Aden (UK/ˈeɪdən/AY-duhn,US/ˈɑːdɛn/AH-den;Arabic:عدنʻAdin/ʻAdanYemeni pronunciation: [ˈʕæden, ˈʕædæn]) is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some 170 kilometres (110mi) east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of a dormant volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a low isthmus. This harbour, Front Bay, was first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 5th and 7th centuries BC. The modern harbour is on the other side of the peninsula. Aden gives its name to the Gulf of Aden.
Aden consists of a number of distinct sub-centres: Crater, the original port city; Ma'alla, the modern port; Tawahi, known as "Steamer Point" in the colonial period; and the resorts of Gold Mohur. Khormaksar, located on the isthmus that connects Aden proper with the mainland, includes the city's diplomatic missions, the main offices of Aden University, and Aden International Airport (the former British Royal Air Force station RAF Khormaksar), Yemen's second biggest airport. On the mainland are the sub-centres of Sheikh Othman, a former oasis area; Al-Mansura, a town planned by the British; and Madinat ash-Sha'b (formerly Madinat al-Itihad), the site designated as the capital of the South Arabian Federation and now home to a large power/desalinization facility and additional faculties of Aden University.
Arab troops of the Aden Protectorate on parade and exercise. M/Ss showing a man leading two camels along a dusty street in Aden; general view of a busy town with lots of people milling about dressed in traditional costume, camels resting and some very old stone buildings; M/S of four local men sitting on a wall - three are smoking from long thin pipes.
C/U of sign 'Training Battalion, Aden Protectorate Levies' with translation in Arabic (?) below. Commentator tells us "one of the main reasons for cessation of barbarism here is the Aden Protectorate Levies, a small but compact force formed in 1928". M/Ss and C/Us as we see new recruits having their thumbs inked and pressed onto various documents - "few recruits can write so an inky thumb signs them in for an initial four years".
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published: 13 Apr 2014
Petronella / The Girl I Left Behind Me / The Barren Rocks of Aden
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published: 27 Jun 2017
British Army in Aden | Crater Re-Taken | Lt. Colonel Colin "Mad Mitch" Mitchell | July 1967
Early July 1967.
Footage of the aftermath of the re-taking of the district of Crater in Aden by troops of the of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders commanded by Lt. Colonel Colin "Mad Mitch" Mitchell who is briefly interviewed by ITN News correspondent, Alan Hart.
Crater had previously been taken over by mutineering policemen after an ambush of British soldiers and their withdrawal. The British reaction to re-occupy Crater, "Operation Stirling Castle", came to be known as the "Last Battle of the British Empire".
Source of Footage: ITN News via Getty Images
Note:
My blog:
"A brief reflection on British counter-insurgency campaigns since the end of the Second World War" http://adeyinkamakinde.blogspot.com/2017/09/a-brief-reflection-on-british-counter.html
Acad...
published: 09 Nov 2019
Aden+Belle- "I'm bare, I'm left here with nothing."
I love this song!!
I thought of Adelle,
I tried a new colouring.
I made this v quick.
It is probably rubbish!
But leave me a comment :)
published: 18 Feb 2010
British Soldiers The Aden Emergency
The Aden Emergency, also known as the Radfan Uprising, was an insurgency against the British Crown and South Arabia forces in the British Protectorate of South Arabia which now form part of Yemen. Partly inspired by Nasser's pan-Arab nationalism, it began on 14 October 1963 with the throwing of a grenade at a gathering of British officials at Aden Airport. A state of emergency was then declared in the British Crown colony of Aden and its hinterland, the Aden Protectorate. The emergency escalated in 1967 and hastened the end of British rule in the territory which had begun in 1839. On 30 November 1967, British forces withdrew and the independent People's Republic of South Yemen was proclaimed.
Here is a short piece of film that was grabbed by a Reuters cameraman in 1967. It graphically show...
published: 26 Jul 2018
Aden During Left 4 Dead
My friend Aden playing Left 4 Dead on the XBox 360. He is pretty much just being funny and spazzing.
