A 2:43 minute SILENT film clip (1956) of the Kazmain Shrines, Baghdad, Iraq. This sequence is from amateur filmmaker John W. Rowe's travelogue of a car rally between Geneva, Switzerland, and Bombay, India. This footage was previously mis-identified as being the the Al-Askari Mosque (also known as the Golden Mosque) in Samarra, Iraq. Thanks to viewers for leaving comments and correctly identifying the location. The film clip is from the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution collection of historical moving images. For further information, search SOVA.si.edu for the John and Mariella Rowe finding aid.
Video Duration:
2 min 43 sec
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