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You'll Hardly Recognize Dubai in This 1969 Flyover Film
This looks nothing like the glitzy metropolis we know now.
Today, the word Dubai conjures up thoughts of incredulous skyscrapers, hyper-luxurious malls, and man-made archipelagos. But it wasn't always this way.
The UK-based Kinolibrary recently uploaded a 35mm film from 1969 that shows the city in much humbler times. At the time, its population was only 60,000 and still two years away from independence from Britain.