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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

405

Date Released

8 Mar 1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Reports: Mecca Pilgrimage
• 2. Reports: King Farouk tours Europe
• 3. Reports: Oil boring tests
• 4. Reports: Salvage by dynamite
• 5. Reports: LCC - No change
• 6. Reports: Fruit Fete
• 7. Reports: Salamanca Ceremony
• 8. Reports: Plane Crash
• 9. Longevity
• 10. Motoring
• 11. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: 6th Round Cup Ties
• 12. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: 6th Round Cup Ties
• 13. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Cambridge on the Tideway
• 14. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Boxing - Farr, Foord & Max Baer
• 15. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Santa Anita Derby is won by ‘Fairy Hill’

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 15

Section Title

Reports

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil boring tests. SHOTLIST: Shot of the testing for oil. Close shot of drill. Samples being tested.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture

Locations

Dorset; Poxwell

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

5204

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

31

Story extras:

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