LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

North Sea trawler monitoring

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:06:18

Description

Unidentified male speaker (poss. helicopter pilot?) on the monitoring of oil rigs and trawlers in the North Sea. He describes the use of radar to monitor trawlers and the problems of helicopters going out to oil rigs. Interview (which takes place in a helicopter?) also covers work with the RAF, anti-submarine training and the Fisheries Protection Scheme. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Weather; Oil; Fisheries; Oil extraction; North Sea; RAF; Helicopters; Surveillance; Trawlers (vessels); Anti-submarine warfare

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