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Photographs, films and newspaper pages from the war years, from Sanaa and the northern mountains to Cairo.

PhotoGamal Abdel Nasser, Yemen's Crown Prince Mohammed al-Badr and Shukri al-Quwatli in Damascus, when Badr came to congratulate them on the founding of the United Arab RepublicFebruary 1958 · DamascusPhotoOld Sanaa from above in the year of the revolution1962 · SanaaPhotoSoldiers in Sanaa after the overthrow of Imam al-Badr, one of them seated on the throne26 September 1962 · SanaaPhotoMorning of 26 September 1962: Yemeni revolutionaries on a T-34 tank in front of the Dar al-Wusul building in Sanaa26 September 1962 · Sanaa1962Archive footageFootage from the first days of the 26 September revolution in SanaaSeptember and October 1962 · 9:37
FilmFootage from the first days of the 26 September revolution in SanaaSeptember and October 1962 · SanaaPhotoLeaders of the 26 September 1962 movement in Sanaa after the proclamation of the republicOctober 1962 · SanaaPhotoAnwar Sadat, Abdullah al-Sallal, Abdel Rahman al-Baydani and Kamal Rifaat, from right to left; Sadat and Rifaat were among those Nasser sent to assess the situation after the revolution1962 · SanaaPhotoAn Egyptian paratrooper in Yemen, from photographs of the Egyptian forces that trained and fought alongside the republican forces1962 to 19671962NewsreelA rally in Sanaa after the revolution: an officer speaks, crowds wave, a group on a balcony; silent film14 October 1962 · 1:26
British Movietone / APFilmA rally in Sanaa after the revolution: an officer speaks, crowds wave, a group on a balcony; silent film14 October 1962 · SanaaPhotoPresident Abdullah al-Sallal and his deputy Abdel Rahman al-Baydani in Sanaa16 October 1962 · Sanaa1962NewsreelScenes from Sanaa: the republican palace, a military conference, Sallal and Baydani at the airport, tribesmen applauding; silent film22 October 1962 · 2:37
British Movietone / APFilmScenes from Sanaa: the republican palace, a military conference, Sallal and Baydani at the airport, tribesmen applauding; silent film22 October 1962 · SanaaPhotoEgyptian soldiers in helmets and full kit advancing to troop trucks in Yemen1962 · Sanaa1962NewsreelA cameraman with royalist forces in eastern Yemen under Prince al-Hassan bin al-Hassan, and a briefing before a local attack15 November 1962 · 1:12
British Movietone / APFilmA cameraman with royalist forces in eastern Yemen under Prince al-Hassan bin al-Hassan, and a briefing before a local attack15 November 1962 · Eastern YemenPhotoPrince al-Hassan, the imamate's prime minister, speaks to tribesmen outside his cave in Wadi AmlahDecember 1962 · Wadi Amlah1962TV reportReginald Bosanquet reports from Aden and Yemen on the revolution's effect on the British colony1962 · 20:46
Frontline by ITNFilmReginald Bosanquet reports from Aden and Yemen on the revolution's effect on the British colony1962 · AdenPhotoA republican helicopter captured by the royalists outside Marib in the first phase of the war1962 to 1963 · MaribPhotoLieutenant General Abdel Moneim Khalil with Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer at the map table1962 to 1967 · Sanaa1963Archive footageNasser's address to the first Yemeni delegation to visit Cairo after the revolution1963 · 26:15
FilmNasser's address to the first Yemeni delegation to visit Cairo after the revolution1963 · CairoPhotoAbdel Moneim Khalil, Abdel Hakim Amer and Abdullah al-Sallal in Yemen1962 to 1967 · SanaaPhotoYemeni republican soldiers marching with their weapons during the war1962 to 1967PhotoAl-Ghadir, a sheikh of the Khawlan al-Tiyal tribe, with officers of the Egyptian army1962 to 1967 · KhawlanPhotoAnwar al-Qadi, commander of Egyptian forces in Yemen, with Baydani and Field Marshal Amer1962 to 1967 · SanaaPhotoImam Mohammed al-Badr outside his cave on Jabal Shada, with his cousin Prince Hassan bin al-Hussein1962 to 1967 · Jabal ShadaPhotoField Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer studying the field map in Sanaa1962 to 1967 · SanaaPhotoColonel Hassan Ali Kamal, Egyptian head of operations, in his office in Sanaa1962 to 1967 · Sanaa1963Archive footageGamal Abdel Nasser and Ahmed Ben Bella watch Egyptian forces return from Yemen1963 · 6:34
