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They Planted a Stone

1953 26 min English
Wubly rating 6.6 IMDb rating 6.0

They Planted a Stone is a 1953 British short documentary film directed by Robin Carruthers and produced by James Carr. The film portrays how dams, barrages and irrigation canals were constructed on the Nile in Sudan, to generate hydroelectricity, irrigate the desert and create such projects as the Gezira Scheme. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

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Robin Carruthers Director

United States release January 1, 1953 · Produced in United States

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United States · January 1, 1953

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