| RACE AGAINST TIME The Kariba Dam in Zimbabwe is now being repaired after damage by the flooding Zambesi. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5810 |
| Catalog #: | 34561 | |
| Clip Number: | 34561-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 58/42 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:44 - 01:31:36 | |
| Location: | Rhodesia / Zimbabwe. | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods ENGINEERING: Dams INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Electricity LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) | |
| Description: | RACE AGAINST TIME The Kariba Dam in Zimbabwe is now being repaired after damage by the flooding Zambesi. Rhodesia / Zimbabwe. GV Looking down on Kariba Dam, showing Zambesi river in flood. LV Coffer dam filled with water, camera pans to work going on on top of one of the sections of the dam. SV Workmen working on dam. LV Flood waters raging down towards dam. SV Floods. GV Looking down on dam with floods around it. LV Man on footbridge and others on bank trying to raise bridge above flood level. Various shots of men trying to save bridge from floods. SV Whirlpool. LV Footbridge, which has been swept away. LV Looking down on smashed bridge. Air shot Portuguese colonial towns and villages over the border which have been flooded by Zambesi. GV Electrical pylons at Kitwe switching station. LV Steel towers which are to support cables carrying power to Kitwe. SV Men working on tower. GV Line of erected steel towers. LV Waters rushing through dam as it is today. | |
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