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  1. TIME MACHINE

    Date released
    Oct 1969
    Series name
    Mining Review 23rd Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    346466
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: drilling rig in Nottinghamshire. In a matter of weeks a drilling rig penetrates into coal strata that was born 250 million years ago.

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  2. Malina Morzaria on Greenpeace in South Pacific (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    The French government has decided to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific. The French have since sent soldiers on to the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior II, to tow it away from the exclusion zone...

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  3. Strike - Latest, It’s a Gas

    Date released
    23 May 1966
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1929
    NoS ID
    026445
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Strike - Latest, It’s a Gas. DESCRIPTION: This strike is in Yorkshire - the largest natural gas field discovered under the soil of Britain. It could well produce ten million cubic...

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  4. Gold Down the Drain

    Date released
    2 Dec 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2061
    NoS ID
    027653
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gold Down the Drain. DESCRIPTION: While the European financial crisis has been stealing the headlines, a frantic battle has been underway in South Africa, to save the richest Gold mine...

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  5. Explorers on a Man-Made Island

    Date released
    6 Sep 1965
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1892
    NoS ID
    026134
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Explorers on a Man-Made Island. DESCRIPTION: In the North Sea The Sea Gem British Petroleum’s first drilling platform is drilling for oil and natural gas. She stands 40 miles east of...

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  6. MEN AT WORK ON AN OIL RIG

    Date other
    1 Jan 1928
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    388461
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Footage of oil drilling process.

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  7. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    27 Nov 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/96
    NoS ID
    113894
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The new rig Offshore Mercury was being tested at Gairloch. It’s the first self-propelled, ocean-going drilling vessel.

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  8. Shetland Oil Strike

    Date released
    10 Aug 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2253A
    NoS ID
    029511
    Story no
    3 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shetland Oil Strike. DESCRIPTION: A major oil field has been found in the North Sea near the Shetland’s. It could supply up to 15% of Britain’s oil needs. SHOTLIST: GV North Sea gas...

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  9. Ocean Odyssey oil rig explosion (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Lynne Mennie reports on the explosion on the Odeco Ocean Odyssey oil rig and ongoing search for the missing radio operator Tim Williams. Interviews with James Murphy, survivor; Arco drilling superintendent...

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  10. Floating Oil Rig

    Date released
    29 Aug 1957
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    57/70
    NoS ID
    107827
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    A new German "floating island" for drilling for oil deposits under the sea bed.

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