Palestine Bomb Outrage (1946)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Cuts from newsreel story 46/61 - Palestine Bomb Outrage. Scenes from the King David Hotel, showing the rescue work in progress after the bomb outrage. British soldiers at work clearing the rubble. Crane swings large slabs of masonary clear of the wreckage of the hotel. Pan of damaged section of King David Hotel. Arabs at work digging at the rubble. British soldiers extricate a body from the rubble and carry it off on a stretcher. Sir John Shaw, Assistant High Commisioner for Palestine, inspects damage and watches rescue operations. Various shots of the funeral of the victims. British soldiers carrying the bodies draped in the Union Jack in coffins, through the lines of British Troops, to the graveside.. Arab Palestine Police watch the funeral. 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 Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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