Oil In The Desert

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

57/16

Date Released

21 Feb 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Oil In The Desert
2. 2Something On The Side
3. 3News from USA: Tree Circus
4. 4News from USA: Flattening A College
5. 5News from USA: Miracle Escape
6. 6Queen In Lisbon
7. *Footballer of the Year
8. *Arthur Howard And Turpin In Training

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

France taps the oil resources of the Sahara to ease Europe’s fuel shortage.

Keywords

Environment

Locations

Algeria; Ouargla

Footage sources

Pathe Journal

Length of story (in feet)

106

Story extras:

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