Title:PALESTINE - INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL SIR HORATIUS MURRAY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:PAL 45
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Summary: Slates 45-49. Interview with General Sir Horatius Murray, British Army.
Description: Explains that Jews had nucleus of field army as result of war; Arabs disorganised (2 answers); Jews well organised; withdrawal date signal for Jews to get military machine into gear; checkerboard of Arabs and Jews; Jew frightening Arabs off territory; British soldier sympathetic to Arab underdogs; Jews toughened by experience; Palestinian Arabs "soft as putty" though hardened 30 years later; British soldiers felt resentment of Jewish attitudes. Story of shelling of Tel Aviv; description of Jaffa exodus (3 answers); ordered not to intervene at Dir Yassin (2 answers); barracks caught fire because British did not want Jews to take them over intact.
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Colour:Colour
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Object_Number:PAL 45
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:All Periods
Production Date:1977-07-19
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)
Hinshelwood, Isobel (Production cast)
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Keywords: Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK (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: 1200 ft; Running time: 32 mins
