(Untitled record)

Series

Series Name

Laing News Review

Issue

Issue No.

3

Date Released

Jul 1954

Length of issue (in feet)

1000

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1(Untitled record)
2. 2(Untitled record)
3. 3(Untitled record)
4. 4(Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: The highlight of this film is the Mobil Oil Company’s refinery at Coryton, a contract about which much has been written and spoken over several years, and yet scenes shown in the Review are still full of interest. The sequences include all phases of the work from the early days of the contract to the time when the refinery went on stream, the memorable floods of February, 1953, and the extensive flood prevention work which has followed. The final scenes are of the official opening on 27th May 1954 by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who is seen arriving from London on board the Port of London Authority launch St. Katherine, touring the refinery and unveiling the commemorative plaque.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Engineering

Written sources

British Film Institute Sources   Laing Notes, p.3 Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Franklin Engelmann

Producer

Public Relations Department, John Laing & Co. Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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