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1948 Haifa Damage, Haganah Activities, Bodies, Refugees & Building Damage

Reel Number: 221547-14

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1948

Country: Israel,Palestine,Transjordan

Location: Haifa,Palestine

TC Begins: 13:27:58

TC Ends: 13:32:44

Duration: 00:04:46

1948 Haifa Damage, Haganah Activities, Bodies, Refugees & Building Damage People in street in front of heavily damaged buildings. Men w/ pistol & rifle walk thru narrow street. 13:28:10 CU signs: Arabic & English - Suitcases Factory R & T. Bitar, tilt down to man w/ grenades on belt. 13:28:14 MS Woman & two children beside wall. Men in street standing, looking. 13:28:21 British soldiers in jeep. British army truck w/ Arabs in back. Woman & children sitting on luggage & belongings in street. 13:28:37 Barge w/ men past ship Lacklan. Men & children w/ luggage on dock. Soldiers on dock. Arabs loaded into truck. MCU woman & boy. Dead bodies lying in street. 13:29:01 MS of tower of mosque. Men riding on dump truck w/ rifles up hill past stone retaining wall (?). Arab policeman & civilian soldiers w/ rifles thru narrow street 13:29:21 MS Three men pushing rugs on cart beside two Arab men w/ rifles. Flag on pole on top of building. 13:29:30 LS up city hill from behind sandbagged barrier. CU civilian in soldier/s helmet. Two men talking to old Arab men. Two Haganah (?) men frisking searching two men in street. MS helmeted civilian w/ gun. Arabs on ground under guard by Hagana soldier w/ rifle. Men talking to Arab w/ hands raised, woman watches. 13:29:54 Women w/ baby carriage & belongings. Arab police w/ suitcases & carrying belongings guarded by rifle. LS walking group of men w/ rifles past destroyed buildings. 13:30:08 High angle of Haifa (?) w/ oil storage tanks & ships anchored in harbor. 13:30:11 High angle of stone buildings w/ damage. Narrow street w/ man & woman held at rifle point. Men walking, patrolling streets. Questioning women & man in doorway. 13:30:32 Two men w/ rifles holding pictures of ?? & Lawrence of Arabia (?). 13:30:40 Two women pushing cart of belongings & walking w/ cans on head down street. Men w/ rifles clowning in street w/ guns. View down narrow street of stone houses & cars. 13:30:52 British soldiers talking w/ Arab & local men. 13:30:56 CU Khamra Square wall sign & Out of Bounds sign. Street w/ heavily damaged houses on both sides. Woman on wooden chair by overturned cart. Men guard Arab men. CU of one. Men walking away. 13:31:20 Three men w/ rifles crossing concrete bridge w/ houses behind. High angle shot of bridge & young people, tilt up to houses on hillside. Pan towards harbor w/ ships. Army truck w/ soldiers away from camera. Men w/ sten guns past, destroyed buildings behind, climb over rubble. Question old Arabs. Man & woman w/ raised arms surrender; man searched by soldier. Another searched. MCU of Arab prisoners. 13:32:10 Women w/ belongings thru street. CU women. 13:32:33 MS Six or seven dead bodies. MCU of one. Pan across them. Armored van away from camera. 13:32:37 CU two young men w/ guns holding Israel flag. Soldiers seen in street behind barbed wire. Guerilla Fighting Aftermath; ca Jan48; Near East; Palestine; Terrorism; NOTE: Short shots but good quality.

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