Jerusalem. Jewish men construct what the narrator terms as "a typical Zionist house just going up" Jewish civilians walking on the streets including one woman pushing a baby carriage. Cars move on a street and a view of a bus moving up Queen Mary Avenue. Jewish residents at a beach of Tel Aviv. They enjoy the water and dance the hora at the water's edge. A British man teaches an Arabic farmer the modern methods of agriculture. Men harvest food grains with a harvester. Arab boys in a class get a proper education "as in Europe." Palestinian girls in dresses play a game of basketball. The ex mayor of Jerusalem Hussein al-Khalidi in the center and other people around him.
Young Jewish students getting lessons from Grand Rabbi in Talmud School.
Talmud School of the Grand Synagogue of Tel Aviv under the direction of the Grand Rabbi David Prato. Israeli Grand Rabbi David Prato and Rabbi Trop enter, students stand up. Students opening Talmud on desks. They study and listen to Rabbi Trop. Young Yemenite student asks question. Lesson finishes, children closing Talmud and praying.
Spokesman for Jewish Agency for Palestine and National Council of Jews of Palestine presents statement to UN Security Council
Meeting of the United Nations Security Council at Lake Success, New York, in 1947. A representative of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and National Council of the Jews of Palestine [possibly Abba Hillel Silver] presents a statement approved by those groups on march 23, 1947. They object and are disappointed in the position taken by the United States regarding Palestine's administration, and state that at the end of the mandatory administration, a provisional Jewish Government will be established, not later than May 16th. The Soviet Union's representative to the UN, Andrei Gromyko, is seated at the same table, wearing dark glasses.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon meets with Defense Minister of Israel Moshe Dayan in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Former Vice President Nichard Nixon tours Israel on a fact-finding tour. Nixon arrives and greets Defense Minister of Israel Moshe Dayan in Tel Aviv. The two leaders with their aides. The meeting in progress. The press takes photographs and records the event.
