• Short Summary

    A new oil well is sunk in Willesden - even the Texans are paying interest.

  • Description

    Willesden, London.

    GV of oil well.

    MS of parts of the oil derrick.

    CU of drill bit going down.

    MS of men working on oil well.

    CU Men at work turning winches.

    CU A man at work in a laboratory testing samples of rock for oil in a test tube.

    MS of men working on oil well.

    CU Pan down of a Texan visitor, Arthur Rutherford, an American expert, showing his high heeled cowboy boots.

    CU the Texan chatting to one of the engineers. (nat sound).

  • Tags

  • Data

    Film ID:
    1197.08
    Media URN:
    41367
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    13/11/1947
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:56:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:11:30:00 / 01:12:26:00
    Canister:
    47/91

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