UN Session On Palestine (1947)

Lake Success, United States of America (USA). Title reads ’Jews and Arabs give views on Palestine’. Various shots of the delegates at work during the United Nations session on Palestine. MS. Dr Abba Hillel Silver speaking from dais. He is expressing the Jewish angle of the Palestine problem. He highlights the achievements of the Jews in Palestine. Several shots of the Jerusalem lawyer Henry Kataan (sp?) speaking for the Arab side calling the UN to recognise the independence of Palestine - natural sound. Date found in the old record 15/05/1947. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramo