GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit King Faisal of Iraq opening the Sammara Barrage, part of the Wadi Thartar flood control project. Full Description: IRAQ: King Faisal II (Feisal II) (King of Iraq) opening Samarra Barrage (designed to prevent rivers Tigris and Euphrates from flooding) Background: King Faisal of Iraq opening the Sammara Barrage, part of the Wadi Thartar flood control project. FILM ID: VLVAEFDAA1FHTE8F1RTTM23FLU3SL To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé
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