Das Island footage - 1961

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1961
  • Asset ID: 802427
  • Synopsis: Handheld 8mm film shot on Das island, in the Persian Gulf and on the mainland / UAE.
  • Shotlist: 00:18:21 GV's of a courtyard garden and the surrounding building. CU of the trees with fruit 00:18:58 A busy street with a mixture of Arab men and women, children and foreign tourists. 00:19:13 People entering a stone building. GV's of the archway. 00:19:32 A man pushes an ice cart past the camera. 00:19:37 Camera pans across the countryside. 00:19:58 Street scene, people push carts of fruit. An Arab man stands on the pavement with a flock of sheep. 00:20:11 Entrance to a building surrounded by Arabic signs. 00:20:18 View from above looking onto a street. Street scene of tops of buildings. 00:20:25 Camera pans across airport. 00:20:32 Footage of man getting into a helicopter and preparing it for take-off. Camera follows as the helicopter fly’s away. 00:21:09 Aerial view of a small ship in rough sea. 00:21:17 GV’s from on the ship. Footage of the legs of the jacket from the boat. 00:21:35 GV’s from a boat of the different oil platforms. Arabic man in the corner of one of the shots. CU’s of machinery. 00:22:10 Man balancing on a float in the sea. 00:22:18 Aerial views of the oil platform. 00:22:50 Aerial view of Das Island in the Persian Gulf harbour. 00:22:55 CU of Das Island South sign. 00:22:58 Footage of men by the sea doing group exercises. Arabic men pass by the camera with donkeys. 00:23:21 Footage of a local family sat on the pavement. 00:23:27 Aerial footage of a winding river. 00:23:45 CU of sign for Dubai 00:23:50 Camera pans across the countryside at sunset. View of a castle. 00:24:05 Arabic men in a market. Mid shot of a man holding a falcon. 00:24:24 A woman walking a baby goat on a beach. 00:24:42 A man mends a melted pipe. CU of the pipe 00:24:52 Camera follows a horse cantering across the sand. GV’s of camels roaming around.00:25:20 Aerial view of buildings in the desert. 00:25:24 Aerial view of ship in the sea. 00:25:27 Clouds shot from a helicopter. 00:25:44 Aerial views of Das Island and the sea. 00:26:01 Footage of a ship off the coast lit up at night 00:26:06 Aerial views of Das Island and the boat off the coast. 00:26:14 View from a beach looking out to sea. Camera pans around to reveal 3 men stood naked on the rocks. 00:26:27 silhouette of rocks at sunset. 00;26:30 GV’s of an airport. Looking out the window of a plane as it ferries along the runway. 00:26:50 GV’s of mechanics. Men shading from the sun under an umbrella. 00:27:26 Watching the sunset behind the sea. 00:27:33 GV’s from around Das Island. Men going to work. 00:28:27 Aerial views of Dubai cut with footage of a plane in the sky. Footage out of the window as the plane comes in to land. 00:29:32 Footage of building in a city. 00:29:44 View from front window as car drives along a road. 00:29:49 View out of plane window. Plane wing is visible on the left of the shot. 00:30:02 GV’s of a sunset. 00:30:20 English street sign Birch Tree Way 00:30:22 Shot of a car parked in a driveway outside of a house. 00:30:23 CU of a dog on a lead 00:30:26 Shot of a pink rose against dark blue windows. 00:30:29 End of tape.
  • Production Company: None
  • Licensing Restrictions: None
  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: BetaSP_Small
  • Alternative Language Notes: None