FilmGamal Abdel Nasser and Ahmed Ben Bella watch Egyptian forces return from Yemen1963 · Egypt1963NewsreelYemeni forces on parade, a hospital and wounded men, a press conference by Sallal, helicopters and aircraft, the monument of Queen Bilqis; silent film19 May 1963 · 3:55
British Movietone / APFilmYemeni forces on parade, a hospital and wounded men, a press conference by Sallal, helicopters and aircraft, the monument of Queen Bilqis; silent film19 May 1963 · Sanaa and MaribPhotoSaad el-Din el-Shazly on an armoured vehicle in Yemen, where he commanded a brigade and led a force in al-Jawf1962 to 1967 · Al-JawfPhotoEgyptian and Yemeni republican forces advancing through smoke on a mountainside1963PhotoAn Egyptian instructor at the military college in Sanaa teaching a Yemeni recruit to use the bayonet1962 to 1967 · SanaaPhotoRecruits of the Yemeni republican army on a training ground1962 to 19671963Archive footageA speech by Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Yemen war1963 · 4:14
FilmA speech by Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Yemen war1963 · CairoPhotoRoyalist tribesmen on a captured Egyptian armoured car1963↗ICRC ArchivesArchive linkSix photographs of Egyptian soldiers captured by royalist fighters, from the archive of the International Committee of the Red Cross1963 · North YemenPhotoAn Egyptian BTR-40 armoured vehicle captured by royalist fighters near Haradh1962 to 1967 · Haradh1963Archive footageNasser receives Sallal at Qubba Palace a year after the revolution1963 · 1:15
FilmNasser receives Sallal at Qubba Palace a year after the revolution1963 · CairoPhotoA parade of the Yemeni revolutionary army1962 to 1967 · Sanaa1963NewsreelThe military parade on the first anniversary of the revolution: paratroopers, armour and anti-aircraft guns, with Sallal and Field Marshal Amer on the stand; silent film26 September 1963 · 2:14
British Movietone / APFilmThe military parade on the first anniversary of the revolution: paratroopers, armour and anti-aircraft guns, with Sallal and Field Marshal Amer on the stand; silent film26 September 1963 · SanaaPhotoPro-republican tribes marching through the streets of Sanaa with their weapons1962 to 1970 · SanaaPress and propagandaFront page of Al-Akhbar headlined "Warning of war": if Saudi Arabia tries to restore the monarchy in Yemen13 October 1963 · CairoPhotoA republican T-34 tank abandoned on sandy ground1963Press and propagandaA stamp issued by the Mutawakkilite Kingdom in 1962–63 under the heading "The Free Mutawakkilite Kingdom fights Egyptian imperialist aggression", showing a wrecked tank and a falling aircraft1962–63Press and propagandaA royalist stamp honouring the fighters: one holds an anti-tank round and another aims its launcher1960sPhotoA T-34-85 tank stuck in the sand with two armed men standing on it during the war1962 to 19701963Archive footageNasser's Victory Day speech in Port Said23 December 1963 · 94:35
FilmNasser's Victory Day speech in Port Said23 December 1963 · Port SaidMapMap of the lines of fighting in North Yemen, 1963 and 19641963 and 1964PhotoDamage from Egyptian bombing in a village near Marib1962 to 1967 · Marib1964Archive footageArchive footage of Sanaa from North Yemen in the 1960s, part one1963 to 1965 · 1:05
FilmArchive footage of Sanaa from North Yemen in the 1960s, part one1963 to 1965 · SanaaPhotoA camp used by mercenaries fighting with the royalists at Hanjar in north-eastern Yemen1962 to 1967 · HanjarPhotoAir Major General Adel Hafez shakes hands with Egyptian Ilyushin-28 bomber pilots in Hodeidah1964 · Hodeidah1964Archive footageSallal in Cairo with a delegation including al-Zubayri, al-Noman, al-Iryani and Sinan Abu Luhum1964 · 3:02
FilmSallal in Cairo with a delegation including al-Zubayri, al-Noman, al-Iryani and Sinan Abu Luhum1964 · Cairo1964NewsreelSallal arrives in Moscow on an official visit and is received by Brezhnev and Gromyko24 March 1964 · 1:12
