Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Jewish Agency Blow Up & Arms for Palestine

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
980A
Date Released
18 Mar 1948
Date submitted
15 Mar 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jewish Agency Bombed. DESCRIPTION: Twelve Jews are killed in the bombing of the Jewish agency Building in Jerusalem. French police discover a trunk of arms in Marseille and it is said to have been addresses to Tel Aviv. SHOTLIST: KS GV Ruined Jewish Agency. Various GVs of ruins, men clearing debris etc. Pans of ruins. (23 seconds). MARSEILLE - Case of arms being dragged across ground. Various shots of guns, rifles, ammunition, bombs etc. being taken from cases. (30 seconds).
Keywords
Weapons; Terrorism
Locations
Jerusalem; Palestine
Footage sources
France
Card file number
49954
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Jewish Agency Blow Up & Arms for Palestine', British Movietone News Issue No. 980A, 18 Mar 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15004 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)