Palestine, 1938 - High Commissioner Reviewing Black Watch Troop; Street Scenes Jerusalem Old City
Scottish Black Watch Color Guard marching w/ British flag & unit colors on parade ground. Rows of kilted troops reviewed by British High Commissioner Sir Harold MacMichael & British officers review troops, followed by other British officers. Black Watch troops marching past. MCUs of MacMichael.
21:19:07 Scottish troops in kilt on hillside w/ map & looking thru binoculars. Airplane above. Cloth laying onb rocky ground. Plane circling overhead, gravel road up valley seen.
21:20:10 British soldier following Arab up road.
21:20:14 European men in topcoats out of Jerusalem (?) stone building.
21:20:22 View w/ cars & truck up gravel road; Scottish troops jump out of truck w/ rifles & into ditch. Aim rifles while laying on rocky stone ground. Firing machine gun; smoke from explosion on hillside. Black Watch soldier up & running forward stumbling; others run carrying machine guns & ammunition. Trucks on road.
21:21:19 ?? dropped & lands by troops. British troops by communications truck; searching Arab. Markers on ground.
21:21:43 Scottish troops signaling w/ semaphore.
21:22:03 Truck convoy along road passing camera
21:22:22 Arab VIPs & British VIPs in office.
21:22:34 Arab VIPs Posing outdoors.
21:22:39 British (?) youth marching band in uniforms through streets of Old City of Jerusalem; Arabs watching.
21:22:56 Arab VIPS w/ banners on poles to old stone building; stop at entrance.
21:23:10 Youth band & leaders in MCU & CUs. Arabs watching.
21:23:41 Two Arab VIPs talking, reading letter (?). LS Dome of the Rock w/ Arabs sitting on retaining walls in plaza.
21:24:09 View of Arab men, women & children on wall looking across valley to Old City.
21:24:27 Many Arabs walking in plaza in front of Dome of the Rock.
21:24:33 Narrow street filled w/ Arabs; Arab VIPs w/ banners riding up street on horses.
21:25:17 Two Jewish women at Wailing Wall, one places prayer in wall (off camera) & other reading from open book. LS many people at wall in European clothes.
21:25:33 Orthodox Jews walking past Arabs & others along sidewalk; thru intersection in Old City.
British Occupation; Hassidic; 1938;
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Palestine, 1938 - High Commissioner Reviewing Black Watch Troop; Street Scenes Jerusalem Old City Scottish Black Watch Color Guard marching w/ British flag & unit colors on parade ground. Rows of kilted troops reviewed by British High Commissioner Sir Harold MacMichael & British officers review troops, followed by other British officers. Black Watch troops marching past. MCUs of MacMichael. 21:19:07 Scottish troops in kilt on hillside w/ map & looking thru binoculars. Airplane above. Cloth laying onb rocky ground. Plane circling overhead, gravel road up valley seen. 21:20:10 British soldier following Arab up road. 21:20:14 European men in topcoats out of Jerusalem (?) stone building. 21:20:22 View w/ cars & truck up gravel road; Scottish troops jump out of truck w/ rifles & into ditch. Aim rifles while laying on rocky stone ground. Firing machine gun; smoke from explosion on hillside. Black Watch soldier up & running forward stumbling; others run carrying machine guns & ammunition. Trucks on road. 21:21:19 ?? dropped & lands by troops. British troops by communications truck; searching Arab. Markers on ground. 21:21:43 Scottish troops signaling w/ semaphore. 21:22:03 Truck convoy along road passing camera 21:22:22 Arab VIPs & British VIPs in office. 21:22:34 Arab VIPs Posing outdoors. 21:22:39 British (?) youth marching band in uniforms through streets of Old City of Jerusalem; Arabs watching. 21:22:56 Arab VIPS w/ banners on poles to old stone building; stop at entrance. 21:23:10 Youth band & leaders in MCU & CUs. Arabs watching. 21:23:41 Two Arab VIPs talking, reading letter (?). LS Dome of the Rock w/ Arabs sitting on retaining walls in plaza. 21:24:09 View of Arab men, women & children on wall looking across valley to Old City. 21:24:27 Many Arabs walking in plaza in front of Dome of the Rock. 21:24:33 Narrow street filled w/ Arabs; Arab VIPs w/ banners riding up street on horses. 21:25:17 Two Jewish women at Wailing Wall, one places prayer in wall (off camera) & other reading from open book. LS many people at wall in European clothes. 21:25:33 Orthodox Jews walking past Arabs & others along sidewalk; thru intersection in Old City. British Occupation; Hassidic; 1938;