Arab troops of the Aden Protectorate on parade and exercise. M/Ss showing a man leading two camels along a dusty street in Aden; general view of a busy town wi...
Arab troops of the Aden Protectorate on parade and exercise. M/Ss showing a man leading two camels along a dusty street in Aden; general view of a busy town with lots of people milling about dressed in traditional costume, camels resting and some very old stone buildings; M/S of four local men sitting on a wall - three are smoking from long thin pipes.
C/U of sign 'Training Battalion, Aden Protectorate Levies' with translation in Arabic (?) below. Commentator tells us "one of the main reasons for cessation of barbarism here is the Aden Protectorate Levies, a small but compact force formed in 1928". M/Ss and C/Us as we see new recruits having their thumbs inked and pressed onto various documents - "few recruits can write so an inky thumb signs them in for an initial four years".
M/S of the troops marching; C/U of an RSM of the Welsh Guards shouting commands; M/S as the troops come to a halt. M/S of a parade ground as we see Sultan Lahet Fadlh Bin Ali coming down some steps of a dais to inspect the troops; M/S of Brigadier Wormald, a middle-aged woman and an officer sitting in comfy chairs and watching; M/S of the Sultan inspecting the troops with the Major - some troops at the rear are on camels carrying flags. C/U of a British woman, small boy and soldier watching. Various M/Ss as the Sultan returns to the dais and the troops parade past in tanks and on foot before him; C/U of two soldiers, one British, one Arab, looking on; troops parade past on camels.
C/U of bugler playing, panning right to show in M/S the troops marching over rocky, dusty ground and past camera, with barrack tents in the background. M/Ss as the troops break up and run across rocky ground, past camera, and run up a mountain carrying guns and various pieces of equipment. M/S of an officer in a jeep; he turns to speak to two Arab wireless operators in the rear; one is speaking into a mouthpiece. M/S of the troops scaling the mountain.
M/S and C/U of Lt Col De Butts and Major Mahommed Saeed Yafai (senior Arab officer) sitting on the bonnet of a jeep and watching the exercise. M/S of the troops running across the countryside - two of them carry a Bren Gun - and they all fall down into gun firing position; C/U as we see the two soldiers firing the Bren Gun; M/S as two others fall down into position and we see one of them firing a rifle. M/S of a group of soldiers, two are looking through binoculars and there are two machine guns being fired; M/S of a mortar section in action.
M/S of an Arab solider sitting on guard with a Bren Gun on top of a rocky hill; panning left to show the arid countryside, mountains in the distance and a town (could be Aden) in the valley below.
Note: print used for transfer; mute neg is incomplete. Documentation on file: an article about the Aden Protectorate Levies and a letter from the Public Relations Section of the BFAP (British Forces Aden Protectorate?) detailing the shots in this story.
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Arab troops of the Aden Protectorate on parade and exercise. M/Ss showing a man leading two camels along a dusty street in Aden; general view of a busy town with lots of people milling about dressed in traditional costume, camels resting and some very old stone buildings; M/S of four local men sitting on a wall - three are smoking from long thin pipes.
C/U of sign 'Training Battalion, Aden Protectorate Levies' with translation in Arabic (?) below. Commentator tells us "one of the main reasons for cessation of barbarism here is the Aden Protectorate Levies, a small but compact force formed in 1928". M/Ss and C/Us as we see new recruits having their thumbs inked and pressed onto various documents - "few recruits can write so an inky thumb signs them in for an initial four years".
M/S of the troops marching; C/U of an RSM of the Welsh Guards shouting commands; M/S as the troops come to a halt. M/S of a parade ground as we see Sultan Lahet Fadlh Bin Ali coming down some steps of a dais to inspect the troops; M/S of Brigadier Wormald, a middle-aged woman and an officer sitting in comfy chairs and watching; M/S of the Sultan inspecting the troops with the Major - some troops at the rear are on camels carrying flags. C/U of a British woman, small boy and soldier watching. Various M/Ss as the Sultan returns to the dais and the troops parade past in tanks and on foot before him; C/U of two soldiers, one British, one Arab, looking on; troops parade past on camels.
