Work Commences On The Aswan High Dam (1960)

Aswan, Egypt. Documentation on file, American commentary. GV. Panning shot across the Nile at Aswan. MS. of an army band Egyptian army. Various shots of Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser President of Egypt with Mohammed Ben Youssef Sidi V Sultan of Morocco. GV. of blasting in progress on a hill, so commencing the construction of the Aswan Dam. MS. of Nasser and Mohammed V. GV. of the hill where blasting is in progress. (Comb. F.G.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage c