Provencal Oil Refinery

Series

Series Name: Oil Review

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1951

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

NoS Summary - the refinery at L’Avera in Provence, South of France
BP synopsis: In the heart of southern France is a Roman theatre, near it is a modern oil refinery (L’Avera) getting through 1,000,000 tons of oil. To cope with the demand they are creating new series of villas for the new workers. The company has started a new not-for-profit shop, and there is a church and a school. As the school fete goes on, a tanker arrives from Persia. (shots of the dockside and tanker).

Keywords

Education and training; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Domestic life; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; History and archaeology

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
National Film Archive Catalogue
Film User Vol.4 No.44 June 1950, p358.
British Petroleum brochures BP Archive barcode 82197
BP Video Library Tape details. Used for synopsis

Credits:

Sponsor: Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Production Co.: Greenpark Productions Ltd.
Producer: Humphrey Swingler

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