# 1953 LIFE IN THE SAHARA DESERT FILM BEDOUINS, ARTESIAN WELLS & OASIS DOCUMENTARY 46554

Life In The Sahara is a short 1953 film from Encyclopaedia Britannica Films that gives viewers a glimpse of life in the Sahara Desert in the 1950s, touching on the geography of the region as well as the people who live there. The film opens with shots of the Sahara Desert, including sand dunes, mountains, and salty flats ( 00:22 ; 01:05 ). Massive sand dunes tower above the desert floor ( 01:27 ; 13:52 ). Wind blows sand along desert, making travel no easy task. A train moves along one of the few railways ( 01:48 ) that penetrate the Sahara. Dirt roads are marked by rock piles ( 02:06 ) to prevent winds and sand from erasing them. At a Saharan airstrip, people board a plane ( 02:23 ); aerial footage from the window of the plane shows the desert with a few mountains jutting into the sky ( 02:35 ). At a small village in the Sahara ( 02:44 ), children run in the courtyard and women cross a stream. People make clay bricks, which are used to build homes ( 03:18 ). In the market square, men make slippers ( 03:40 ), farm goods are traded, and metal ware is purchased. A man uses camels to haul goods to remote places in the desert ( 04:20 ), passing what appears to be a tiny mosque. Camels eat during a break from the trek. Men ride camels and guide camel caravans. A rare grassy plain at the foot of a mountain ( 05:24 ) provides grass for goats tended to by nomads. Nomads set up camp ( 05:58 ), putting up a tent to protect them from desert winds, then hang water bags and prepare…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/46554LifeInTheSahara)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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