The Forbidden Desert of the Danakil - David Niven (narrator) (1973)
Title
The Forbidden Desert of the Danakil - David Niven (narrator) (1973)
Subject
Nonfiction films
Anthology films
Drama
URL
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Description
Content description from BFI (https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6d8066cf):
Retraces the journey made in 1934 by explorer Wilfred Thesiger tracing the course of the previously uncharted Awash River in the Danakil desert of Ethiopia and looks at the life of the Danakil people. Wilfred Thesiger recollects his own experiences. First transmitted in 1973.
Ephemera: none available.
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Retraces the journey made in 1934 by explorer Wilfred Thesiger tracing the course of the previously uncharted Awash River in the Danakil desert of Ethiopia and looks at the life of the Danakil people. Wilfred Thesiger recollects his own experiences. First transmitted in 1973.
Ephemera: none available.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
David Niven (narrator)
Wilfred Thesiger (participant)
Colin Willock (director)
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Date
1973
Citation
“The Forbidden Desert of the Danakil - David Niven (narrator) (1973),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/852.