Oman –the Awakening, War in Dhofar, and film clips- 1973

Films of Northern Oman and Dhofar taken between May 1973 and December 1973 by Captain Hugh

Lockhart, Grenadier Guards, on secondment to Sultan’s Armed Forces.

The Ricoh super 8 cine camera was bought May 1 1973 in Dubai airport.

Two short documentaries, Oman the Awakening about Northern Oman, and War in Dhofar on the

Hornbeam Line mainly, were edited professionally and taken for a viewing at the Oman Embassy in

1974. Oman the Awakening has a soundtrack by the editor. The ambassador originally talked about

putting the films on Omani television, but nothing came of it. There were rumours that a German

professional camera team had arrived meantime and produced documentaries to television

standard.

Unfortunately, the editor did not keep the films in the original order and lost the shotlist , so some

places have been left unnamed or maybe incorrectly named. Corrections are very welcome. Places

definitely visited and filmed in Northern Oman are Rostaq, Hazm, Jebel Akdar, Nid, Nizwa, Ibri,

Bidbid, Rosail and Muscat.

Descriptions of these locations and events are recorded in the following diaries available in an E

book (on Amazon)

After Lunch with Thesiger. The Diaries of an Infantry Officer in Dhofar September 1972 to December 1973 By Hugh Lockhart Using the link below

http://www.amazon.com/After-Lunch-Thesiger-Hugh-Lockhart-

ebook/dp/B00R9Q4FBS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420890818&sr=1-1

Index

Oman –the Awakening (10 minutes with soundtrack) and War in Dhofar (12 minutes, no

soundtrack) ) and were made from film rushes H2- H10 below

H2- H10 Rushes of film taken

Oman the Awakening-1973 (Video 12)

With soundtrack

1973

Duration: 10.12 minutes

00-04 credits

20 Sultan Quaboos

29 map of Muscat

37 Muscat from the sea

57 wadi on the way to Nizwa

1.13 dust devil-on the way to Dubai

1.33 Castle complex in northern Oman, probably Jabrin

1.42 Jebel Akdar-I think

1.55 Northern Oman-old men in the shadow of tower

2.02 -man in white with Kunga (dagger ) and other locals

2.07 -view from northern town

2.11 -Quanat or irrigation channel

2.19 prisoner demonstrating leg irons. Hazm December 1973

2.29 the Wali-I think

2.33 village scene and souk in north, possibly Ibri

3.16 the green revolution

3.26 more souk scenes

4.13 Camel

4.16 quanat with locals swimming

4.28 door in wall

4.30 mud bricks drying at Hazm

4.37 old Portuguese guns in Castle, probably Jabrin.

5.00 demonstration of putting on a shimaag

5.06 local, with smart kunja and rifle, rather let down by his flip-flops

5.18 Fort with Jebel Akdar in background

5.34 Camel

5.37 Muscat Street view

6.14 Rosail -tankers at anchor

6.26 - Depot

6.40 --men laying pipe

6.58 Muscat Street scene

7.03 near Nizwa - school assembly

7.36 -schoolchildren departing home- forbidden to put satchels on their heads.

7.57 Nizwa(?) , Street scene

8.24 Land Rover

8.30 Jebel Akdar

8.35 flooded track from Muscat to Nizwa -Land Rover Crossing flooded wadi and going along

8.50 -group, including small girl with umbrella

8.51 hospital near Nizwa - with patients

9.25 -local woman with child

WAR IN DHOFAR -1973 (Video 11)

Duration: 12.11 minutes

Date: 1973 (May to December)

05 Portrait of Sultan Quaboos

14 Credits

19 Map of Oman

24 credits

30 Salalah - government buildings with man walking across square to line of Land Rovers

40 - lone firqua striding right to left. Yellow minimoke in mid-ground

42 - man driving through archway in Land Rover towards mosque

48 Hornbeam Line. Probably Oven. Baluch soldiers on 81 mm mortar-loading

57 -fall of shot

1.07 Hornbeam Line. Resupply helicopter taking off. Probably Oven.

1.15 outskirts of Salalah -tarmac road, palms alongside with white building ahead on the left,

probably a mosque

1.19 - white building approached by steps with 3 wooden doors

(mosque or burial ground)

