Saturday, December 3, 2011

SHARJAH AIRPORT 1937 & DUBAI AIRPORT TODAY

In 1937, the airport of Sharjah is shown in this movie, called AIR OUTPOST which gives a lot of interesting information. Most people in the movie are Arabs who travel from one place to another on foot, by donkey and camel. Also it shows how the life was difficult and how our grandfathers fought these challenges. The residents of Sharjah were around 15,000, instead of today, more than half a million. There were also a lot of traders from various places such as Iran and India. The airport was built in the shape of the fort, and was occupied by members of the British. The last interesting information is the plane which arrived from England to took about 4 days to get to Sharjah which was a long time; these days it takes 6 hours.
The second movie of the people dancing shows something different; people who visit the country at this time. They all look like happy employees or passengers at the airport. Also it was interesting to see clips of the two airports, in the past and today.