Riches from the Desert
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- British Movietone News
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Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Riches From the Desert. DESCRIPTION: Early last Spring, France was hard at work, laying a 400-mile pipe-line from the central Sahara to the Mediterranean. Enormous reserves of oil had been discovered in the Sahara, and the 24-inch pipe-line would carry these riches from the desert all the way to the coast for shipment to France. Monsieur Debre, the French Prime Minister, has just been to Hassi Messaoud, where the oil field lies, to give the pipe-line its official opening. He inspected the special amenities, things like cafes, swimming-pools and so on, and also visited Bougie, the pipe-line terminal. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Aerial - pipeline (3). LS same. MS pipe awaiting assembly. MS pipe line being assembled. CU welder, MS welder at work. Pan tractor. LS pipes being laid. LS pipeline in trenches. MS bulldozer. CU same. LS M Debre inspecting Guard of Honour. CU Guard of Honour. Pan M Debre. LS Hassi Messaoud. Pan cafe. GV swimming pool. MS M Debre. MS workers relaxing. CU notice board. Aerial - Bougie (4). GV Bougie - pipeline terminal. TS pumping station. MS same. Pan - M Debre. MS cock valves. MS M Debre opening valve. CU fan belt. CU pump. LS storage tank. LS tanker in harbour. Aerial same (2).
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Environment; Industry and manufacture; Ceremonies; Engineering; Military
- Locations
- Sahara Desert
- Footage sources
- France
Library
- Card file number
- 78821
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 152
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'Riches from the Desert', British Movietone News Issue No. 1593, 14 Dec 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23367 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)