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Oil Tanker Disaster

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
67/26
Date Released
30 Mar 1967
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Motor Racing
  2. 2Snowmobiles Race
  3. 3Oil Tanker Disaster

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
Her back broken and oil gushing out, the Torrey Canyon’s death throes have put into operation one of Britain’s biggest battles of the beaches since the war. Servicemen, civilian youngsters and the aged form a pool of man-power to rid the sands and the Atlantic breakers of the black slime which is devastating miles of holiday beaches. Unwitting victims of the filth are thousands of sea birds, bewildered and helpless, they are being rescued and cleansed. But their plight is only part of the drama against which a massive offensive is being launched to defend the South Coast.
Keywords
Pollution; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
Visnews
Credits:
Camera
William Nixon
Length of story (in feet)
350
Story extras:
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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