News Briefs: Petrol Emergency

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1273
Date Released
26 Oct 1953
Date submitted
22 Oct 1953
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
News Briefs
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Petrol Emergency. DESCRIPTION: The unofficial strike by oil companies’ tanker-drivers created an emergency which threatened the whole life of the capital. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Five petrol pumps outside garage. Cars going into garage for petrol. CU mechanic filling car. Queue of cars waiting to enter garage. Interior shot of garage. CU Notice ‘No Petrol Sorry’. Shot of petrol pumps. Notice in front of garage ‘No Petrol’. Man in tobacconist buys small syphon of petrol for lighter. CU filling car with same. LS tankers at supply depot, standing idle. Strikers stand in groups outside. LS stationary tankers. CU notice ‘Closed’. MS tanker behind closed gates.
Keywords
Vehicles; Shops and shopping; Industry and manufacture; Labour relations
Locations
London
Card file number
59970
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News Briefs: Petrol Emergency', British Movietone News Issue No. 1273, 26 Oct 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18845 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)