Transfer by road

Series

Series Name: Oil Review

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1951

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

BFI Summary - A 93-ft fractionating column travels by road
BP synopsis: Too long and too wide for railways, a new fractioning column travels by road from workship to refinery (on a Pickfords lorry). Motherwell - the completion of the fractioning tower for the extended Grangemouth refinery. It is so big that they have to move grass banks to get it out of the factory. To get it to Grangemouth they have to move it through towns and villages. At the refinery, they slowly lift the column into place (one shot of it at 45 degrees).

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Road transport; Scenery and travel

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases Used for summary
Film User Vol.4 No.44 June 1950, p358.
British Petroleum brochures BP Archive barcode 82198
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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