C/U of bugler playing, panning right to show in M/S the troops marching over rocky, dusty ground and past camera, with barrack tents in the background. M/Ss as the troops break up and run across rocky ground, past camera, and run up a mountain carrying guns and various pieces of equipment. M/S of an officer in a jeep; he turns to speak to two Arab wireless operators in the rear; one is speaking into a mouthpiece. M/S of the troops scaling the mountain.
M/S and C/U of Lt Col De Butts and Major Mahommed Saeed Yafai (senior Arab officer) sitting on the bonnet of a jeep and watching the exercise. M/S of the troops running across the countryside - two of them carry a Bren Gun - and they all fall down into gun firing position; C/U as we see the two soldiers firing the Bren Gun; M/S as two others fall down into position and we see one of them firing a rifle. M/S of a group of soldiers, two are looking through binoculars and there are two machine guns being fired; M/S of a mortar section in action.
M/S of an Arab solider sitting on guard with a Bren Gun on top of a rocky hill; panning left to show the arid countryside, mountains in the distance and a town (could be Aden) in the valley below.
Note: print used for transfer; mute neg is incomplete. Documentation on file: an article about the Aden Protectorate Levies and a letter from the Public Relations Section of the BFAP (British Forces Aden Protectorate?) detailing the shots in this story.
FILM ID:103.25
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
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British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
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Petronella / The Girl I Left Behind Me / The Barren Rocks of Aden · The Brophy Brothers Céilí Band
Take the Flo...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Petronella / The Girl I Left Behind Me / The Barren Rocks of Aden · The Brophy Brothers Céilí Band
Take the Floor - Céilí Dance Bands
℗ 1997 Ceol Records
Released on: 2012-03-02
Music Publisher: Crashed Music
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Petronella / The Girl I Left Behind Me / The Barren Rocks of Aden · The Brophy Brothers Céilí Band
Take the Floor - Céilí Dance Bands
℗ 1997 Ceol Records
Released on: 2012-03-02
Music Publisher: Crashed Music
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Early July 1967.
Footage of the aftermath of the re-taking of the district of Crater in Aden by troops of the of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland...
Early July 1967.
Footage of the aftermath of the re-taking of the district of Crater in Aden by troops of the of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders commanded by Lt. Colonel Colin "Mad Mitch" Mitchell who is briefly interviewed by ITN News correspondent, Alan Hart.
Crater had previously been taken over by mutineering policemen after an ambush of British soldiers and their withdrawal. The British reaction to re-occupy Crater, "Operation Stirling Castle", came to be known as the "Last Battle of the British Empire".
Source of Footage: ITN News via Getty Images
Note:
My blog:
"A brief reflection on British counter-insurgency campaigns since the end of the Second World War" http://adeyinkamakinde.blogspot.com/2017/09/a-brief-reflection-on-british-counter.html
Academia dot Edu (Pdf download):
https://www.academia.edu/34475872/A_Brief_Reflection_on_British_Counter-Insurgency_Campaigns_since_the_End_of_the_Second_World_War
Early July 1967.
Footage of the aftermath of the re-taking of the district of Crater in Aden by troops of the of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders commanded by Lt. Colonel Colin "Mad Mitch" Mitchell who is briefly interviewed by ITN News correspondent, Alan Hart.
Crater had previously been taken over by mutineering policemen after an ambush of British soldiers and their withdrawal. The British reaction to re-occupy Crater, "Operation Stirling Castle", came to be known as the "Last Battle of the British Empire".
Source of Footage: ITN News via Getty Images
Note:
My blog:
"A brief reflection on British counter-insurgency campaigns since the end of the Second World War" http://adeyinkamakinde.blogspot.com/2017/09/a-brief-reflection-on-british-counter.html
Academia dot Edu (Pdf download):
https://www.academia.edu/34475872/A_Brief_Reflection_on_British_Counter-Insurgency_Campaigns_since_the_End_of_the_Second_World_War
The Aden Emergency, also known as the Radfan Uprising, was an insurgency against the British Crown and South Arabia forces in the British Protectorate of South ...
