Here is a blog post with links to other collections of old photographs of Kuwait
A Short Film on Kuwait’s Old Neighborhoods (unfortunately taken down)
Excerpt from Alan Villiers – ‘Sons of Sinbad: Sailors and Pearlers of the Persian Gulf’ (1940)
From Kuwait to Old Failaka (here is a different version)
Border Build Up (1961) and British Troops Defend Kuwait (1961)
Kuwait Celebrates Independence Day (1964)
Kuwait Folklore – Kuwaiti traditional music – English documentary 1973
Snapshots of Kuwait in the 70s
Kuwait in 1975, a different Kuwait in 1975, and Kuwait in 1977
Interviews with Violet Dickson here and here
Various clips from Huntley Film Archives (one, two, three, four, five)
In this Huntley Archival video you can see the Sheikh Khazal Palace when it served as the national museum, in this video you can see the Al Salam Palace
You can also watch the Huntley Archives on their website
1980s Kuwait History and Civilization
Kuwait A Dream Suspended – A Documentary Film about Kuwait in the 80s
Television Commercials from Kuwait, 1980s
Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana in Kuwait (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3)
Footage from 1984, 1984 – 1986, 1984 – 1987
Kuwait in 1987 from the Gaumont pathe archive
Old Kuwait 1988 from the Gaumont Pathe archive
Kuwait in 1997 from the Gaumont Pathe archive
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