News in Brief: Oil Fire

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1343

Date Released

28 Feb 1955

Date submitted

24 Feb 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Persian Royal Visit - Final Engagements
2. 2News in Brief: Mountain Air Crash
3. 3News in Brief: New French Premier
4. 4News in Brief: Oil Fire
5. 5News in Brief: Geoff Duke Wins
6. 6News in Brief: Stabilisers for QE
7. 7The Princess in Jamaica
8. 8Storm Havoc at Genoa

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Fire at Shellhaven. DESCRIPTION: Started by an explosion in a tank of naptha, the fire at Shell Haven was prevented from destroying the whole installation by the work of 200 firemen. SHOTLIST: KS. GV of damaged oil tanks and other installations. The camera pans round the fire-swept area and picks out a number of heat twisted installations and still smouldering tanks. One shot of firemen still playing their hoses on the smouldering area. Foam rather than water appears to be used.

Keywords

Emergency services; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Essex; Shell Haven oil refiney

Footage sources

Shell Film Unit

Card file number

62973

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

51

Story extras:

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