Synopsis
A collaboration between Reader’s Digest and Vavin Inc, this short film from 1966 titled “The Race to Save Abu Simbel” depicts efforts to save the Temple Abu Simbel by moving it farther up the banks of the Nile when it is threatened by impending flooding. The film is narrated by famed American writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler best remembered for publicizing T.E. Abu Simbel are two massive rock-cut temples in the village of Abu Simbel in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt near the border with…
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