Macmillan Sees Kariba Dam 1960

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Item title reads - Premier sees Kariba dam.

Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Africa.

High angled shots of the Kariba dam, the camera pans down it. M/S of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan with Kariba Lake in background, camera pans down to the dam shrouded by mist. M/S of people on roadway...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
52339
Sort Number:
60/009
Time in/Out:
01:11:20:00 / 01:12:09:00
Canister:
60/9
Film ID:
1664.11
Issue Date:
28/01/1960

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