The Desert Shall Blossom Like the Rose

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
1890
Super Issue No.
32/9
Date Released
1 Feb 1932
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Prince George ‘Takes a Hand’
  2. 2The World’s Longest Tow
  3. 3The Desert Shall Blossom Like the Rose
  4. 4Toll for the Brave! The Brave That Are No More!
  5. 5The Rag of Rags
  6. 6Scots Wha Hae
  7. 7A Mooring Mast at Sea
  8. 8Ramsay Macdonald Opens Home for Aged Miners

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Summary
The Viceroy of India opens the Lloyd Barrage, bringing fertility to over five million acres. It took 8 1/2 years to construct and is an all-British engineering triumph!
Keywords
Engineering
Locations
India
Footage sources
Oliver Topical Press
Story extras:
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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