السبت، 26 نوفمبر 2011

Sharjah airport 1937 and Dubai airport today

Regarding the video clip of Sharjah airport which was in black and white, captured in 1937, included many exciting materials and many different nationalities. The people in the movie were from different countries and they used different languages. For example; Indian traders used Urdu language and Iranian traders used Farsi language. Most people in the video were Arabs. The methods of traveling were by animals like donkeys and camels or by walking. The number of people in Shariah was 15,000 and now it is become more than half a million. A lot of shots were viewed in the clip such as the airport that was designed like a fort and it was controlled by British staff, oyster beds, and sources of the pearls in the Gulf. Also we saw the council of the sheikh. Another thing, a Hanno airplane which arrived within four days from England and it was directed to India & Australia. It had a good record in safety with no accidents. In addition, we saw Arabs delivering shipments of pearls before traveling by air or by sea to India. Finally we saw a weather balloon which was released from the roof of the airport's weather station to collect information on wind speeds. 
In the second clip, the amazing event that happened in the airport, showed people unpredictably participating in dancing with no objection from anyone. They enjoyed their time freely. In contrast to Sharjah in 1937, Dubai airport now is more cosmopolitan and contains people from different countries and cultures.