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Three Degrees from Disaster: Lake Chad; CHAD:EXTPress vehicles towards past across sandy terrainSIDE Press vehicle R-L passing camels at roadside (2 shots)General View Camel train of nomadic herdsmen along in desertTwo small boys sitting on camel as alongFlock of goats, belonging to nomads, alongNomadic hersman Saleh (phon) speaking (translated as saying he hadn't had any water to drink all day)CUTAWAYMcGinty listeningUnnamed horseman speaking (unheard but translated as saying he needed water)Two small boys on camel as turn and walk away to BV with rest of herdReporter to camera as along northern shore of Lake ChadGeneral View Sand dunesWomen threshing bean crop (2 shots)Close Shot woman winnowing bean cropGeneral View Water flowing over lock in canalOfficial turning handle to let water flow, as McGinty watching beside ZOOM INLow Angle McGinty and officials watching water flow in canalGeneral View Sunflower crop growing beside canalAhmed Sedick (Hydrologist) interview (translated) SOT- we take barely 1% for irrigation / all rest goes in evaporationWhite Kuri cattle eating grass around fringes of lake (4 shots)INT BOATMcGinty in boat, as travelling towards main lake (2 shots)Side of boat as alongBack View Helmsman sitting at front of boatReporter to camera as standing in Lake Chad PULL OUTAIR VIEW over edge of lake and advancing desert besideLocal men repairing roof of village hutWoman and children sitting beside hutWoman with goatsLocal unnamed man speaking (unheard but saying has to work in polders to make ends meet)General View Sand 'flowing' down side of duneSIDE Sand flowing down side of duneSIDE Man washing in lake (2 shots)Drops falling on waterOrange sun dipping below top of dune at sunset