Hagana Troops

Identifier
irn1000361
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.1026
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Men walking through streets of Jerusalem. Suitcases sign on wall of old city. CUs, woman and her children. Crowd gathered in square. Hagana troops on jeep. CUs, moving villagers on truck, boat. Dead bodies. Aerial shot of buildings. Soldiers on truck with thumbs up. Boys walking towards camera with guns. Weapons moved onto cart. Sandbags block streets. Civilians searched. Hagana officer guards captured Palestinians. Villagers interrogated. Walking with belongings in streets. HAS, city. Civilians walking on streets. Holding portraits. Women with belongings carried on top of their heads. Soldiers dancing, joking around in streets. Interrogations. "Khamra Square" in ruins. Group of men. LS, HAS city. Hagana troops on jeeps, inspecting damage, looking for opposition, search, arrest, and capture. Woman with baby carriage is questioned. Bodies. Men hold Israeli flag. Prison behind barbed wire.

Note(s)

  • In 1936 the Haganah fielded 10,000 mobilized men along with 40,000 reservists. During the Great Uprising 1936-1939, it participated actively to protect British interests and to quell Arab insurgence.

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