They Planted a Stone

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They Planted a Stone
They Planted a Stone film Opening titles (1953).jpg
Directed byRobin Carruthers
Written byRobin Carruthers
Produced byJames Carr
Production
company
Distributed by Central Office of Information
Release date
  • 1953 (1953)
Running time
26 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

They Planted a Stone is a 1953 British short documentary film directed and written by Robin Carruthers and produced by James Carr. [1] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [2] [3]

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Synopsis

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. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "They Planted a Stone". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "NY Times: They Planted a Stone". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "THEY PLANTED A STONE". Colonial Film. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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