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Premier Abdul Karim Kassem reviews Military parade in Baghdad, Iraq.
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.
Various tanks passing by during a military parade in Baghdad, Iraq. Soldiers ride in trucks with flags. The crowd cheering.
Jeeps and trucks passing by during a Military parade in Baghdad, Iraq.
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.
Scenes of Baghdad and environs, Iraq, circa 1942
Several cars drive past a traffic policeman, standing under a large umbrella in a circular post at the center of a road, in Baghdad, Iraq. He signals as cars pass. Workers construct new buildings in a housing development. Workers mix mortar that women carry in containers on their heads, to masons working on the buildings. A man drawing water from a river, by means of a "Sanya," a pulley arrangement using self-emptying leather bags (called dalw) hauled by donkeys walking up and down a small hill.
A radio transmission tower. Equestrian statue of King Faisal I, in King Faisal Square, Haifa Street
A radio transmission tower and a statue in Baghdad, Iraq. A radio transmission tower outside Baghdad. A transmission headquarters building. A vehicle moves away from the building. Equestrian statue of King Faisal I of Iraq, in King Faisal Square, at the end of Haifa street, Baghdad, Iraq
Revolt and overthrow of Government in Iraq. General Abdul Kassem arrives in Baghdad.
Opening slate reads: "Iraqi Revolt. Pro-Reds Ousted in Military Coup." Glimpse of the City of Bagdad, capital of Iraq. Soldiers in military uniforms rides standing in jeeps passing through a gateway, accompanied by military motorcyclists. In flashback, Abd al-Karim Qasim is seen posing on a dais with a civilian, on July, 14, 1958, when he deposed King Faisal II and assassinated him and his family. Narrator states that he, himself, was killed by a firing squad in the wreckage of the Defense Ministry building. (On 8 February 1963, the Iraqi Ba'ath Party overthrew him in a coup, and a day later he was executed by firing squad. Up to 5,000 Iraqi communists were also killed in the aftermath) Views of the city seemingly quiet, but the search for communists is going on. Camera shows evidence of violence in the form of damaged and burned out automobiles, and Iraqi tanks in the streets. Closeups of some Iraqi soldiers on a street.