Iraq (1942)

Iraq. Various shots of harbour in Baghdad lined with palm trees. Various shots of the city including temples and policeman, and studies of the locals. Visiting people dance and children have a go on a primitive big wheel. Women balance water carriers on their heads. Various shots of Kurds and a camel station at Gaza. People walk through the village and a man sells fruit from a basket on his donkey. L/S of sand swirls in the desert. 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