1.22 Agricultural Activity around Salalah. - Cattle grazing below palm trees

1.35 -fields of green crop with Jebel in background

1.41 - man with white scarf working in field

1.43 In and around Salalah -tarmac road into town

1.48 -tarmac road with palms on left

1.52 - car reversing in main square

1.56 -prominent white building with a wooden shutters

1.59 - man leaning out of white building

2.01 Salalah fish souk- cutting up fish on ground

2.03 -boy, with hand on head , selling fish

2.07 -boy in purple shirt crouching

2 .09 -man handling large skins

2 .11 -children mobbing around

2 .15 -men selling fish

2.18 Salalah fruit market - man riding a loaded donkey

2.22 - buyers and sellers in the fruit market

2.30 - local woman inspecting fruit

2.32 Salalah town - locals standing around in group holding rifles

2.34 - local, with hand over barrel of FN rifle

2.36 - man in very white tunic, with silver kunja (Omani dagger)

2.38 - man advancing carrying 2 bags

2.43 -shopkeeper throwing out box. Lone firqua in dark clothes advancing.

2.46 - lone firqua - still advancing with rifle over shoulder and smoking

2.49 -standing in shade by wall. Ornate belt. FN rifle

2.52 -gesticulating with cigarette

2.57 Salalah general souk -Boy walking past shop

3.00 -2 soldiers visiting souk

3.07 -man with white hat in front of moped

3.09 Salalah school -children in playground with flag flying

3. 15 -students in classroom

3.22 - close-up of student

3.26 - general shots of students in classroom with teacher at back

3.31 - teachers, in various dress from Western and Middle Eastern. On steps of

school with flag above. Several mopeds.

3.35 Salalah - Land Rover driving on tarmac road between 2 Towers with flags

3.40 Hornbeam line.

Oven. -Skyvan coming into land

3.44 -in cockpit with pilot

3.52 - approaching the rough airstrip

4.00 - landing and bouncing along the airstrip

4.11 -taxi-ing to unloading area amid dust

4.19 - unloading drums from Skyvan

4 .23 - taxiing and taking off

4.34 Hornbeam Line.

Black 29 -Frontier Force (Baluch) soldiers arranging tent over stores area

4.44 - SAF helicopter ” Juliet” coming into land

4.55 - captain Lawrence Smith in white shorts talking to pilot, while soldiers wait

5.01 - helicopter takes off

5.04 - maintenance work on position- preparing and filling sandbags

5.26 - stores area and burmails

5.28 - soldiers evening meal “fuddle” -crouched round eating

5.31 -preparing a japatti

5.37 -putting japatti on to fry (on burmail lid)

5.39 -Strengthening the defences -Putting out more wire

5.43 -twisting and unrolling wire (no gloves)

5.54 - Patrolling- FF soldiers on patrol east of Black 29.

6.03 -Cooking –breaking up slab of dates in mess tin

6.07 - rolling out and frying a japatti

6.12 -A “Natch”(song and dance)- FF soldiers beating time on rifle magazine and yellow

gee tin

6.17 -beating time on plastic jerry can (in 60mm mortar

pit , rounds stacked on sides of sangar and mortar on right)

6.21 Mugsahl- loading donkeys with water from bowser truck to take up to Ashawk

6.28 Oven probably, in valley below

Firqua -group of three sitting on sangar wall. Close-ups below

6.31 -Young firqua on left wearing black and white shimaag

6.33 -firqua in centre of group

6.36 -firqua on right with a wrap-around shimaag

6.40 -group of 3 again panning up flag pole to drooping Omani flag.

6.47 -pretending to be in ambush along side of wadi.

