Life in an Oasis: North Africa
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1994.21.11
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content: REMC 2 educational film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 360 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1962
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film describes importance of water and the oasis in the Egyptian Sahara. Film shows old and new methods of irrigating fields, surveyors and engineers looking for naturally occuring oases as well as sources of water underground and drilling for water. Film also depicts desert reclamation process and engineers planning for construction of what will be Aswan High Dam that was completed in 1971. Film was distributed by Coronet Films.

Legacy Keywords: Irrigation ; Water conservation ; Deserts Egypt