Geva Newsreel 197, 1959

Christmas Tourists Pass Through the Mandelbaum Checkpoint

1959
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Directed by: Unknown
Subtitles: English, Hebrew

On Christmas, 1700 Christian tourists seek to pass through the Mandelbaum checkpoint from Israeli territory into Jordanian territory, to visit Christianitys holy sites in Bethlehem and East Jerusalem. Soldiers of the Jordanian Legion examine tourists entering Jordans area in a tent set up specifically to handle the massive number of visitors expected. Some of the travelers are prevented entry and communicate with their relatives across a barbed wire fence.

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