Oil In Ireland 1962

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Titles read: "CO. MEATH - OIL IN IRELAND".

County Meath, Eire (Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland).

L/S of the top of a derrick; camera pans down to oil drilling site. Sean Lemass, Prime Minister of Eire, is introduced to various officials at the opening of the site. The parish...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53519
Sort Number:
62/067
Time in/Out:
01:42:30:00 / 01:43:08:00
Canister:
62/67
Film ID:
1723.34
Issue Date:
20/08/1962

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