Zambesi Floods

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1512
Date Released
26 May 1958
Date submitted
22 May 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Zambesi Floods. DESCRIPTION: Portuguese East Africa suffered severely: the Zambesi river was creating flood-level records. Whole towns and villages were under water. That crisis is over. But the situation at Kariba is still critical. Engineers plan to empty the Coffer dam in order to save it. Steel towers are being put up to carry power 250 miles, from Kariba to Kitwe. (This is the station at present distributing power from the Congo.) It’s a race against time, for when power from the Congo’s cut off, it must be switched on from Kariba. SHOTLIST: Aerial view floods. Same. GV Kariba Dam. Pan same. MS pan dam being built. GV dam. GV Kitwe Power Plant. MS electrical pylons. MS same. Pan up pylon. MS men working on pylon. MS girder being raised. CU men hoisting girder. GV pylon. CU men working. GV pylons.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Environment; Industry and manufacture; Accidents and disasters; Engineering
Locations
Portuguese East Africa
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
73851
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Zambesi Floods', British Movietone News Issue No. 1512, 26 May 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22402 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)