1962 Izmir Turkey

About this footage

Camel fights draw crowds in several of these 1962 Izmir clips. Two camels in ornate saddles lock necks and tumble in a dusty valley before a crowd, and in another clip two roosters fight on bare ground between the spectators' shoes. A banner strung across a street between apartment blocks reads "The City of Izmir is happy to welcome the great statesman," and a man in a dark suit walks through a crowd to a car, flanked by uniformed police.

Much of the rest is family life. Two women laugh at the sink in a modern kitchen, children trade kisses at a backyard birthday party, and a family eats lunch at a covered patio under palms. There are ferry rides, water skiing behind a speedboat, beach volleyball, and a park with palm-lined lawns and flower beds laid out in patterns. Drives cover mountain ridges, dirt roads lined with white posts, and a row of American cars parked on a hillside field.

Useful for productions about Izmir in the early 1960s or about camel fights.