Old Documentaries about Kuwait

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)

Old Kuwait

Al Baladeya Kuwait

Kuwait oil reserves (1947)

Kuwait in 1948

Oil from Kuwait (1958)

Failaka Island in Kuwait 1953

Mishref Palace (1958)

From Kuwait to Old Failaka (here is a different version)

A Letter from Kuwait (1960)

Close Up on Kuwait (1960s)

Border Build Up (1961) and British Troops Defend Kuwait (1961)

I fuld gang (1963)

Kuwait Celebrates Independence Day (1964)

Kuwait at Night (1965)

Her er Kuwait (1968)

Old Markets

The Cruel Sea (1972)

Kuwait Folklore – Kuwaiti traditional music – English documentary 1973

Kuwait by John Feeney (1974)

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)

TV show from the 1980s

Kuwait National Day 1984

Footage from 1984, 1984 – 1986, 1984 – 1987

Kuwait in 1987 from the Gaumont pathe archive

Old Kuwait 1988 from the Gaumont Pathe archive

Kuwait 1992

Kuwait 1995

Kuwait in 1997 from the Gaumont Pathe archive

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