British Movietone
SCOTTISH HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME
A dam is under construction at Loch Sloy for the new Hydro-Electric Scheme. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES - RUSSIAN POWER SCHEME
A big Hydro Electric scheme is well under way on the river Syr Darya. The plan is to provide electric current to the Soviet Republics (Uzbekistan and Tajikistan). Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
Curated Video
WRAP Danube levels force evacuations, cause extensive damage
AP Television
Ritopek, Serbia - 19 April 2006
1. Swollen Danube river
2. Ritopek street flooded by water
3. A man walking into his flooded cellar
4. A man examining the outside of his submerged house from his window
5. Flooded garden...
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Torrential rainfall led authorities in Brazil to open two hydroelectric dams above the world-renowned Iguazu Falls, increasing water flow nearly 30-fold. (June 12)
Torrential rainfall in recent days have caused widespread flooding in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, where officials said about 100,000 people had been forced to evacuate.
The Iguazu and Parana rivers that Brazil shares with Paraguay...
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Algeria: Desert, Eritrea - Reforestation, Indonesia - Forest Development, China - Reforestation, Mozambique: Dam
EF211 D - Algeria: Desert
Algeria - 1989
A tree-planting programme initiated in Algeria 20 years ago to hold back the drifting sands of the Sahara Desert is nearing completion. A vast area once threatened with desertification has been...
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BOSNIA: SOLDIERS EVACUATED AS FLOODS DESTROY MOSTAR BASE UPDATE
Natural Sound
French Foreign Legion soldiers have been evacuated from their base near Mostar in southwestern Bosnia after a dam burst, engulfing their camp in raging torrents of water.
Heavy rainfall had caused the River Neretva to rise...
Curated Video
SYND 23/08/1969 THE MONSOON FLOODS VILLAGES AND KILLS ABOUT 12 IN WEST BENGAL STATE DISASTER
After heavy rains severe flooding affects parts of Bengal.
1. GV of a man walking across a flooded bridge
2. CU of an official pointing to the flooded area
3. MS of the official helping other villagers across the knee deep flood water
4....
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At least 25 dead after Trop Storm Olga rips through Caribbean
1. Person being rescued from floodwaters by helicopter
2. Pull out aerial shot of people on roof of house surrounded by high water
3. People being rescued from roof by helicopter, pull out
4. Various of people being rescued from roof of...
British Movietone
HUGE TRANSFORMER'S AWKWARD JOURNEY
With difficulty a giant transformer is moved through France from Aix-les-Bains to Genissiat. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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COMMONWEALTH COMMENTARY: CANADA - FLOOD WATERS ARE RELEASED
The floodgates of the St. Maurice River Dam had to be opened because of heavy rains and a late thaw. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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MOROCCAN SCENE
The official opening of the great barrage at Bin El Ouidane was a most important event for Morocco, in view of the power to be supplied for the hydro-electric scheme. Meanwhile, a party of women from Morocco were on an escorted visit to...
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EASTERN AFFAIRS
Mr Ghulam Mohammed (Governor General of Pakistan) himself went to Kotri to open the lower Sind barrage - one of the most important irrigation schemes in the world. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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WATER FOR DURBAN
Natal's great seaport, Durban, has grown so fast that the question of water-supply has been a really big problem. The solution is a new dam, on which work began as long ago as 1939; it's on a horseshe bend of the River Umgeni about...
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EGYPT - NEW ASWAN DAM
Preparatory work on the new ""High Dam Project"" as Aswan indicates the size of this important Egyptian undertaking. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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Summer Heat Expected To Strain Power Grid, Force Outages
Energy officials warn that high temperatures and a drought that's impacting much of the western U.S. could force widespread power outages this summer.
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ROMANIA: BAIA MARE: CYANIDE SPILL - U-N INSPECTORS ARRIVE
English/Nat
Two dozen U.N. inspectors arrived on Saturday in the northwestern Romanian city of Baia Mare, near where a poisonous cyanide spill originated four weeks ago.
The team was to assess the environmental damage caused by the spill...
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Renewable energy versus conservation
Aust, England - February 19th, 2009
1. Pan across Severn Bridge in the mist
Cardiff, Wales - February 19th, 2009
2. Wide shot of where the 10 mile barrage will cross - from Lavernock Point near Cardiff, Wales, to Brean Down, England,...
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Pakistan's largest city denied clean water supply
Pakistan's largest city is facing a chronic water shortage.
The lack of clean water has sparked a number of ongoing protests in Karachi.
On the outskirts of the slums of Pakistan's biggest city, protesters burn tyres and throw stones...
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RR0312/B Iceland: Dam
Karahnukar, northeast Iceland (February 2003) - various of snowscape and mountains; wide river through gorge; river; bridge over river; snowscape; various men walking across snow; reindeer; various herd of reindeer running into distance;...
Bridgeman Arts
Soviet recruits and people working, scorched earth policy, explosion of dams and electricity plants, 1941
Joseph Stalin speaks to Soviet people, consequent total mobilisation of Soviet people, recruits and people working. Scorched earth policy, explosion of dams and electricity plants in particular the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, scenes...
Bridgeman Arts
Crozant's fortress ruins, picnic, and Eguzon Dam. France 1930s
Clip 5 from the 1930s French documentary 'A la decouverte de la France: La Creuse ignoree' (Discover France: The unknown Creuse), about the Creuse region in France. The holiday group visit the Crozant's fortress ruins overlooking the...
Bloomberg
Cape Town Mayor Says Water Shortage Is a 'Real Crisis'
Mar.16 -- Mayor Patricia de Lille of Cape Town joined mayors from around the world at the Climate4Women conference at Columbia University in New York Wednesday. These leaders came together to exchange ideas to reduce greenhouse gas...
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Michigan Residents Forced To Evacuate As 2 River Dams Overflow
Two overflowing dams on the Tittabawassee River have led to the evacuation of 10,000 people and 3,500 homes
Sky News
In the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, farmers have been occupying the La Boquilla Dam for more than a month...
VOICED: In the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, farmers have been occupying the La Boquilla Dam for more than a month. SHOWS: Drone aerial views of the La Boquilla Dam, protesting farmers congregating and eating, Mexican National...