Title:PALESTINE - INTERVIEW WITH LORD HUGH CARADON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:PAL 64
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Summary: Slates 64-68. Interview with Lord Hugh Caradon, Assistant District Commissioner.
Description: Describes Palestine in the early 1930s; daily routine as District Commissioner; how Jews and Arabs had worked together; the purchase of land by the Jews; the success of the Arab lawyers; the attitude of the Jews toward the Arabs in the 30s; how the tension increased with the increase in Jewish immigration; the effect of the Arab general strike; the inadequacy of the British policy; the contribution the Jews made to Palestine in the 30s and his own cooperation in the planning of the town of Netanya; personal feelings at the destruction of Jewish property; the part he played in the rebellion; how he was involved with the army; how he found he was on the assassination list; how he caught a rebel leader; witness to an Arab hanging; the events of the day he arrived in Jerusalem in 1929; the events in Hebron.
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Colour:Colour
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Object_Number:PAL 64
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:All Periods
Production Date:1977-07-21
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Thames Television (Production company)
Broad, Richard (Production individual)
Broad, Richard (Production individual)
George, Peter (Production individual)
Thomas, Ron (Production individual)
Neeson, Liz (Production cast)
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Keywords: GB, England & London, WC <University College> (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 1900 ft; Running time: 50 mins
