Oil from the Sahara

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1494

Date Released

20 Jan 1958

Date submitted

16 Jan 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1World Cup Soccer
2. 2World Cup Soccer
3. 3Jayne Weds Mickey
4. 4Power from the Atom
5. 5Oil from the Sahara
6. 6Fire!
7. 7Sir Winston Flies Out
8. 8Prime Minister in Pakistan
9. 9Princess Margaret’s Portrait

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil From the Sahara. DESCRIPTION: Oil from the waste land of the desert, the first of the oil from the Hassi-Messaoud Wells (about five-hundred miles south of the Algerian port of Philippeville) has now begun to flow. SHOTLIST: GV Sahara. GV oil tankers. LS oil storage tanks. MS same. CU same. MS train with oil containers CU same. MS technicians working on pipeline. MS same. CU oil pouring from pipe into cans. MS train. GV train.

Keywords

Vehicles; Environment; Railways; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Algeria; Sahara Desert; Philippeville

Footage sources

France

Card file number

72569

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

53

Story extras:

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