JAPAN: ARAB NATIONS AMONG 77 COUNTRIES WITH PAVILIONS AT EXPO '70 IN OSAKA

Record ID: 343134

  • Title: JAPAN: ARAB NATIONS AMONG 77 COUNTRIES WITH PAVILIONS AT EXPO '70 IN OSAKA
  • Date: 7th March 1970
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN EXPO 70 AT OSAKA 0.11 2. GV SAUDI ARABIAN PAVILION 0.14 3. CU NAME 0.18 4. GV INT. ORNATE CEILING TILT TO CROSS SWORD EMBLEM ON WALL 0.27 5. CU PICTURE OF ARABIAN KNIGHT ON HOPES 0.32 6. SCU JAPANESE ARTIST DECORATING CHAIRIL BACK ??? 0.37 7. CU ANOTHER ARTIST PAINTING IN DETAIL ON AFRICAN MAP 0.42 8. SV JAP
  • Embargoed: 22nd March 1970 13:00
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  • Location: OSAKA, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Reuters ID: LVAB4AS7VQHQ6TQV1QFQROA0N4I5
  • Story Text: FIVE ARAB NATIONS ARE AMONG THE 77 COUNTRIES TAKING PART IN EXPO 70 WHICH OPENS OSAKA JAPAN ON MARCH 14. SAUDI ARABIA, ALGERIA, EGYPT, ABU DHABI, AT KUWAIT ALL HAVE PAVILIONS AT THE WORLD FAIR -- THE FIRST EVER HELD IN ASIA.

    THE SAUDI ARABIAN PAVILION IS IN THE SHAPE OF A BEEHIVE, THE SYMBOL OF ISLAMISM AND FEATURES THE COUNTRY'S PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AND ISLAMIC CULTURE. IN THE RELIGION HALL, PART OF THE INTERIOR OF THE GREAT MOSQUE IN MECCA HAS BEEN REPRODUCED.

    ALGERIA'S PAVILION IS ENTIRELY IN WHITE -- TO REMIND VISITORS OF ALGIERS, THE WHITE CITY, INSIDE THERE WILL BE EXHIBITIONS OF MANY PHASES OF ALGERIAN LIFE INCLUDING THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY, CULTURE AND ECONOMY.

    THE KUWAIT PAVILION -- LIKE SAUDI ARABIA'S -- RESEMBLES A MOSQUE AND THE MAIN THEME INSIDE IS THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC PROGRESS INCLUDING THE PART PLAYED BY OIL.

    EGYPT'S PAVILION IS IN AN ATTRACTIVE PYRAMID SHAPE AND FEATURES THE COUNTRY'S CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND THAT OF ABU DHABI ALSO CONTAINS DISPLAYS DEPICTING LIFE IN THE SMALL ARABIAN NATION.
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