Oil Leak

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1475
Date Released
9 Sep 1957
Date Other
Sep 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Braemar Gathering
  2. 2Manx Grand Prix
  3. 3Jamaican Train Crash
  4. 4Naturalist’s Paradise
  5. 5The Things People Do!
  6. 6Oil Leak
  7. 7Proclamation of Independence

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
A lake of inflammable oil, 17 acres of it, formed by a gusher in a German oilfield. Frantic efforts were made to earth-in the flood which for nine days had been seething and slobbering to the surface.
Keywords
Environment; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
71622
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
41
Story extras:
Film clip

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