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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tignes Flooding Starts. DESCRIPTION: Giving place to the establishment of a giant Hydro-electric dam, the French village of Tignes is evacuated before the waters of the River Isere...
COI synopsis: The Large Dams Congress, in Scotland, where delegates from all over the world admired the Shira Dam, Europe’s largest.
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Greek Power Plant. DESCRIPTION: King Paul and Queen Frederika attended the inauguration ceremony of Greece’s new Power Plant. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV power plant. King Paul &...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen in West Africa (Colour). DESCRIPTION: The Volta River is destined to play a most important part in the future economy of Ghana. Dredging and other work has already started at...
This collection from the LOOK AT LIFE series presents films encompassing world affairs in the 1960s, from a visit behind the Iron Curtain to the fun and sun of Copacabana beach, from the plight of Tibetan...
Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a re-unification of the tribes at Altamira - the proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam that will flood large parts of the Xingu...
Dam burst brings destruction and death
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Suez Canal Seized By Nasser. DESCRIPTION: That 100 mile international short cut to the Far East, the Suez Canal, was run by a Company with Britain as its biggest shareholders....
COI synopsis: Dams, spectacular edifices of concrete and steel, and months of major engineering. But one hour’s work can install an extremely effective barrier across a stream or river which in concept is...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Power Project. DESCRIPTION: The Iroquois dam in Ontario is part of the St Lawrence River project and every house and building in the town (which will be flooded) is moved. The plan is...
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