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Arabian City of Dubai, and environs during period of British rule (before creation of United Arab Emirates). Waterfront scene dominated by Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque in Dubai . (This is number 3, of three mosques by that name in the area, and is located on the creek in the old Bur Dubai part of the city.) Numerous boats and merchants clog the Dubai creek. Merchants unload their wares from boats. Trucks and businessmen line the wharf near the creek. Pottery is being carefully unloaded from a boat, one piece at a time and passed to a man who places them in a push cart. An oasis with palm trees A woman scoops a bucket of water.Two men are seen baking Arabian flat bread over fires. A boy washes himself in a pond. Location: Dubai. Date: 1944.

Former U.S. Secretary of State General Colin Powell arrives in Dubai for a business conference stirring controversy after stating that the war in Iraq "could be considered a civil war" and that the U.S. occupation had been "badly handled."

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.

;Pan across city buildings, CU tall building under construction, crane. Street traffic. Nakheel building under construction. Crane. Buildings in Dubai. Nakheel banners. Highway traffic and buildings. Billboard. Ticker board: Welcome to Dubai Financial Market. Interior UAE stock market, stock board. Men sit and watch stock ticker board. Man at computer, CU computer monitor with stock info. Men inside stock market building, closer shot of stock market board. ;Fireworks display at night at Burj Khalifa skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates. World's tallest building.

Aerial timelapse of a busy highway in Dubai, UAE.

Various shots inside the Dubai airport showing flashy design, travellers and shops.

Former U.S. Secretary of State General Colin Powell arrives in Dubai for a business conference waving briefly to the media before stepping into the meeting. General Powell generated controversy recently over remarks that the the war in Iraq could be called a civil war.

United Arab Emirates - Dubai waterfront with boats - high rises - low aerial of city - water buses

Hillary Clinton departs Dubai, UAE

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Tourists dismount camels in desert; man leading tourists on camels; CU camel feet/hooves; twin skyscrapers in "downtown" Dubai; flamingos w/ trees in BG, some fly; more Dubai skyscrapers; elaborate mosque w/ spires & domes; bags of frankincense & myrrh in market; men in marketplace walk, talk. BANGKOK, THAILAND: temple. INDIA: series Taj Mahal, regular & w/ orange "sunset" filter; boy leads bull thru street; bull along street alone; women down street; women w/ dung cakes in baskets; vs crowded Indian streets (cars, bikes, carts, animals, people); bike-taxi; jeep down street. MUSCAT, OMAN: giant frankincense burner; water (lake?) w/ rugged mountains behind; slow POV fortress; skyline of Muscat; market; men in market; fish sellers, men talk, faces.

Iraqi and British officials at an event involving visitors at a facility of the Iraq Petroleum Company, following World War 2. Officials emerge from a warehouse building. One official wears sunglasses and holds a tobacco pipe. British officials accompanied by wives, walk along a boardwalk to a gangplank, where they climb aboard a ship. Change of scene shows a. street scene at a bridge where several street vendors display their wares. City buildings across the bridge, in background. A man wearing keffiyeh walks past. Camera moves to the wellhead inside an oil drilling rig, where Iraqi "roughnecks" are working with Byron Jackson Company oil drilling equipment. They insert a new section of pipe and proceed with drilling. Views up and down of the drill rig in operation. Views of other areas at the petroleum complex. Two huge pipes lying parallel. A worker climbs stairs of oil tank no. 235. Technicians work on large pieces of piping. View of a ship docked near the facility, on the Shat Al-Arab. At this point, the scene switches completely to the Persian Gulf City of Dubai and a waterfront scene dominated by Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque. (This is number 3, of three mosques by that name in the area, and is located on the creek in the old Bur Dubai part of the city.) Location: Iraq. Date: 1945.

Aerial view of empty streets during the coronavirus pandemic, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Souk Madinat Jumeirah shoppers broswing in Dubai U.A.E. United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates - Dubai waterfront with boats - high rises - low aerial of city - water buses go to opposite bank

Aerial view of Dubai skyline at night, UAE.

Hillary Clinton departs Dubai, UAE