United States MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) and military mission in Baghdad, Iraq. Military trucks emerge from the Ministry of Defense building. View of Kadhiman mosque in Baghdad. American Army instructor holds a class on mobile 40mm anti-aircraft gun for native Iraqi soldiers.
A market place and a street in Baghdad, Iraq. A copperware shop at a market place. Two American women looking at copperware articles in the shop. One of the women holding a jug and the other holding a plate talk to the shopkeeper. Several men behind the shopkeeper watching the women. View of a native street in Baghdad. Children standing in front of shops lining a street. Men walking about in the street. A man on a horseback moves through the street. A soldier walking through the street.
Saddam Hussain addresses the Iraqi National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Watani), consisting exclusively of Saddam Hussein’s own fellow Baath party members, as the military president of Iraq. From his speech, Saddam Hussein highlights the importance of the National Assembly’s decision-making for the good of Iraq, the pride of being a democratic country with “democracy as a pillar of Iraq” and how they can face the local, national and regional issues long related to their country’s history.
Iraqi soldiers push back crowds in Baghdad, Iraq. Premier Abdul Karim Kassem drives through the crowd. He along with officers and other officials take their place in the review stand. The crowd cheers. Premier Kassem reviews the civilians,soldiers and children marching.
Various tanks passing by during a military parade in Baghdad, Iraq. Soldiers ride in trucks with flags. The crowd cheering.
Jeeps with armed soldiers passing by during a Military parade in Baghdad, Iraq. Trucks tow artillery and carry assault boats. Soldiers on guard at rooftop.