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Roving Camera Reports: Fawley Petroleum Fire

Date released

18 Mar 1935

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

127

NoS ID

052707

Extras

1 film clip

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Roving Camera Reports: Petroleum Works Fire at Fawley

Date released

14 Mar 1935

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

126

NoS ID

052670

Story no

2 / 10

Extras

1 film clip

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Super Tanker on the Way

Date released

1 Jul 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1465

NoS ID

021776

Story no

6 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Launching of British Trader. DESCRIPTION: Ready for her launching at John Brown’s Clydebank yard, the 32,000 ton British Trader is the third addition this year to the BP Tanker...

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New Zealand’s First Oil Tanker

Date released

20 Jun 1927

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1408; Super Issue No.: 27/49

NoS ID

086040

Story no

1 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

The "Paua" - first vessel to carry bulk petroleum under NZ flag - leaves for her long trip.

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England Strikes Oil

Date released

2 Oct 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/79

NoS ID

100497

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

A steady flow of highest quality petroleum is found in rich farmland in England. Over 200 oil-wells are in full production. Storage tanks have been erected and special railways built. Interview with a farmer...

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Fire Float

Date released

22 Feb 1960

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

60/16

NoS ID

109053

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

World’s biggest and best floating fire-fighter is demonstrated.

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New Oil Wealth of Iraq

Date released

21 Jan 1952

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

52/7

NoS ID

104533

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 assignment sheet, 1 commentary sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

Iraq Petroleum Company opens big new oilfield in the desert.

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Sideways Splash

Date released

13 Jan 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1493

NoS ID

022137

Story no

3 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sideways Splash. DESCRIPTION: At Faversham, the biggest tanker ever built in Kent, ready for her naming and launching, for a life service carrying petroleum in London River. SHOTLIST:...

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News from the Headlines: Oil from Iraq

Date released

8 May 1952

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1196A

NoS ID

017775

Story no

4 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil From Iraq. DESCRIPTION: The Iraq Petroleum Company’s new pipe-line from Kirkuk to Banias has been completed. It runs for 560 miles to the Syrian Coast and is expected to convey 14...

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Defence by Fire

Date released

2 Jul 1945

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

45/53

NoS ID

100742

Story no

2 / 2

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The story of Britain’s coastal barrier to invasion, showing the various methods used by the Petroleum Welfare Board to prevent German invasion of the British Isles. From submarine pipe-lines, oil bubbles...

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