Oil Crisis Scenes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1153A
Date Released
12 Jul 1951
Date submitted
9 Jul 1951
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Crisis Scenes. DESCRIPTION: Persian mobs tear down Anglo-Iranian Oil Company signs as Families of British technicians are flown out of Abadan. While demonstrations are going on in Tehran, a British employee shows Persians how to shut off the flow of oil in the refinery. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU chimney stacks of oil refinery. Persians tear down signs etc. in streets, & on buildings. British families board plane, another being carried aboard on stretcher. Mauritius stands by in Shatt-el-Arab River, oil refinery in background. In Tehran, crowds of Persians demonstrate in streets. At refinery, British worker shows a Persian how to turn off oil supply. CU same.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Aviation; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Riots; Navy; Military
Locations
Abadan; Iran
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
55745
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Oil Crisis Scenes', British Movietone News Issue No. 1153A, 12 Jul 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17239 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)