Dam Nears Completion (1958)

Full title reads: “Kariba. Dam Nears Completion“. Kariba dam. Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). GV Elevated, looking down on Kariba Dam as it nears completion across the Zambesi. GV Elevated, looking down on to top of dam. LV Pan, down massive concrete wall which faces downstream, water pouring through the opening at bottom of wall which are to be plugged. SV Pan, from one opening to another as water rushes through. GV Pan, dam from the upstream side. LV Truck tipping rubble into river to block the openings. LV Bulldozer pushing rubble into river. LV Bulldozer reversing from edge of the parapet. SV Diver going down to inspect wall to see if the blocking operation was successful. GV Pan, Zambesi river bed drying up now on the downstream side and only a few pools of water remain. GV Looking across the upstream side of the dam where the river is spreading into a lake, in the far distance is the dam. GV Pan, looking from hotel at Kariba across the vast flats all of which will be under water in due course, the mount