Princess Alexandra at Al-Ittihad, Aden, Yemen, December 1961

Princess Alexandra, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, visits the new federal capital of Al-Ittihad, Aden, South Arabia on the 7th December 1961. Al-Ittihad (meaning Unity) was founded in 1959 as the capital of the Protectorate of South Arabia under British rule, and renamed Madinat ash-Sha'b after Yemen was founded in 1967. Digitised cine film (standard 8 no sound) by Fred Collinson, taken in Aden where he lived with his family and worked at the BP oil refinery from 1957-1962. There are other Aden clips on this channel. For more about Aden see www.bpadenkids.com

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[woofdk]

mmmm....vey rare, and indeed priceless footage!

somewhere, way back in my memory - I seem to recall this footage -maybe from a documentary.

Who are the royals involved ?

[FBCCine]

For further information see the "About This Video" link, usually top right. This is private amateur film so I doubt it has been used in a documentary.

[munchkin365]

I remember this - I was there

[safinaz99]

wow thats amazing

[abdoismx]

this is priceless .. thanks for posting ur series of videos about Aden

[sondos2y]

wow