Let them come with rain

Botawana, land-locked in southern Africa, is now taking the painful early steps towards modern nationhood. Much of Botswana is the Kalahari Desert, Botswana’s new leaders look to their vast mineral resources from which to gain a key to the industrial future her people want.

Credits

production company

United Nations Television

co-producer

George Movshon

Bill Brind

director

Martin Bunnel

Duration

00:27:02:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1970

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013474

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrialization

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Africa

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mineral industries

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mines and mineral resources

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Botswana - Description and travel

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Mines and mineral resources

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United Nations

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Africa - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Nationalism

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1970

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