6.50 -advancing across wadi (pretending to be very British)

6.58 Kumasi, probably -5.5 gun - loading

7.07 - aiming

7.11 -firing

7.22 Black 29- 60mm mortar pit - preparing for action

7.27 -aiming (very heavy shadow)

7.32 - 2 rounds “fire”

7.37 - fall of two shot in jebel

7.44 Kumasi-5.5 gun again briefly (probably the editor’s error)

7.47 Kumasi, probably- 25 pounder gun –loading

7.52 -firing

7.57 Kumasi, again I think. My recollection is that we had no 81 mm mortars at Black 29, and only

one at Oven - 81mm mortar - firing high explosive rounds ie burst on impact

8.08 - Close up of firing. Note three charges on round

8.25 -fall of shot.

8.34 -making adjustments and firing again (note no ear

defenders or precautions)

8.41 CPO (Command Post operator)translating directions from

fire control officer (FCO) into instructions for mortar team.

With national radio, camouflaged antenna and white

plotting board.

8.47 Kumasi, again I think -25 pounder - Gun drills for fire mission

8.54 - aiming

9.02 - loading

9.13 -firing (the barrel)

9.18 -firing (rear shot)

9.29 -firing (frontal shot)

9.34 -overview of gun positions

9.39 - close-up of 25 pounder firing from up above

9.44 Hornbeam Line- Oven -Firqua -group by tent- drinking tea

9.49 - holding kettle and passing cup

9.53 -man holding cup

9.56 -man in drinking tea

10.00 -man in brown shirt, pouring

10.04 Northern Oman -Castle on the Hill –possibly Rostaq,Awabi, Nakki

10.08 Northern Oman- probably Nizwa -locals dancing

10.16 . - Man elbowing through dancing crowd

10.19 Northern Oman-port and refinery- probably Rosail-panorama

10.25 -naval patrol boat moored

10.29 -gun on patrol boat

10.35 -deckhand/sailor on boat

1037 quayside activity (mini mokes )

10.42 Hornbeam line- Oven - Drilling for water- The wadi below and drilling area

10.46 - red truck and drilling area

10.53 - group of workers sitting in front of drill rig

10.58 - operator with drill rig

11.03 Dhofar - Salalah - British bank of Middle East - entrance with a mini moke and mopeds

11.09 - clerks helping customers

11.16 -British bank manager appears

11.24 -clerk handing out packets of money

11.30 Hornbeam Line- Black 29- Stand to - Sunset and firing the .50 Browning machine gun

11.47 - Sunset

11.51 Omani flag

12.04 Titles- The End

Oman-Film Clips- 1973 (Video 2)

Mixture of North and South Oman with Hornbeam Line positions of Over and Bole (BLACK 29)

Duration : 3.46 seconds

Date: 1973 (May to December)

00 Fields in northern Oman

06 mortar pit on Hornbeam Line. Probably 60 mm mortar.

09 souk scenes probably up North

54 coming into land on Oven by Skyvan

57 60mm mortar training on the Black 29

1. 09 Souk scene , Salalah

1.15 fishmarket in Salalah

1.43 Salalah with jebel in background, I think

1.55 Iranians helicopter landing at Oven doing a changeover of personnel (“Baddli”)

2.05 Sultan Qaboos picture

2.12 British Bank of Middle East branch in Salalah

2.14 Black 29. Fire mission showing fall of mortar rounds (friendly fire)

2.20 Skyvan

2.21 Helicopter

2.24 The Old Sultan’s Palace in Salalah, I think.

2.38 Road in Salalah

2.46 the coast near Muscat

2.59 Hornbeam Line. Captain Lawrence Smith, Frontier Force (formerly RSM of the SAS)

3.02 developments in the North

3.16 Muscat coastline- Building with Flag

3.25 -coastal shots with ships and distinctive rocky hummocks reaching out into

the sea.

