The Green Sahara

Year Published: 1972

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses the origin of the Kufra oasis, one of the few caravan watering places that dot the 3,000 mile desert spanning the African continent. Illustrates the growth of the petroleum industry as well as the efforts of the Occidental Petroleum Company to aid in establishing agricultural self-sufficiency for the Libyan people. Presents the planning and dramatic search for the country's most needed resource - water. Explains that its success will determine the future of a proposed agricultural development of one million acres.

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