Black Gold 1963

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Eakring, Nottinghamshire.

A story about an oil well in the Nottinghamshire countryside. There are various shots of the rig working in the middle of a field and the mechanisms in action. The narrator says Britain produces 111,000 tons of oil every year.

Various shots as a man ties...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3419
Sort Number:
CP 465
Time in/Out:
01:20:28:00 / 01:23:07:00
Canister:
CP 465
Film ID:
253.03
Issue Date:
24/11/1963

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