Sierra Leone - Guma Valley

Series

Series Name

Parade

Issue

Issue No.

62

Date Released

Nov 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

802

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sierra Leone - Guma Valley
2. 2Ascension Island
3. 3Desalination Research
4. 4China Clay
5. 5Wedgwood

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: Sierra Leone’s Guma Valley Water Scheme which controls the river, provides water for agriculture in the dry seasons and maintains a pure supply for the 195,000 inhabitants of Freetown.

Keywords

Environment; Engineering

Locations

Sierra Leone

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 56 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1170/62

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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