3.41 the souk in Salalah

Oman-Film Clips- 1973 (Video 3)

H3

Hornbeam Line Dhofar .

Mainly Kumasi and Mugsahl. Artillery firing . Iranian Special Forces training and in camp

Duration 3.41 minutes

Date: 1973 (May to December)

00 25 pounder gun firing and position with gun pits. I think at Kumasi.

00.37 Clerks in bank in Salalah

0.40 Kumasi,. View of gun positions at tents, trucks and guns firing

1.08 - the big 5.5 gun in action

1.18 Hornbeam Line -SAF chopper airborn

1.23 Iranians chopper coming into land, probably Kumasi

1.51 Jebel views

2.02 Oman Flag

2.09 Overlooking the wadi ,probably Mugsahl, with SAF (Green) and Iranian (disruptive pattern

camouflage)choppers. Tents with protective stone walls.

2.20 Mugsahl. Iranians special forces a, some in full battle order with steel helmets and webbing

– an Omani in shorts talks to Iranian

2.28 -Iranians talking

2.32 - Iranian running from chopper gesticulating

2.37 -Iranian approaches landrover patrol

2.41 -Iranians practise battle drills in wadi

2.59 -Lone firqua striding along with rifle in classic position over shoulder

3.02 -Iranians special forces at Mugsahl -Iranians running

3.06 SAF chopper taking off and flying low along wadi and over camp

3.14 Iranians special forces at Mugsahl -Iranians waiting to board chopper.

3.21 Iranian chopper lifting off and turning

3.32 Iranians special forces at Mugsahl -Iranians watching

3.36 Iranians special forces at Mugsahl - Iranian chopper airborn

3.39 Lone firqua coming towards tent

Oman-Film Clips- 1973 (Video 4)

H4

1973

Mainly Northern Oman. Short Dhofar section with “white eyes”

Duration: about 3.37 minutes

00-28 Muscat . Beach Party - with women, swimmers and water skiers

00. 30 - local with stick walking along through beach party

00. 40 Dhofar . Raysut. Balcony of officers mess overlooking ocean at ”tiffin” with John Gordon

Taylor , Harry, the quartermaster , and Baluch staff

00.54 Dhofar . Mughsahl. Capt Bob Tighe, Frontier Force, doing a Charlie Chaplin act with water.

1. 04 Muscat, I am pretty sure , - overlooking roads and looking towards jebel from above new

school/university (with flags).

1.33 - with man sweeping entrance to same

1.43 Northern Oman .children spouting water swimming in a large falaj

2.22 Northern Oman. –Fort with white Volvo estate car

2.27 -close-up of Fort

2.36 Northern Oman. Steps down to children swimming in the Falaj.

2.51 - Land Rover by stone house

3.01 Northern Oman. Probably entrance to SAF HQ at Bayt al Falaj with sentry.

3.09 - close-up of sentry

3.12 - locals walk towards entrance

3.22. -Camel with low crenellated buildings in background

3.25 - Mosque with golden dome and minaret

3.27 - close-up of mosque

Oman-Film Clips- 1973 (Video 5)

H5

1973

Hornbeam Line, Dhofar and Northern Oman.

Duration: about 4.35 minutes

Date: 1973 (May to December)

00-0022 Dhofar. Hornbeam Line.

