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Answer To Oil Pollution

Date released

9 Jul 1967

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

67/55

NoS ID

112666

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Swiss scientists believe [they have] discovered the answer to oil pollution at sea and on beaches. A new chemical burns it away without trace.

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Oil Refining (2000 Video)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 13 min., 2000 sale: £35.25 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Uses graphics, demonstrations and live footage to look at the processes of oil refining: fractional distillation; petrol, kerosene, light oil, gas oil or diesel, lubricating oil, bitumen; detection and...

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Oil and gas shortages to hit chemical industry (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Ted (Edward) Garrett MP, Chairman of an all party group on the chemical industry, who warns shortages of North Sea oil and gas could become critical. Male interviewer not identified. Sound is...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ocean Sound This Week No.14: Programme 14 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 14 Programme 14 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 23rd January 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER....

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Plastics chairman on rising prices (1979)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified Chairman of the British Plastics (Manufacturers?) Federation on plastics becoming more expensive with the rise in oil prices. Arguing it may become more economical to use chemicals from natural...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Booms to Check Oil Fires

Date released

11 Aug 1941

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

41/64

NoS ID

098949

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Australia tries out an idea for confining dockside oil fires within a limited area. The booms enclose the affected areas while the firemen go to work with a chemical foam extinguisher.

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Anti-Fire Device

Date released

26 Dec 1955

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

052

NoS ID

120134

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Demonstrates a new chemical which can be used to extinguish oil or petrol fires but does not harm machinery or fabrics. Also shows a floating self-contained fire extinguisher used in oil tanks.

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Oil Detection

Date released

1951

Series name

Oil Review

Issue no

2

NoS ID

349286

Story no

1 / 3

BFI Summary - Structure of oil-bearing rocks and principal methods of prospecting in New Guinea. BP synopsis: The beginning of the long search which may lead to a new oil field. A film about oil, how it is...

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The Firewall Steam Curtain

Date released

1971

Series name

London Line

Issue no

375

NoS ID

350541

Story no

2 / 4

NoS synopsis: The second of two items on oil and chemical fire hazards and ways of tackling them. This item deals in particular with the hazard of gas leaks at chemical plants, which can lead to explosions....

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Petroleum and Oil Refining

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 27 minutes), £39.00

This DVD examines the properties and uses of crude oil. It introduces the chemical compounds that exist in crude oil and shows how it is refined into many of the fuels and products used in modern society....

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