Oil Film Selected Material Reel 1 (1950)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.



Cuts from documentary 'Wealth of the World - Oil' - Reel 1.



Iran, Persia.



L/S of car on mountain road. M/S of car splashing through water. L/S of mountain road. M/S of dust blowing over desert, car passing. Shots of mountain lake, river and waterfall. L/S of distant settlement.



M/S of Oil Company official's house. M/S exterior of hospital. Various shots of building. M/S of children entering school. L/S of telegraph poles. L/S of burning waste gases on hillside. L/S of desert vista and burning gases. M/S of oil seepage pool. C/S of bubbling oil seepages. Shots of derrick in hills. L/S of battery of pipelines through mountains.



Men piping oil aboard tanker and screwing valve. General view of Port of Abadan. L/S of oil tanker and harbour. L/S of tanker putting to sea. L/S of men removing clamp. Pipe going down bore. Various drilling operations. M/S of man screwing new length of pipe. M/S of men hammering crowbar. C/U of men's faces turning. C/U of men's feet turning on turntable. Men removing clamp. C/U of men putting in wedges and fixing clamp.



Duplicate of 2529.09 (UN 2302 B).
FILM ID:2529.14

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