Britannia Visits Oil Rigs

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2359A

Date Released

22 Aug 1974

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hydrofoil Service
2. 2Britannia Visits Oil Rigs
3. 3Saddle Acrobatics
4. 4Grass-Ski Championship

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britannia Visits Oil Rigs. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Yacht visits the oil rig Ocean Kokuei and production platform Graythorp 1 in the North Sea. SHOTLIST: GV oil rig Ocean Kokuei. SV pan at 26’ to Royal Yacht Britannia. Aerial shot Graythorp 1 being towed out to sea. SV floating crane being towed out. LV Graythorp in between two floating cranes. SV Captain in control room watching with glasses. SV Graythorp being sunk into position. CU ditto ropes can be seen pulling. LV ship watching. LV Britannia watching pan to cranes. SV people on deck of ship. SV Graythorp in position and cranes by its side. SV people on deck of Royal Yacht. LV zoom back Graythorp at sunset in position.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Engineering

Locations

North Sea

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

74/123

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

149

Story extras:

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