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Please please please make this content available to those of us in the USA...we need it desperately!

Yes I too cannot view any video posted, but does the Ö÷²¥´óÐã or (should they) really protect their footage that much?

The creepy under foreign secretary is of course David Ennals described by Wilson/Callaghans Policy Unit Chief (and supreme political diarist of the period) Bernard Donaghue as "Now I know what my father meant by 'farting in the wind' he is a human fart".

Wonderful blog of course, thanks.

A wonderful video - there seems to be so much brimming under the surface in that 15 minutes. I do hope you manage to find a way to make the content available to people outside the UK as they are truly missing out - after all, it's a great advertisement for the Ö÷²¥´óÐã.

Fascinating video. I see what you mean about the modern look to the piece, not many 70s documentaries will have aged this well.

I would very much like to watch this film, however I live in Canada. Working for Canada's national public broadcaster (CBC), I understand that international streaming rights are often prohibitively expensive - that it is not our intention to appear as though we are "hiding" or "hoarding" information as far too often people assume. That being said, if there is another place I could watch this film (from Canada) I'd be grateful to know where that place may be.

You might like to have a look at Geoff Manaugh's recent post 'Cities Gone Wild' that links to some good photo's of contemporary Dubai in decline.

The gate showing 'Dubailand' followed by a shot of the convoy of sewage trucks makes for an interesting view of the strange place that Dubai has become.

Please provide us in The United States who do not believe in the existence of intellectual property the name and release date of all footage you provide here, so that it can be stolen and viewed in this very free nation that I live in.

Wow! That is fantastic! "One of the finest horsemen in the Persian gulf!" It reminds me a bit of the guy from the Cannonball Run played by Jamie Farr (I wonder if the character was even based on him?)

It's amazing to see that in just over 30 years we've gone from a situation where Dubai was a "tiny sheikdom" to being such an economic powerhouse. When you look at the sheer variety and number of and compare them to the meagre pickings you can currently find down your local job centre then it really brings it home to you how quickly the epicentre of the global economy has slipped Eastward.

Great, great footage - and thanks for sharing it!