PALESTINE: British army imposing martial law (1947)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit General scenes of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv under British Martial Law during terrorist emergencies, including inspections by Senior British Officers. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Palestine areas under martial law PALESTINE: Jerusalem: General view of city. Jewish residents queueing up behind barbed wire barricades as British armoured vehicle along street. British troops on patrol. Residents passing food parcels across barbed wire. Soldiers and military police clearing population from streets at curfew time. Brigadier Brigadier Gris Davies-Scourfield (British Army Area Controller) inspecting posts under his command. Tel Aviv: Passers-by along past cafe with tables on street. Street vendor along busy street. British army roadblock checkpoint including soldier checking a lorry-driver’s papers. General MacMillan (Later General Sir G
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