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BAGHDAD 1946

THE FIRST FILM STUDIO ESTABLISHED IN BAGHDAD BY " EZRA SAWDAYEE & BROS AND ANTOUN MESSAYEH "  IN THE YEAR 1946. THE FIRST FILM PRODUCED IN IRAQ WAS IN THE  BGHDAD STUDIO . THE FILM WAS " ALIYA WA ISSAM ".

SETS CONSTRUCTED IN ORIGINAL SIZE ON THE STUDIO GROUND.

SCENE FROM THE FILM " ALIYA WA ISSAM ".

SCENE FROM THE FILM "ALIYA WA ISSAM ".

ARTISTS & EMPLOYEES IN THE FILM " ALIYA WA ISSAM ". BACK ROW : ISHAK BATAT , IBRAHIM JALAL, SALIMA MURAD , ABDULLAH AL AZAWEE.........

SCENE FROM THE FILM " ALIYA WA ISSAM". A CARAVAN OF CAMELS  AT THE SHEIKH HASSAN AL-SUHEIL'S TERRITORY.