I came across some videos taken in Eritrea and they're now
available for viewing. They are in the .mov format and should be able to be
played in most video playback software. The filesizes are 1-2 megs so it would
be best if you downloaded them to your hard drive and viewed them from there. I
also zipped them into a 10 meg file if you want to download all of them at
once. Sorry there is no sound.
- Terry Gust was with the USAF 1370th photo mapping wing in the
60s. He has a nice video online you should check out. Great aerial views, along
with some around Asmara and a few on Kagnew toward the end.
Mapping Mission video
- Dave Engstrom sent in a couple of links to YouTube videos.
The first is the 1953 Kagnew dedication. The second is one everyone can relate
to. The drive to the airport and getting on the bird that took you out of
Asmara!
Dedication
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- John "Barefoot" Hallahan sent this YouTube link,
a ride
down the Massawa Road. Great stuff!
- Dick Lilienthal sent in three movies, one of a parade in
Asmara, one at Radio Marina and the last of the Massawa Road and Massawa. Dated
1953. (Each of these files is around 24 megabytes in size so be patient.
[Asmara] [Radio Marina] [Massawa]
- Dave Nelson sent in this video of
the Tisisat Falls from 1972.
Those Falls
are know by local Ethiopians as the Tisisat Falls and literally means "Smoking
Water" and located about one hour from the city of Bahar Dar, Ethiopia and 20
miles south of Lake Tana Ethiopia. They are also called "Blue Nile Falls"
because it is where the head waters of the Blue Nile cascades over a cliff face
and into the gorge, thus Tisisat Falls. A real site to see. The Russians built
some Hydro Plants for the Ethies and that has impeded the flow over the cliffs.
Its probably one of the best Natural wonders.
- Airport Road
- Driving to Massawa [1] [2] [3]
[4]
- The port of Massawa [1]
[2]
- Very short clip of a church.
- Dahlak Hotel, or as we
knew it, Massawa R&R Hotel.
- Hamasien Hotel in
Asmara.
- Zipped file of all
videos.
Added 14 Oct 2024
- Dan Minchen did a video a few years about Kagnew that's very
interesting. He has asked that I provide a link here to it so he can share it
with fellow Kagnewites. It is posted on his account with Vimeo so click the
link below to take you there.
Click here to contact Dan by email if you have a problem.
- Kagnew Station - The
Halycon Days
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