Oil Disaster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2556
Date Released
28 May 1978
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Pollution East Coast. DESCRIPTION: When the Greek tanker ‘Eleni V’ was in a collision off the Norfolk Coast her tank disgorged gallons of oil. Over thirty miles of East Anglian holiday beaches were polluted and clearing-up operations, to prepare the sands for the holiday season, were imperative. SHOTLIST: MS bulldozer empties oil. GV sea (very hazy, distant shot showing the wrecked oil tanker ‘Eleni V’) - pull back. LS shore. MS oil being washed onto beach. LS ditto. MS people watching. GV oil pull back to boat by shore. MS boulders on beach. MS pan shore. MS boulders on beach. MS pan beach. MCU oil amongst boulders. MCU bucket with oil leaking onto beach. MS oil patches on breakwaters. MCU ditto. GV shore. GV Norfolk Broads. GV ditto. MS bulldozer emptying load into truck. MS bulldozer scraping oil up from beach. MCU pan wheel of bulldozer. LS bulldozer picking up oil from beach. MS driver. MS dozer picking up oil. MS oil being washed up (3 shots) from dozer reversing with oil. MS oil dripping from dozer shovel. MCU sign ‘Warning Oil on Beach’. Low angle shot beach.
Local distribution only
Shown as Item 3 in Ireland only.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Pollution
Locations
East Anglia
Card file number
78/74
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
210
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Oil Disaster', British Movietone News Issue No. 2556, 28 May 1978. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31150 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)