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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Palestine - Haifa Oil Fire

Date released

7 Apr 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

931

NoS ID

014377

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Palestine - Haifa Oil Fire. DESCRIPTION: Explosions set off by terrorists caused a blaze in oil storage tanks which burnt for days. SHOTLIST: KS SCU Column of smoke. Tilt down to raging...

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Japanese earthquake (1978)

Genre

News report

Report from Japan on an earthquake, with fears of pollution as oil storage tanks on the coast were broken and some are emptying into the Pacific. The earthquake was centred out in the Pacific but the nearest...

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Victory Report: Mary Rose Report - Sleipner (1979)

Track 2 from AV1/VR3/S1. Documentary programme in Victory Report Series with interviews concerning the fitting out of the recovery vessel Sleipner for use in the raising of the Tudor warship Mary Rose from...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Canadian Oil Blaze

Date released

17 Jan 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1441A

NoS ID

021436

Story no

7 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Canadian Oil Blaze. DESCRIPTION: A terrifying blaze that threatened to overwhelm the oil refinery district of Montreal. The outbreak followed an explosion which ignited six storage...

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Oil from the Sahara

Date released

20 Jan 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1494

NoS ID

022156

Story no

5 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil From the Sahara. DESCRIPTION: Oil from the waste land of the desert, the first of the oil from the Hassi-Messaoud Wells (about five-hundred miles south of the Algerian port of...

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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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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Texas Disaster

Date released

24 Apr 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

933A

NoS ID

014407

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Texas City Disaster (Oil Explosion). DESCRIPTION: A catastrophe overwhelmed Texas City when a French Liberty Ship with a cargo of ammonium nitrate blew up in the harbour. A big chemical...

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Fire in Havana

Date released

6 Feb 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1496A

NoS ID

022198

Story no

6 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Fire. DESCRIPTION: An oil fire, in the middle of 14 storage tanks holding petrol and high octane gas, in Havana’s biggest refinery. In the balance were 30 million dollars worth of...

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Oil Blaze

Date released

1 May 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1508A

NoS ID

022354

Story no

2 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Fire. DESCRIPTION: An oil fire is about the worst kind of fire. Storage tanks ablazed at Newport News, Virginia. They spread havoc over a square mile of the port. No lives were lost...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: From Ship to Front Line

Date released

13 Jan 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

762A

NoS ID

012972

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: From Ship to Front Line. DESCRIPTION: To maintain the supply of oil and petrol to the allied armies in Italy a brilliant new innovation is being used, a pipeline. The pipelines can be...

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