Black 29.- 81 mm mortar fired by Frontier Force with the fall

of shot

00. 22 - strengthening the defences after the successful raid WWWW

00.35 - helicopter taking off

00.43 - helicopter coming into land to stores area, with tent and Land

Rover

0 0.54 Dhofar , Salalah I think- policeman on duty directing traffic

1. 04 - street scene beside mudbrick wall

1.07 -locals running across

1.11 Dhofar , Salalah, I think –dual highway

1.15 N. Oman .Souk Scenes. - vendor and man in white with rifle

1.18 -more vendors

1.23 man in red shimaagh with camel stick

1.30 people wandering across

1.33 Grand entrance- with people walking about

1.38 -close up of people

1.44 Hornbeam lIne. Black 29- Rapid fire on 81 mm mortar,FF crew

1.57 - jebel view hoping for fall of shot

1.58 Oven – Skyvan landing

2.09 Souk Scenes, probably Northern Oman- various vendors

2.19 Black 29- fall of shot of 81 mm mortar

2.21 Hornbeam Line. Oven- unloading Skyvan of sacks of provisions

2.25 Hornbeam Line. Kumasi?.- Close-up of loading the 25 pounder field gun

2.46 - overhead shot of gun pit , crew and accommodation

2.55 Black 29. 60 mm mortar pit

2.59 Salalah fishmarket

3.02 Hornbeam Line. Probably Black 29. Sentry in observation post with .5

Browning machine gun

3.07 Oven. The firqua “training” not as they actually operate but as if they were on

a drill square. - Crossing the wadi in single file!

3.13 - Squatting in the open!

3.23 -advancing and deploying uphill

3.30 -forming all-round defence in the open!

3.38 Black 29. I think. Putting up a tent in the wind over the rations bayt

3.45 Black 29 or Oven. Looking down the wadi and around

4.08 Black 29. Strengthening the position with coils of barbed wire after the successful

attack in August 1973

4.25 Oven probably. Firqua drinking tea in front of tent

4.28 Northern Oman- school near Nizwa - teachers lined up in front of school

4 .30 - pupils leaving school with satchels (

forbidden to put on the head in front of

camera)

Oman-Film Clips- 1973 (Video 6)

H6

Hornbeam Line, Dhofar and Northern Oman

Duration: 3.55 minutes

Date: 1973 (May to December)

0.0 Hornbeam Line . Oven or Black29. Soldiers of Frontier Force cooking japattis.

1.0 8 panoramic shot of surrounding mountains at Oven and down into the wadi where

they are drilling for water .

0.24 helicopter flight over Hornbeam Line, and coming into land (not sure where)

1.36 Black 29. Soldiers putting up wire barricades

1.40 Oven -. Skyvan taking off.

1.51 -beside pilot in Skyvan

2.02 Mugsahl- faint picture of man, probably Captain Bob Tighe , Frontier Force .

2.09 - Captain Bob Tighe pretending to be on patrol in white hat and blue shirt .

2 .11 - 3 firqua sitting on sandbag wall

2.17 long sunset shot. Not very exciting.

2.35 Oven. In cockpit of Skyvan taxiing along rough runway

2.45 Black 29. Soldiers standing around with pink air panel (for marking

position)

2.58 Black 29. Soldiers putting up tent in wind

3.OO Northern Oman. – Soldier/ medic treating child in souk

3. 18 - soldier injecting child

3.20 -general shots of families

3. 54 finish

Oman-Film Clips- 1973 (Video 7)

H7

Northern Oman , including Muscat, Nizwa and other towns or castles.

Duration: 2.54 minutes

Date: 1973 (May to December)

0.0 Castle with jebel in background, possibly Bahla or Ibri.

00.14 donkey with villagers

00.15 souk scene with spice vendor

00.22 Risail. Tanker at anchor

00.28 blue Land Rover coming towards camera alongside quanat

00.34 damaged tower of castle complex overlooking Jebel

00.39 Jebel

00.41 scrubland with frankincense trees

00.45 Omani flag on tower

00.46 wide dry wadi with Jebel in distance. Square tower on edge of Wadi

00.53 village with local coming up track and waving

1.03 donkey beside quanat

1.08 wadi shot again and women crossing

1.13 Muscat, probably. Street scenes and traffic

1.23 people walking along track

1.24 man barefoot crossing stream in Wadi

1.25 tall building

1.26 well-dressed man with silver khunja with castle in background

1.29 tower with Omani flag, part of castle complex

1.30 Jebel with prominent outcrop

1.36 Green Revolution - boy working in a field of cabbages

1.38 - boy trying to climb a fruit tree

1.44 souk scene with vendors and crowds

2.03 Nizwa tower with local activity

2.23 souk scenes - street vendor with embroidered skullcap

2.36 -child touching yellow fruit

2.39 - camel sitting outside burusti shelter

2.50 - donkey outside shelter

2.53 Finish

Oman-Film Clips- 1973 (Video 8)

H8

Mainly Hornbeam Line , of Oven and Bole (BLACK 29).

