1947 PALESTINE: British army imposing martial law
April 22, 2026
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1:14Now Playing1947 PALESTINE: British army imposing martial law
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as posted by the channelDate: 13th March 1947
Location: Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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 Gordon MacMillan of MacMillan, last GOC in British Mandate Palestine) making a tour of inspection of Tel Aviv during terrorist activity.
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