Water for Durban

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1131
Date Released
5 Feb 1951
Date Other
Dec 1950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water for Durban. DESCRIPTION: Natal’s great seaport, Durban, has grown so fast that the question of water-supply has been a really big problem. The solution is a new dam, on which work began as long ago as 1939; it’s on a horseshoe bend of the River Umgeni about thirty miles from the city. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. SCU-SV of water pouring from dam. Aerial of Natal - very large. Various maps of the area where dam is being built, on the Umgeni River. Various angle shots of the Nagle Dam under construction. CU huge dam wall. GV cement being carried along cables, emptying cement in position. GV countryside including (thousand hills). GV valley. GV native village, children playing or washing in stream. Mines - engineers coming out (out of camera) in hillside. MS workers cross bridge over mountains. Zulus push & pull large steel pipes, over countryside. Drop one into trench. GV person walks across pipeline over bridge. Various GVs countryside showing the Nagle Dam in centre. LS dam as seen from hilltop, people look at same from foreground.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Environment; Mining; Engineering
Locations
Natal
Card file number
54708
Credits:
Camera
H. Duncan Abraham
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
192
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Water for Durban', British Movietone News Issue No. 1131, 5 Feb 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16929 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)