Cyprus in the '60s: Aphrodite's Island (1965) | British Pathé

Explore the beautiful Greek island of Cyprus in the '60s along with its historic ruins, mountainous terrain, and beautiful beaches. It truly is Aphrodite's Island...
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Cyprus travelogue.
Aerial shots of the Cyprus coast, Kyrenia harbour and St. Hilarion. M/S of blue sea washing against the shore. A young woman in yellow bikini walks out of the sea onto a very secluded beach and dries herself with a towel. The narrator refers to Cyprus as "Aphrodite's island" in reference to its beauty and tranquility.
More aerial shots over ancient Cyprus. Visible is an old amphitheatre and large pillars. M/S of a statue with no head. This is the ancient city of Salamis. Various shots of local woman (Archaeologists) digging sand. We are told that they are looking for a hidden city. M/S of small train going up hill.
In Nicosia the capital we see a M/S of a man hitting a copper plate with a hammer which the narrator tells us is like "...their ancestors used to do." L/S's of Nicosia street (known as murder mile). M/S of car driving down very sandy roads. The camera pans right to reveal an old man in turban leading a camel behind him.
Numerous shots of an olive grove. Men and women picking fruit and and throwing it into baskets. M/S of small child sitting on floor watching the harvest. M/S of small child sitting on floor watching. M/S of man carrying basket of fruit on his back. C/U of of lemons on tree (or limes) Numerous M/S's, L/S's and C/U's of Bella Pais - a ruined monastery. M/S of donkey walking in circle on farmland working a well. M/S of water pouring from well.
L/S of jet airliner from London coming into land bringing with it many holidaymakers. M/S of people coming down steps of plane. Various shots of tourist walking around Cypriot street markets. M/S of a sheep being led off a bus with other passengers!. M/S of a man struggling to control a large a black bull. Numerous shots of holidaymakers looking around market.
M/S of old man ringing church bell. As the weight of the bell pulls the rope upwards the old man is lifted off the ground. M/S's of Priests, one rings bell while another is scene painting. They all have bushy white beards.! M/S's and C/U's of three hunters with their dogs walking down country lane. They are all carrying shot guns. One man is wearing a belt with dead birds hanging from it. M/S's of people in quiet village. M/S's of people playing board games, and playing cards, one man is seen reading a newspaper.
M/S's and C/U's of old woman smoking out the "Evil Eye" (a local superstition) from Ali-baba jars. This contrasts to the "British innovation" of the Royal Oak restaurant. We see M/S's of visitors climbing up to the restaurant which has been built in a large oak tree. M/S of woman looking out from balcony on top of tree. C/U of woman eating grapes from table.
M/S of crowds in the capital. M/S of policeman in uniform (looks very British) talking to crowds. L/S's of gay parade taking place in streets. A group of young men stand in line drumming, there is a general feeling of a carnival atmosphere. C/U of Makarios's brother in crowd. M/S of the Archbishop / Politician Makarios being greeted. M/S of Makarios putting on robes. Camera tracks through men on either side of picture towards open doorway.
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[@wrabyapta]

A beautiful island with beautiful people.

[@DTD110865]

One of which is in the thumbnail of this video.

[@riteshkarki5602]

Wait, really???

[@carlnash7200]

I went to Cyprus in 1985 for 10 days on vacation. Absolutely beautiful

[@kevindelaney1951]

My time on Cyprus was most definitely interesting & much enjoyed. Was there from mid Sep 79 to April 80.

[@duncancallum]

I was a soldier there in 1959, memories of Episkopi Garrison and Happy Valley. then home to Bonnie Scotland in 1960.

[@conormclaughlan772]

Amazing!

[@78a67h]

An awful lot has changed since to the worse, not as a result of the strife, but because of senseless "development work" which is in fact disastrous.

[@mikem8211]

The Brits done the Greeks dirty and you know it

[@firstclassatlanticflyer]

Lovely place!

[@antatomik]

The Royal Oak tree unfortunately had persished i remember visiting it as a kid in the mid 90s. Great memories.

[@chunkygroove9038]

That period in time was utterly beautiful. What I find interesting is that when we see shots of people in modern dress, it it still beautiful (alongside the traditional/ancient). The fashions of the Sixties had increible class. But if we were to record these same locations today...we would be disgusted.

[@apapa5495]

It's called "new age"..

[@user-dc1tb1qr4k]

Wow

[@78a67h]

The "Gay Parade" mentioned at 7.22 has a totally different meaning by today's standards.

[@debyeni1239]

Indeed

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

I wonder when that term was at a stage that it would no longer have been used in this context in such a video. Perhaps in the early 70s.

[@brucefletcher9327]

RAF Akrotiri - my best overseas tour 1965-67 on a 4 watch system covering 24/7 so no nasty station duties to bother us.

[@kiwiwifi]

Was the narrater high or something

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

I love the sarcasm, hahaha!

