| The Sahara Blooms: 3,000-Ft. Wells Bring Water To Desert | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1727 |
| Catalog #: | 426387 | |
| Clip Number: | 426387-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 037-072-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:50:23 - 00:51:31 | |
| Location: | Sahara, North Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1964 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENGINEERING: Reservoirs & Waterworks FARMING: Grain, Rice FARMING: Irrigation FARMING: Livestock, Poultry LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Desert, Sahara LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Egypt | |
| Description: | The stark wasteland of the Sahara that has lain fallow since the days of the Pharaohs is being reclaimed. Great drillings rigs bring in water from an underground sea 3,000 feet below the surface. Now the desert is blooming and resettled families expect to grow three rich crops a year where nothing would bloom before. Aerial shot of the Sahara Desert, one truck driving on the road. Water well and workers. A pit boss pointing up to something on the water well. POV - Looking down from the top of the water well. The drill bit of the well turning and going deeper and deeper into the ground. They hit water as it pours out of the well. Water spout. Water and the irrigation system. Farmers planting rice in rice patties provided by the water well and its irrigation system. Wheat. Field hand working the fields. Large beautiful tomatoes. Turkeys on a turkey farm. Cattle grazing. | |
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