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
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