Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1953
Original Language:English
Production Companies:World Wide Pictures
They Planted a Stone (1953)
DirectorRobin Carruthers
WriterRobin Carruthers
Plot
They Planted a Stone is a 1953 British short documentary film directed by Robin Carruthers and produced by James Carr. The film portrays how dams, barrages and irrigation canals were constructed on the Nile in Sudan, to generate hydroelectricity, irrigate the desert and create such projects as the Gezira Scheme. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
