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Kariba game rescue

Unknown, 1959
film

The rising waters of the Kariba Dam, largest man made lake in the world, threatened the wildlife in the area until Northern Rhodesian rescue teams put Operati..

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Kariba: power for Central Africa

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Man and his world: man changes the Nile

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Native Africa

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