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A Lake for the Prairie - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB527165
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: David Bairstow, Peter Jones
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Agriculture, Documentary, Tech/Voc
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1961
Running Time: 27:58
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A Lake for the Prairie - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB527165
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: David Bairstow, Peter Jones
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Agriculture, Documentary, Tech/Voc
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1961
Running Time: 27:58
Click here for pricing
South Saskatchewan's multi-million dollar irrigation scheme is to bring new prosperity to the dust bowl of the prairies. Here is a vivid account of how, in 1961, a section of the South Saskatchewan River was turned into a lake 220 km long in order to irrigate thousands of drought-plagued acres and provide electricity for industry and farms.