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  1. War Against Winter

    Date released
    1951
    Series name
    Oil Review
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    349302
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI Summary - the use of modern oil-driven machines in clearing snow-cleared country in North Sweden. NoS synopsis: Winter scenes in Lapland - clearing the land, ploughing, dams and reservoirs being...

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  2. Struggle for Oil

    Date released
    Feb 1949
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    25
    NoS ID
    347218
    Story no
    1 / 1

    NoS synopsis: A history of oil and its use in the modern world. Focus on the Middle East and the development of countries made rich by the oil trade.

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  3. Russian Oil Wells Ablaze

    Date released
    10 May 1943
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    43/37
    NoS ID
    099957
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Capture of a Caucasian oil field by the Germans turns out to be a hollow victory when the Russians adopt the scorched earth policy and set fire to the oil wells. German troops advancing across country use...

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  4. Land for a Refinery

    Date released
    1951
    Series name
    Oil Review
    Issue no
    14
    NoS ID
    349312
    Story no
    1 / 2

    BFI Summary - Land reclamation at the Kent Oil refinery on the Isle of Grain NoS synopsis: Dutch engineers use sand from the Nore to reclaim 110 acres of marshland on the Isle of Grain, site of the new Anglo...

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  5. Oil from Coal

    Date released
    30 Aug 1934
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    366
    NoS ID
    033428
    Story no
    2 / 6

    Government plans to use home-fuel for all official purposes. Mr G W Anderson, leading expert, explains latest hydrogenation process.

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  6. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    1942
    Series name
    Shell Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    349957
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: The use of aerial maps in the search for oil

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  7. Fresh Fueled to Conquer

    Date released
    20 May 1933
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    232
    NoS ID
    032646
    Story no
    2 / 6

    Bus engine for racing. George Eyston, famous baby-car speedster, explains 130 hp motor he will use to attempt heavy-oil record.

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  8. Herrings by the Million

    Date released
    19 Feb 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1707
    NoS ID
    024510
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Herrings By the Million. DESCRIPTION: Recent catches of herrings off the coast of British Columbia have almost beaten every record. The trawlers use huge seine nets to catch them,...

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  9. To Beat the Bush

    Date released
    1952
    Series name
    Oil Review
    Issue no
    17
    NoS ID
    349317
    Story no
    2 / 3

    NFA Summary - the use of farm tractors to replace primitive agricultural methods in the African bush BP synopsis: The change from ox drawn carts to tractors in the fields of South Africa, and how the effects...

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  10. Britain’s New Oil Refinery

    Date released
    30 Mar 1950
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1086A
    NoS ID
    016290
    Story no
    5 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain’s New Oil Refinery. DESCRIPTION: The first of Britain’s post-war oil refineries to come into use covers a site of over 2,000 acres at Stanlow, Cheshire. The new cooling...

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