Something Small

Series

Series Name: Oil Review

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1951

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

NoS Summary - caring for day-old chicks using oil-burning incubators and "foster-mothers" on a Danish egg farm
BP synopsis: Starts with a montage of images from the past Oil Reviews with the voiceover saying what they have already shown us. Now they want to look at a day old chick on a Danish farm - oil is used to heat its incubator and the heat lamp for its mother.

Keywords

Agriculture; Science and technology; Birds

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 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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