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Oil Revenue Makes The Desert Bloom AKA Guarico… 1957
Description
GUARICO DAM COMPLETED - WORLD'S BIGGEST EARTH DAM
Venezuela.
GV. Gardener walking in front of Administration building. GV. Administration building. TV. The Dam. SV. President Marcos Jimenez saluting and peering at the project. LV. The Dam as the flood gates are opened, water starts...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 32484
- Sort Number:
- 57/004
- Time in/Out:
- 01:20:53:00 / 01:21:39:00
- Canister:
- 57/4
- Film ID:
- 627.16
- Issue Date:
- 10/01/1957
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