AP ArchiveFilmSallal arrives in Moscow on an official visit and is received by Brezhnev and Gromyko24 March 1964 · MoscowPhotoA Yemeni fighter praying in open country with his rifle beside him1962 to 19671964NewsreelNasser arrives in Yemen and is received by President Sallal23 April 1964 · 0:48
AP ArchiveFilmNasser arrives in Yemen and is received by President Sallal23 April 1964 · SanaaPhotoGamal Abdel Nasser and Abdullah al-Sallal amid a crowd in Sanaa during Nasser's visit to Yemen24 April 1964 · Sanaa1964Archive footageNasser's visit to Yemen and his reception by Yemenis in Sanaa and TaizApril 1964 · 9:58
FilmNasser's visit to Yemen and his reception by Yemenis in Sanaa and TaizApril 1964 · Sanaa and Taiz1964Archive footageNasser meets religious scholars in Sanaa during the April 1964 visitApril 1964 · 27:59
FilmNasser meets religious scholars in Sanaa during the April 1964 visitApril 1964 · Sanaa1964Archive footageNasser in Taiz during his visit to YemenApril 1964 · 1:40
FilmNasser in Taiz during his visit to YemenApril 1964 · Taiz1964Archive footageNasser's remarks on arriving in TaizApril 1964 · 1:07
Aden TelevisionFilmNasser's remarks on arriving in TaizApril 1964 · Taiz1964NewsreelA mass welcome for Nasser on his tour of Yemen29 April 1964 · 1:30
AP ArchiveFilmA mass welcome for Nasser on his tour of Yemen29 April 1964 · YemenPhotoThe ICRC field hospital at Uqd1962 to 1967 · UqdPhotoMajor General Ali Othman with the special service group assigned to commando operations in the mountains of Yemen1962 to 19671964NewsreelHungarian newsreel from Sanaa: the city walls, gates and markets1964 · 2:07
British PathéFilmHungarian newsreel from Sanaa: the city walls, gates and markets1964 · SanaaPhotoNasser and Sallal sign an agreement in Cairo on coordination between the two countries as a step towards gradual union14 July 1964 · Cairo1964TV reportThe programme "Soldier in the Sun" on the British army in Aden during the Emergency1964 · 24:47
BBCFilmThe programme "Soldier in the Sun" on the British army in Aden during the Emergency1964 · AdenPress and propagandaAn anti-Egyptian propaganda leaflet in which a fist labelled "Egyptian colonialism" crushes the Yemeni people, signed "National Front for the Liberation of Occupied North Yemen"1962 to 19671965Archive footageThe mountains and valleys of Yemen in a 16 mm home movie1960s · 0:53
KinolibraryFilmThe mountains and valleys of Yemen in a 16 mm home movie1960s · Yemen1965NewsreelFifteen sheikhs declare their support for the government at a mass rally10 May 1965 · 0:56
AP ArchiveFilmFifteen sheikhs declare their support for the government at a mass rally10 May 1965 · Yemen1965NewsreelNasser and King Faisal sign the Jidda Agreement, with Anwar Sadat present; silent film24 August 1965 · 1:22
AP ArchiveFilmNasser and King Faisal sign the Jidda Agreement, with Anwar Sadat present; silent film24 August 1965 · Jeddah1965NewsreelThe warring Yemeni parties meet to discuss ending the war after three years23 November 1965 · 1:35
AP ArchiveFilmThe warring Yemeni parties meet to discuss ending the war after three years23 November 1965 · Haradh↗British PathéArchive linkBritish Pathé's Yemen collection, with 216 films from the 1950s and 1960s1950 to 1970↗Imperial War MuseumsArchive linkImperial War Museum film on Yemen in the 1960s1960s↗ICRC Cross-FilesArchive linkA journey through the Yemeni desert on film: the ICRC archive blog on its films of the Yemen war1963 to 1967PhotoA worker from the Sanaa textile factory training with weapons1966 · Sanaa1966Archive footageNasser receives Sallal in Cairo1966 · 0:49
FilmNasser receives Sallal in Cairo1966 · Cairo1967NewsreelOpening of the conference of the "Union of Revolutionary Popular Forces" in Sanaa18 January 1967 · 1:10