Muscat harbour.

Duration : 4.01 minutes

Date: 1973 (May to December)

00.00 to 00.18 Hornbeam Line. Probably in the wadi below Oven.

- Firqua sitting around talking, drinking tea, and smoking.

00.18 Black 29. 81 mm mortar- Fall of shot

00.23 -81 mm mortar team with mortar

0027 Black 29. Front Force patrol ascending side of wadi

00.39 Black 29 -. Cooking -Frontier Force preparing japattis with custard maker in

background

00.55 - chopping at compressed dates in a mess tin

1.08 ` - close-up of rolling out a japatti

1.01 -cooking up the custard (Birds Eye with a picture of Tower Bridge on

the tin)

1.08 Black 29 or Oven. Panoramic view of an area and wadi below.

1.35 Black 29. Strengthening the defences after the successful attack in August 1973.

Upright stakes have already been placed on the ground waiting for coils of barbed

wire. Wire defences extend beyond the OP, the one probably which was

successfully bombed by the enemy.

1.57 Black 29. Natch (or Baluch sing and dance) in mortar pit surrounding 60mm

mortar. Heads of rounds visible inboxes behind. Plastic jerry cans used as

drums .

2.17 Black 29.- Soldiers bringing over stones and strengthening the walls of a bayt

2.24 - a “fuddle”, soldiers crouched in a circle, eating and drinking.

2.27 -dusk, which started about just after 6 and lasted about 10 minutes

2.35 - Baluch soldier standing by tent

2 .38 -Baluch soldier preparing japattis

2 .50 Oven. - Firqua laying on a demonstration of British tactics. Not how they normally

conducted themselves

2.52 - close-up of firqua ascending slope in barefoot

2.57 - walking in file using approved SAF position of rifle held by pistol grip over

the shoulder . Disapproved of by British army.

3.06 -lying in defensive position in Wadi

3 .11 -returning to tent after exhibition of tactics

3.12 - line-up of firqua . Close-up of AKS with built-in bayonet.

3.18 Muscat.- Harbour with boat

3.2 2 - hill with tower near Harbour

3.26 -names of British naval ships marked in white on coastal Jebel

3.52 -probably Jelali, a dreaded prison

3.58 -view of township in wadi with castle and coastal jebel in background,

possibly outskirt of Muscat

4.OO finish

Oman-Film Clips- 1973 (Video 9)

H 9

Hornbeam line, Dhofar and Northern Oman

duration. 4.46 minutes

Date: 1973 (May to December)

00 Oven or Black 29. Helicopter taking off and sheering away above wadi

00.12 Mugsahl. - Looking up the wadi .

00.18 - Iranians helicopter coming into land , being unloaded , with 3 ton truck in

background

00. 33 Oven. Firqua laying on a demonstration of training, close-ups of talking on walkie-

talkie, National. Note typical firqua position with rifle over shoulder held by the

barrel .

1.54 Hornbeam Line- panoramic shot on Jebel

2.12 Black 29. The East position. Mortchars. Sentry on 50 Browning machine gun

2.35 Oven. Looking down the Wadi to the site drilling for water

2.48 Green Revolution- experimental dairy herd

2.57 Northern Oman- Jebel Akhtar area I think , with cultivated terraces

3.12 Jebel Akhtar area -Tea with the Wali and locals on the roof of his house

3.30 - locals harvesting

3.44 - 2 locals walking along road

3.49 - Jebel shots

4.10 - man with loaded donkey

4.20 - locals standing around village beneath Jebel

4.38 - building with circular tower

4.46 finish.

