Alexandria’s beautiful beaches, the city’s residents diving into the sea, its mothers sunbathing under parasols, the city’s public swimming pools, and its clean, green boulevards: the ‘bride of the Mediterranean’, as we have never seen it.
For this #ThrowbackThursday, we chose “Magic carpet land”, a video recently released by the British archival footage company Pathé, showcasing the beauty and history of legendary Alexandria, filmed in 1963.
The video takes us on a chariot ride throughout the history of a city dominated by Romans, Turks and Arabs. But for the viewers, it is a two-fold journey: as the video comments explore the ancient pharaonic history, we submerge into the reality of Alexandria’s people in the 1960s.
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