Canada - Oil Boom

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1436
Date Released
10 Dec 1956
Date submitted
6 Dec 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Boom for Canada. DESCRIPTION: There’s no oil crisis in Western Canada. In Southern Saskatchewan the fields are a driller’s paradise as the oil lies fairly close to the surface. It only takes twelve days drilling to bring a well into action. In the first half of this year Saskatchewan’s output for last year was nearly doubled. SHOTLIST: Panning shot over fields. Various shots of drilling machinery drilling for oil. Oil tankers on train. Train moving along.
Keywords
Mining
Locations
Canada; Saskatchewan
Footage sources
Gaumont British
Card file number
69116
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
81
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Canada - Oil Boom', British Movietone News Issue No. 1436, 10 Dec 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21361 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)