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World’s Largest Oil Rig

Date released

5 Feb 1967

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

67/11

NoS ID

112402

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

Off the coast of Victoria, the world’s largest oil rig drills in search of natural gas which geologists believe lies below the sea-bed in vast quantities.

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Sahara Burn-Up

Date released

8 Feb 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1705A

NoS ID

024496

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sahara Burn-Up - Oil Fire. DESCRIPTION: Natural gas caught fire last November in French gasfields in the Sahara, the biggest blazing gas main you’re ever likely to see! They had to...

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Oil Rig

Date released

24 Feb 1967

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

67/103

NoS ID

112460

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

A new giant oil-rig, the "Gulf Tide" prepares to join the North Sea hunt for natural gas. Built at the John Brown yards, she will stand on four telescopic legs - each 363 feet long - high above the biggest...

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Natural Gas

Date released

1970

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

591

NoS ID

328832

Story no

1 / 1

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Wealth Under The Sea

Date released

1965

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

297

NoS ID

350463

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: The prospect of a rich source of gas and oil has brought oilmen from all over the world to the North Sea. The discovery of natural gas under Holland and the North Sea, possibly extending to...

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Bringing Home the Gas

Date released

29 Aug 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1943

NoS ID

026560

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bringing Home the Gas. DESCRIPTION: From a spot just North of the Humber, in Yorkshire, the world’s largest barge the Hugh W Gordon, is laying a pipe-line under the sea to bring...

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The Search for Safety

Date released

25 Feb 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1760

NoS ID

025000

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Search for Safety. DESCRIPTION: Many life-jackets cause an unconscious person to float face-downwards - and drown. But fortunately we’re finding the answers thanks to a testing...

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Flame for the Future

Date released

13 Dec 1965

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1906

NoS ID

026259

Story no

3 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flame for the Future. DESCRIPTION: Sea Gas (B&W). Sea Gas (Colour - no story title). Forty miles off the Humber Estuary the oil rig Sea Gem has been searching for natural gas under the...

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Technicolor - "Special"

Date released

2 Nov 1969

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

69/89

NoS ID

113854

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

- a natural gas rig in the North Sea, was a "Men Only" place until recently. Then Princess Anne arrived looking very feminine in a natty trouser suit. She saw the work of the 40-men who man the rig. In...

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Round the World with Movietone: Super Oil Fire in Texas

Date released

31 Jan 1938

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

452

NoS ID

008463

Story no

11 / 14

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Well Fire. SHOTLIST: An oil gusher of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas catches fire, and millions of cubic feet of natural oil and gas burn daily in wild raging blaze. Men sink...

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