Undersea Gas Pipe

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2525

Date Released

23 Oct 1977

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Undersea Gas Pipe
2. 2'Wellie’ Throwing Contest
3. 3British Wool Fashions

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Undersea Gas Pipe. DESCRIPTION: To carry North Sea Gas from the Anglo-Norwegian Frigg Field a pipeline has had to be laid beneath the Firth of Forth. A 3 mile channel was dredged beneath the Firth and the pipes are pulled through by hydraulic rams. SHOTLIST: GAV road and rail bridges. GAV Forth Road Bridge. GAV ditto - rail bridge on right. AV track round rail bridge. GV bridges showing concrete strings of piping pan along to water’s edge (Blackness in West Lothian). GAV six pipes. GV across River Forth. SV pan Hawser cable out of water to hydraulic rams. LV large drums winding in cable. SV interior control hut. SV Hawser cable. SV hydraulic ram operating. LV large pipe moving slowly towards water and entering. Various ditto. SV cable stops. Various of welding sections. SV pipe in water on its way across river.

Keywords

Engineering

Locations

Scotland; Firth of Forth

Footage sources

Templar Films

Card file number

77/184

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

200

Story extras:

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