[@user-kp8ej2ff3y]

I have been in both sides for several times, both people are kind and nice. The only way is the federation system also the both communities need to learn to speak Greek and Tu

[@olbiomoiros]

You’re not Cypriot. You’re not well informed and frankly shouldn’t have an opinion on the matter. Why create a federation between Cypriots and illegal Turkish settlers? Why legalise the colonisation of Cyprus by Turkey and the war crimes that came with it (ie displacement of 200.000 Greek Cypriots and demographic alteration by Turkish colonisers)?

[@antoncenudo8521]

Any info on the music?

[@AardVarkieW]

Cyprus once a nice holiday island turned into a war-torn island, separated by a UN Buffer Zone.

[@apapa5495]

Thanks to the anglo-saxons of khazarian origin

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

It always has been a war torn island, read up on history. Also, there has been peace for half a century, so it has been very clam recently.

[@78a67h]

I wouldn't quite call fighting between Greeks and Turks on the island "civil war".

[@metinkozan9237]

You're right, you shouldn't call it a civil war. You can call this genocide against the Turks. They even wanted to kill their own president and bishop, Archbishop Makarios. The man barely escaped with his life and took refuge in the British base.

[@78a67h]

@@metinkozan9237 Learn your facts: there was no genocide just conflict of interests and Turkey's long-term plans to recapture the island. As for Makarios he was in on the plot and allowed to escape during the staged events. By way of after-effects sadly many people had to pay either by loss of life, limb, or property.

[@metinkozan9237]

@@78a67h Bu olaylar uzak bir tarihte olmadı. Toplu mezarların ve Kanlı noel olaylarının olmadıgını mı söylüyosunuz. Makarios u öldürmeye çalıştıgınızdamı yalan.. Hükümeti ortadan kaldırdıgınız da yalan. Samson katilini yeni cumhurbaşkanı yaptıgınız da yalan. Adayı enosis hayalleriyle Yunanistana baglamak istemeniz de yalan.. Gerçekten komiksiniz

[@irlandamuhendisi]

who is she, looks like me

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

It's your grandmother.

[@powerhouse1981]

Nowadays there's only parades for gays instead of gay parades

[@kambiz7556]

This type of commentary would be racist nowadays!

[@genevievedolan1288]

What an appalling commentary. But beautiful place

[@ahmadabuomar9756]

I plead the blood of Jesus to the present, beings of darkness, posing as spirits of the present.❤❤❤ Spirits of the present,help us to pray for a more majestic and heavenly reality, like the one around 2018, and all of God's wasted and stolen energy and magic to return back to him,angels help to take these messages and prayers to God. The bible, God's magic, Moses magic, Joseph, the giant spiritual shooting star, success, Jesus Christ magic.... your will God be done thu no matter what, not as us.❤❤❤❤

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Hahahaha!

[@Araloulou]

This is so blatantly condescending it's almost funny. Also nothing on how the Brits, the colonisers, turned the 'island of love into an island of hate'? Hm.

[@12shankley]

The greek and turkish cypriots managed do that without any help of the British, once they were given the chance to be free of colonial rule they started murdering each other ,how hateful is that..

[@Araloulou]

@@12shankley Oh... did they start murdering each other out of the blue? Were they murdering each before 1878? Who came up with the terms 'Greek Cypriot' and 'Turkish Cypriot' in the first place? The Brits. Why would that be? Didn't the Belgians do something similar in Belgium with the Hutu and the Tutsi? When did the interethnic conflict began? During the British colonisation of Cyprus. Who hired Turkish Cypriot as policemen against Greek Cypriots? The Brits. If we are truly independent why do the Brits still hold three massive military bases on our island? You are as condescending and misinformed as this cringy documentary and you, just like many others, remove the oppressor (BRITAIN) from the picture. Please...

[@PARAZARELLE]

It's all part of British "exceptionalism"

[@DTD110865]

@@PARAZARELLE No, it really isn't. It's exclusively about the two main ethnic groups seeking dominance of the island. And within their own homelands, both countries have been part of NATO since the organization was founded. I refuse to recognize the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. I never have recognized the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. And I wouldn't recognize a hypothetical Greek Republic if it were established on Cyprus either.

[@Trebor1172]

@DTD110865 No! - It's about one group which seeks dominance and the other group that seeks survival. It's about one group who fanatically sought unification with Greece in the 1950's and were prepared to kill to achieve it, and still wish to control the island, against the will of the other group. It's about one group who consistently rejects the UN peace proposals, which the other group accepts. Like the island of Ireland, peace can only be achieved through division, and international recognition of each part.

[@teemum.9023]

Colonialist destination. Locals work for money to create this

[@abd4175]

The British set the Greek and Turkish Cypriots against each other...😢

[@olbiomoiros]

I mean, when they gave 16% of the population the same representation as the rest 84% (no surprise since that 16% took their side during the war of independence), as well as veto powers in parliament and court, and when 16% was represented by 70% in the police force, they really did.