Oil Crisis Scenes

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1153A

Date Released

12 Jul 1951

Date submitted

9 Jul 1951

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Crisis Scenes. DESCRIPTION: Persian mobs tear down Anglo-Iranian Oil Company signs as Families of British technicians are flown out of Abadan. While demonstrations are going on in Tehran, a British employee shows Persians how to shut off the flow of oil in the refinery. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU chimney stacks of oil refinery. Persians tear down signs etc. in streets, & on buildings. British families board plane, another being carried aboard on stretcher. Mauritius stands by in Shatt-el-Arab River, oil refinery in background. In Tehran, crowds of Persians demonstrate in streets. At refinery, British worker shows a Persian how to turn off oil supply. CU same.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Aviation; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Riots; Navy; Military

Locations

Abadan; Iran

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

55745

Credits:

Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin

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