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Palestine - Draining Flooded Areas

Reel Number: 220881-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945

Country: Israel,Palestine

Location: Hula Plain,River Jordan,Tel Aviv nr

TC Begins: 17:37:08

TC Ends: 17:45:39

Duration: 00:08:31

Palestine - Draining Flooded Areas Cars along flooded road between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Trucks down flooded road. Bulldozer and scraper operated by British soldiers deepening drainage canal. Engineers rowing boat at mouth of River Jordan and traveling up river. 05:39:56 Engineers surveying ground, using theodolite. Men digging channel with spades. 17:41:02 Draining operations in Hula Plain (swamp). Men laying pipe in drainage canal. 17:42:11 Machinery used to clear undergrowth. Ploughing land. 17:44:06 Jordan River source. Two engineers measure flow. Labourers remove rocks from source. Settlers washing and swimming in river (Arab / Palestinian man watching).

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