The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba , occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes,...
The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba , occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes,...
Spectators line the field of play as the British team attacks the Canadian goal in the ice hockey match between Great Britain and Canada during the...
The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba , occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes,...
The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba , occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes,...
Israeli forces attack the Arab village of Sassa in Galilee , Arab-Israeli War, October 1, 1948. Government Press Officer .
Palestinian fighters beside a burned-out Israeli Haganah supply truck near Jerusalem, Arab-Israeli War, 1948.
At the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York, a man looks at one of the first documents published by the United Nations, The Universal...
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion. The Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization. Chairman of the...
From left to right, Dana Pickova, Sarka Rockova, Helena Sachova and Marta Resslova make up the Czechoslovakian women's team in the International...
Veteran runner Herbert Bignall hands over the Olympic torch to Fred Prevett at Redhill, Surrey, during the flame's journey from Dover to Wembley...
Inauguration of Queen Juliana. Ride in the Golden coach through Amsterdam. The foreign royal guests at the corner of the Rokin and the Muntplein,...
The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba , occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes,...
Olympic Games Poster. London 1948. Olympic Games Poster. Poster has helped the look and feel of Games..
Two members of the Haganah paramilitary organization watch for Arab troop movements in Haifa following the foundation of the new State of Israel, May...
Soldiers of the Israeli Palmach receive orders before participating in 'Operation Yoav', Arab-Israeli War, 1948.
The Empire Windrush ship arrives at Tilbury Docks, East London on 21st June 1948. The ship's passengers consisted of approximately 492 men and women...
Male athletes of the Korean team talking with their hostel manager, in the background are three wardrobes and two flags , in their accommodation at...
Reg Parnell of Great Britain driving the Maserati 4CLT leads the field at the start of the RAC International Grand Prix at Silverstone Aerodrome,...
Olympic Games Poster. Winter Games 1948 ST. Moritz Switzerland. Olympic Games Poster. Poster has helped the look and feel of Games..
York aircraft of the RAF which are flying supplies into Berlin, on the tarmac in front of one of the hangers at Gatow airfield in the British zone....
American figure skater Yvonne Sherman performs a layback spin on the ice of the Kulm Rink as she prepares for her routine at the 1948 Winter Olympics...
An unspecified model wearing a Christian Dior design at the designer's Summer 1948 fashion show in Paris, France, February 1948.
Jamaica athlete Cynthia Thompson , South African athlete Daphne Robb-Hasenjager, American athlete Mabel Walker, and Canadian athlete Millie Cheater...
United States Olympic women's gymnastics team pose for a group portrait ahead of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 1948.
Princess Margaret and her sister, Princess Elizabeth leaving Grosvenor Square, London, after the unveiling of the memorial to American President...
Three Jamaican immigrants John Hazel, a 21-year-old boxer, Harold Wilmot and John Richards, a 22-year-old carpenter, arriving at Tilbury on board the...
American golfers Estelle Lawson, Grace Lenczyk, Dorothy Kirby and Louise Suggs, of the American team, comparing cards during the 5th Curtis Cup at...
The Empire Windrush ship arrives at Tilbury Docks, East London on 21st June 1948. The ship's passengers consisted of approximately 492 men and women...
Druze chief arrives at the Israeli Druze village of Abu Snan, which is hosting a conference of Druze representatives of Northern Palestine, in the...
View of smoke as it billows from a side street in the commercial district of Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, March 1948. At the time, British...
Members of the Ceylon Olympic Squad, including hurdler Duncan White, look on as team manager WHD Perera unfurls the Ceylonese flag at the Olympic...
View from the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al Barajneh in Beirut, Lebanon on October 26, 2023. Camp was built in 1948, in the aftermath of the...
Olympic flag Ceremony at Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst performed by Manny Shinwell, Minister of War.
The finish of the men's 400 metres at the Olympics, London, 1948. Arthur Wint of Jamacia winning the 400 metres final at the 1948 Olympics, with Herb...
Closeup view of a ticket to the 1948 East-West Intercollegiate football game held January 1, 1948 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
Male athletes from Ceylon settle into their accommodation, packing their clothes away into wardrobes at their quarters in an army camp in Richmond...
American athlete Harrison Dillard , Trinidad-born British athlete McDonald Bailey , British athlete Alastair McCorquodale , Panamanian athlete Lloyd...
Rome The racing cyclist champion Gino Bartali, with his wife, is going to be received at the Quirinale by the President of the Italian Republic. It...
Delegate Sir Alexander Cadogan of Great Britain Offers Arms Embargo, United Nations, Lake Success, New York, USA, May 27, 1948 .
St. Louis, Mo: This photo of President Harry S. Truman laughing as he holds an early edition of the Chicago Tribune for Nov. 4th was taken by United...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: If the kids had any voting power, President Harry Truman would win his re-election by a juvenile landslide. Truman's...