AP ArchiveFilmOpening of the conference of the "Union of Revolutionary Popular Forces" in Sanaa18 January 1967 · SanaaPhotoThe cameraman Mohinder Dhillon filming the war in Yemen with a cine camera near a helicopter19671967NewsreelField Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer meets leaders of the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen on the border with Aden27 April 1967 · 0:47
AP ArchiveFilmField Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer meets leaders of the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen on the border with Aden27 April 1967 · Aden borderPress and propagandaFront page of Al-Akhbar headlined "Preparing for the decisive battle", with a report on the US relief mission in Yemen15 May 1967 · CairoPhotoKing Faisal, Nasser, Sallal, the Emir of Kuwait Sabah al-Salim and Iraqi President Abdul Rahman Arif at the Khartoum summit, where Nasser and Faisal agreed on the withdrawal of Egyptian forces from YemenAugust and September 1967 · Khartoum1967Archive footageEgyptian soldiers return from YemenAfter 1965 · 1:37
FilmEgyptian soldiers return from YemenAfter 1965 · Egypt1967NewsreelBritish forces withdraw and High Commissioner Humphrey Trevelyan leaves Aden1967 · 1:18
British PathéFilmBritish forces withdraw and High Commissioner Humphrey Trevelyan leaves Aden1967 · AdenMapMap of control in North Yemen at the end of 1967 after the Egyptian withdrawal: black for the republicans, red for the royalistsEnd of 19671967Archive footageReception of Egyptian forces returning from Yemen · 1:38
FilmReception of Egyptian forces returning from YemenEgypt1999Archive footageSaad el-Shazly on "Witness to the Era" talking about the Yemen war and its cost1999 · 8:15
Al JazeeraFilmSaad el-Shazly on "Witness to the Era" talking about the Yemen war and its cost19992016Archive footageA film about Lieutenant General Abdel Moneim Khalil2016 · 13:23
FilmA film about Lieutenant General Abdel Moneim Khalil20162023Archive footageTestimony of Egyptian servicemen who took part in the Yemen war2023 · 1:10
Al Jazeera DocumentaryFilmTestimony of Egyptian servicemen who took part in the Yemen war20232023Archive footageThe programme "Up Close": the Yemeni revolution2023 · 62:13
Al Jazeera DocumentaryFilmThe programme "Up Close": the Yemeni revolution20232023Archive footageThe programme "Memoirs": secrets of the Yemen war from the memoirs of Egyptian and Yemeni commanders, including Anwar al-Qadi and Amin Howeidy2023 · 27:56
Al Araby TVFilmThe programme "Memoirs": secrets of the Yemen war from the memoirs of Egyptian and Yemeni commanders, including Anwar al-Qadi and Amin Howeidy20232026Archive footageThe programme "Memoirs": the memoirs of Field Marshal Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy2026 · 32:16
Al Araby TVFilmThe programme "Memoirs": the memoirs of Field Marshal Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy20262004Archive footageMohsen al-Aini on Witness to the Era: Nasser's ignorance of Yemen, his intervention and his defeat, episode 3Broadcast 5 December 2004 · 50:31
Al Jazeera, Witness to the EraFilmMohsen al-Aini on Witness to the Era: Nasser's ignorance of Yemen, his intervention and his defeat, episode 3Broadcast 5 December 20042008Archive footageGamal Hammad on Witness to the Era: why the Egypt–Syria union failed, and the Egyptian intervention in Yemen, episode 6Broadcast 15 December 2008 · 50:43
Al Jazeera, Witness to the EraFilmGamal Hammad on Witness to the Era: why the Egypt–Syria union failed, and the Egyptian intervention in Yemen, episode 6Broadcast 15 December 20082022Archive footageKhaled Fahmy in The Continuing June Defeat, episode 2: the economic, military and morale situation before the war, and rumours of officer corruption in the Yemen warPublished 9 June 2022 · 17:55
Al-Mawqif al-Masri, the programme The Continuing June DefeatFilmKhaled Fahmy in The Continuing June Defeat, episode 2: the economic, military and morale situation before the war, and rumours of officer corruption in the Yemen warPublished 9 June 2022PhotoLt. Gen. Abdel Mohsen Murtagi, commander of the Arab forces in Yemen, saluting the martyrs at the Egyptian martyrs' cemetery in SanaaApril 1964 · Sanaa