Karakum Canal (1957)

Unissued / unused material. Newsreel item from Soviet Union. Karakum (aka Kara Kum) Canal irrigation progress in desert of Turkmenia (Turkmenistan). LS Kara Kum desert. LS man working bulldozer. Various shots of Kara Kum Canal. MS couple walking through cotton plants. CU couple looking at cotton plants. CU cotton plant in flower. LS & MS crops being sprayed from pipes running from Kara Kum Canal. LS & MS crops being sprayed. Date on dope sheet is 03/10/1957. 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 conte