The Aden Emergency, also known as the Radfan Uprising, was an insurgency against the British Crown and South Arabia forces in the British Protectorate of South Arabia which now form part of Yemen. Partly inspired by Nasser's pan-Arab nationalism, it began on 14 October 1963 with the throwing of a grenade at a gathering of British officials at Aden Airport. A state of emergency was then declared in the British Crown colony of Aden and its hinterland, the Aden Protectorate. The emergency escalated in 1967 and hastened the end of British rule in the territory which had begun in 1839. On 30 November 1967, British forces withdrew and the independent People's Republic of South Yemen was proclaimed.
Here is a short piece of film that was grabbed by a Reuters cameraman in 1967. It graphically shows the hatred of the local people that had built up in the British troops.
The Aden Emergency, also known as the Radfan Uprising, was an insurgency against the British Crown and South Arabia forces in the British Protectorate of South Arabia which now form part of Yemen. Partly inspired by Nasser's pan-Arab nationalism, it began on 14 October 1963 with the throwing of a grenade at a gathering of British officials at Aden Airport. A state of emergency was then declared in the British Crown colony of Aden and its hinterland, the Aden Protectorate. The emergency escalated in 1967 and hastened the end of British rule in the territory which had begun in 1839. On 30 November 1967, British forces withdrew and the independent People's Republic of South Yemen was proclaimed.
Here is a short piece of film that was grabbed by a Reuters cameraman in 1967. It graphically shows the hatred of the local people that had built up in the British troops.
Arab troops of the Aden Protectorate on parade and exercise. M/Ss showing a man leading two camels along a dusty street in Aden; general view of a busy town with lots of people milling about dressed in traditional costume, camels resting and some very old stone buildings; M/S of four local men sitting on a wall - three are smoking from long thin pipes.
C/U of sign 'Training Battalion, Aden Protectorate Levies' with translation in Arabic (?) below. Commentator tells us "one of the main reasons for cessation of barbarism here is the Aden Protectorate Levies, a small but compact force formed in 1928". M/Ss and C/Us as we see new recruits having their thumbs inked and pressed onto various documents - "few recruits can write so an inky thumb signs them in for an initial four years".
M/S of the troops marching; C/U of an RSM of the Welsh Guards shouting commands; M/S as the troops come to a halt. M/S of a parade ground as we see Sultan Lahet Fadlh Bin Ali coming down some steps of a dais to inspect the troops; M/S of Brigadier Wormald, a middle-aged woman and an officer sitting in comfy chairs and watching; M/S of the Sultan inspecting the troops with the Major - some troops at the rear are on camels carrying flags. C/U of a British woman, small boy and soldier watching. Various M/Ss as the Sultan returns to the dais and the troops parade past in tanks and on foot before him; C/U of two soldiers, one British, one Arab, looking on; troops parade past on camels.
C/U of bugler playing, panning right to show in M/S the troops marching over rocky, dusty ground and past camera, with barrack tents in the background. M/Ss as the troops break up and run across rocky ground, past camera, and run up a mountain carrying guns and various pieces of equipment. M/S of an officer in a jeep; he turns to speak to two Arab wireless operators in the rear; one is speaking into a mouthpiece. M/S of the troops scaling the mountain.
M/S and C/U of Lt Col De Butts and Major Mahommed Saeed Yafai (senior Arab officer) sitting on the bonnet of a jeep and watching the exercise. M/S of the troops running across the countryside - two of them carry a Bren Gun - and they all fall down into gun firing position; C/U as we see the two soldiers firing the Bren Gun; M/S as two others fall down into position and we see one of them firing a rifle. M/S of a group of soldiers, two are looking through binoculars and there are two machine guns being fired; M/S of a mortar section in action.
M/S of an Arab solider sitting on guard with a Bren Gun on top of a rocky hill; panning left to show the arid countryside, mountains in the distance and a town (could be Aden) in the valley below.
Note: print used for transfer; mute neg is incomplete. Documentation on file: an article about the Aden Protectorate Levies and a letter from the Public Relations Section of the BFAP (British Forces Aden Protectorate?) detailing the shots in this story.
FILM ID:103.25
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Petronella / The Girl I Left Behind Me / The Barren Rocks of Aden · The Brophy Brothers Céilí Band
Take the Floor - Céilí Dance Bands
℗ 1997 Ceol Records
Released on: 2012-03-02
Music Publisher: Crashed Music
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Early July 1967.
Footage of the aftermath of the re-taking of the district of Crater in Aden by troops of the of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders commanded by Lt. Colonel Colin "Mad Mitch" Mitchell who is briefly interviewed by ITN News correspondent, Alan Hart.
Crater had previously been taken over by mutineering policemen after an ambush of British soldiers and their withdrawal. The British reaction to re-occupy Crater, "Operation Stirling Castle", came to be known as the "Last Battle of the British Empire".
Source of Footage: ITN News via Getty Images
Note:
My blog:
"A brief reflection on British counter-insurgency campaigns since the end of the Second World War" http://adeyinkamakinde.blogspot.com/2017/09/a-brief-reflection-on-british-counter.html
Academia dot Edu (Pdf download):
https://www.academia.edu/34475872/A_Brief_Reflection_on_British_Counter-Insurgency_Campaigns_since_the_End_of_the_Second_World_War
The Aden Emergency, also known as the Radfan Uprising, was an insurgency against the British Crown and South Arabia forces in the British Protectorate of South Arabia which now form part of Yemen. Partly inspired by Nasser's pan-Arab nationalism, it began on 14 October 1963 with the throwing of a grenade at a gathering of British officials at Aden Airport. A state of emergency was then declared in the British Crown colony of Aden and its hinterland, the Aden Protectorate. The emergency escalated in 1967 and hastened the end of British rule in the territory which had begun in 1839. On 30 November 1967, British forces withdrew and the independent People's Republic of South Yemen was proclaimed.
Here is a short piece of film that was grabbed by a Reuters cameraman in 1967. It graphically shows the hatred of the local people that had built up in the British troops.
Aden (UK/ˈeɪdən/AY-duhn,US/ˈɑːdɛn/AH-den;Arabic:عدنʻAdin/ʻAdanYemeni pronunciation: [ˈʕæden, ˈʕædæn]) is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some 170 kilometres (110mi) east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of a dormant volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a low isthmus. This harbour, Front Bay, was first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 5th and 7th centuries BC. The modern harbour is on the other side of the peninsula. Aden gives its name to the Gulf of Aden.
Aden consists of a number of distinct sub-centres: Crater, the original port city; Ma'alla, the modern port; Tawahi, known as "Steamer Point" in the colonial period; and the resorts of Gold Mohur. Khormaksar, located on the isthmus that connects Aden proper with the mainland, includes the city's diplomatic missions, the main offices of Aden University, and Aden International Airport (the former British Royal Air Force station RAF Khormaksar), Yemen's second biggest airport. On the mainland are the sub-centres of Sheikh Othman, a former oasis area; Al-Mansura, a town planned by the British; and Madinat ash-Sha'b (formerly Madinat al-Itihad), the site designated as the capital of the South Arabian Federation and now home to a large power/desalinization facility and additional faculties of Aden University.
I never asked for answer Only a fair shot At what I thought was expected From the heart Yeah you told me you had one Do you remember that And you told me that I was worth it Was it easy to forget that 'Cause I don't forget anything 'N it scares me half to death I remember the color of the doorknob That you used Baby when you left When you left You left me half full Half full of emptiness All bothered and bloodshot Putting my hand to my head And you smelled like denial And my beer tasted like chalk But I could hear the sound of your footsteps Like a ticking pocket watch 'Cause I don't forget anything 'N it scares me half to death I remember the color of the doorknob That you used Baby when you left When you left And you know that I never asked for love only a friend 'N what I got was some kind of twisted figure of myself again 'N I know that they say you should see yourself in your lover's eyes But I can see my soul baby And it makes me want to die So now is not the time To ask me to play 'Cause I can't seem to hold on To any given day So please just let me stand here And sing this song 'Cause it's the only thing you ever gave me And without it I would drown 'Cause I don't forget anything 'N it scares me half to death I remember the color of the doorknob That you used Baby when you left When you left