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1 videodisc (approximately 27 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
This program documents the international effort to rescue Abu Simbel, the stone monument to Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, after the Egyptian government decided to build a dam that would have submerged Abu Simbel under water. It profiles the UNESCO-led group, composed of members of 50 different nations, that reassembled the ancient treasure along the tops of the cliffs overlooking the Nile.
Originally produced for television in 1966.
Director, Nick Havinga ; writer, Stephan Chodorov; narrator, William MacQuitty.