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Oil Prospecting 1948
Description
Oil prospecting.
Weymouth, Dorset.
L/S of men unpacking gelignite and stacking it. Two engineers discuss plans. M/S as they unravel the fuse and feed it through the packets of explosives. M/S as they pick it up in a long snake and carry it to the 100 foot hole, where they feed it...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 34141
- Sort Number:
- NP 204
- Time in/Out:
- 01:46:16:00 / 01:48:43:00
- Canister:
- NP 204
- Film ID:
- 1249.30
- Issue Date:
- 09/08/1948
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