Egypt - New Aswan Dam

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1387A
Date Released
5 Jan 1956
Date submitted
2 Jan 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aswan Dam Project. DESCRIPTION: Preparatory work on the new High Dam Project as Aswan indicates the size of this important Egyptian undertaking. SHOTLIST: GVs area of new dam. LS workers and lorries at work on the new site. LS Arabs working building wall. GVs reservoirs. CU temple under water, only top showing. GVs existing dam, walls and floods and hydro electric equipment. CU Arabs fitting new drill.
Keywords
Engineering
Locations
Egypt
Footage sources
France
Card file number
65576
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
125
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Egypt - New Aswan Dam', British Movietone News Issue No. 1387A, 5 Jan 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20624 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)