Oil from the Sahara

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1494
Date Released
20 Jan 1958
Date submitted
16 Jan 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil From the Sahara. DESCRIPTION: Oil from the waste land of the desert, the first of the oil from the Hassi-Messaoud Wells (about five-hundred miles south of the Algerian port of Philippeville) has now begun to flow. SHOTLIST: GV Sahara. GV oil tankers. LS oil storage tanks. MS same. CU same. MS train with oil containers CU same. MS technicians working on pipeline. MS same. CU oil pouring from pipe into cans. MS train. GV train.
Keywords
Vehicles; Environment; Railways; Industry and manufacture
Locations
Algeria; Sahara Desert; Philippeville
Footage sources
France
Card file number
72569
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Oil from the Sahara', British Movietone News Issue No. 1494, 20 Jan 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22156 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)