Dam Nears Completion 1958

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Full title reads: "Kariba. Dam Nears Completion".

Kariba dam. Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

GV Elevated, looking down on Kariba Dam as it nears completion across the Zambesi. GV Elevated, looking down on to top of dam. LV Pan, down massive concrete wall which faces downstream, water pouring...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50180
Sort Number:
58/099
Time in/Out:
01:13:38:00 / 01:15:27:00
Canister:
58/99
Film ID:
1563.07
Issue Date:
11/12/1958

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