News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Home and Away

Issue

Issue No.

9

Date Released

1957

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. African Horizon
• 2. Building for the Future
• 3. Call me Madam
• 4. Fighting Fit

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: This opens with the loading aboard ship on Clydeside of a Renfrew-built drum for one of the 580,000 lb./hr. Babcock boilers being installed in Taaibos power station, largest in Africa. These boilers are seen during erection, including the installation of the drum from Renfrew, and the film then goes over to the works of Babcock & Wilcox of Africa where much of the equipment for the Taaibos boilers is under construction. Other African power stations are shown; and with scenes of African industry and of the flourishing city of Johannesburg, the point is made that Babcock plant is playing an important part in Africa’s economic development.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Industry and manufacture; Energy resources

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Synopses of the Babcock Film Magazines booklet   p10-11. Used for synopsis

Credits:

Sponsor

Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.

Production Co.

Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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