Animal Rescue 1962

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Full title reads: "Kariba. Animal Rescue".

Kariba Dam, Rhodesia / Zimbabwe. Rhodesian soldiers work to save animals displaced by the building of the Kariba Dam.

GV Wild country in Rhodesia pan to a convoy of trucks coming along the road. CU Sign "Rhodes Matopo Park". LV Men crowded...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53720
Sort Number:
62/076
Time in/Out:
01:31:26:00 / 01:32:43:00
Canister:
62/76
Film ID:
1731.21
Issue Date:
20/09/1962

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