Vintage 1950s video of Iraq shows how beautiful the country could have been
"At the center of our world lies the Middle East, and at its very heart, the ancient land that is Iraq," begins the narration of Ageless Iraq, one of the 85,000 historic videos uploaded to YouTube by newsreel maker British Pathé. Directed by Graham Wallace, the vintage video showcases the now war-torn country in the 1950s as a flourishing […]Hyacinth Mascarenhas writes in PolicyMic:
"At the center of our world lies the Middle East, and at its very heart, the ancient land that is Iraq," begins the narration of Ageless Iraq, one of the 85,000 historic videos uploaded to YouTube by newsreel maker British Pathé.
Directed by Graham Wallace, the vintage video showcases the now war-torn country in the 1950s as a flourishing land that was once "a main junction linking the East and the West."
