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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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USSR threatens Lithuania with sanctions (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview with President of Lithuania, Vytautas Landsbergis, over Soviet Union threats to impose economic sanctions against the Baltic state including to cut natural gas and oil supply to the region as it...

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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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Ronnie McDonald on North Sea oil strike (1990)

Genre

Interview

Ronnie MacDonald(?), General Secretary of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee, which is organising the strike on North Sea oil and gas platforms. On his belief that company workers will support a second...

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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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Alex Salmond on the offshore North Sea oil dispute (1990)

Genre

Interview

Following the dispute on North Sea oil and gas platforms, Scottish National Party Deputy Leader Alex Salmond speaking in support of the offshore agreement which workers are trying to establish, and calling...

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After Oil: What? (198 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Summarises the problem of falling reserves of oil and natural gas and describes alternatives: solar energy, wind and wave power, tidal power. geothermal energy. nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.

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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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Flags Under the North Sea (1982)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The Far North Liquids and Associated Gas Systems or FLAGS is an Esso/Shell joint venture. Gives a detailed account of how the 450-kilometre-long pipeline was laid in the North Sea in waters 150 meters deep...

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Strike on North Sea oil and gas platforms (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

Angus Coull reporting on the strikers’ demonstration at Shell’s Aberdeen headquarters where representatives of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee, organisers of the stoppage, have had a meeting with...

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