Oman-Film Clips- 1973 (Video 10)

H10

Northern Oman and Dhofar, Hornbeam line

duration 12.37 minutes

Date: 1973 (May to December)

0.00 Muscat. Coast and jebel from sea

0.05 blank

0.07 “babus in office

0.13 Dhofar ,Kumasi (I think) done drills and 25 pounder gun firing from gun pit.

1.00 Northern Oman -man beating drum while others dance

1.12 -boy wearing gold hat sitting on the shoulders.

1.21 -girl with blue headdress and other children

1.32 - lifting water out of well and emptying the bucket.

1.34 - man walking with plough and ox between stone walls

1.40 Rosail or Muscat from sea. Several dhows with oil depot in background

1.43 blank

1.50 probably on the road from Muscat to Nizwa - flooding in the wadi.

2.10 -man walking across wadi

2.25 Northern Oman-man in white dishdashar cooking.

2.34 -man in white scarf coming down steps.

2.42 kebabs cooking

2.53 -girl walking with hand on head

2.58 -boy with the red shimaagh and stick with goats.

3.10 - green crop and foliage

3.29 -donkey sheltering in undergrowth

3.39 -White House with archway and palm trees.

3.55 -white cat

4.04 -water flowing as part of irrigation system

4.16 -circular carved ornamentation

4.21 -Castle on the hill with round tower. Possibly Rostaq, Awabi, Nakki

4 .23 Dhofar , Hornbeam line- using donkeys to carry water to the forward positions.

Loading the donkeys with jerry cans filled from the browser truck

4 .28 -close-up of donkey with load

4.31 - donkeys set off led by soldier

4 .48 Black 29 –“Natch”, Baluch soldiers of frontier force singing and dancing in 60mm

mortar pit

5.13 -- dancing

5.38 Black 29 - 2 men walking to camera carrying supplies

5.53 - siphoning petrol - from burmail using green hose.

6.10 -Opening the bung steel pickets

6.20 -spitting out the petrol as it begins to flow

6.40 Black 29-playing volleyball

7.06 Hornbeam Line - , classic picture of frankincense tree

07.15 hornbeam line- helicopter ride over positions with views of Jebel and coast

08.17 Mugsahl- men putting up tents

08.26 -lake with 2 storks

08.45 Probably Northern Oman .view of ancient town , Castle , and arcaded courtyard

08.55 Northern Oman-locals standing around with child twirling umbrella

08.59 - locals with blue Land Rover beneath palm trees

9.03 -road and view of Jebel, probably Jebel Akhtar

9.14 - interior of souk shots of craftsmen and vendors. Very dark

09.27 Probably Rosail.- Tanker anchored off coast

09.32 -yellow oil device for transferring oil to ship

09.40 -oil workers camp at foot of Jebel

0944 Northern Oman-man standing by quanat (irrigation system)

09.49 -looking up the pipe

09.53 -looking up steps and surround to quanat system

10.11 -women washing clothes

10.16 Northern Oman. Ruined Castle complex-block tower on battlements

10.30 - ruined window and surrounds

10.36 Northern Oman- man bending over kerosene stove

10.37 - general souk scene

10.49 - with people crouching

11.01 -with camels under tree

11.04 Northern Oman- mountain scene

11.14 -looking down on cultivated fields

11.18 -man with laden donkey

11.23 - distinctively eroded hill above village

11.34 Muscat harbour from the sea- dhows, buildings, towers and Jebel shots

11.57 Land Rover and flooded track probably on way from Muscat to Nizwa

12.02 Northern Oman near Jebel Akdar- square building with twin arches beneath the Jebel

12.07 -with nearby the Wali’s Palace, which was destroyed

by RAF Jets during the Jebel Akdar campaign

12.25 flooding in the wadi, probably on road from Muscat to Nizwa

12.36 finish

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