Paraffin Young (Silent Version)(1938)

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Release Date: 1st January 1938
Asset ID: 800471
Synopsis: A film about the demand, circumstances and ideas that led to to the formation of the 'Young's Enterprises' company in the 19th century, which created oil from coal and shale and supplied it for domestic and commercial use, and led to the oil industry as it is today.
Shotlist: 01:58:51 Titles 01:59:06 Caption 'Glasgow is one of the world's great cities, with miles of docks on the River Clyde. 01:59:11 Pan L to R James Watt statue and across George Square in Glasgow, MS Glasgow street traffic, LS cranes at Glasgow harbour, MWS pan R to L a boat sailing through Glasgow harbour and passenger liner docked in the BG, LS a tug boat pulling a liner across Glasgow harbour. 01:59:44 Caption 'It is surrounded by coal fields and steel works'. 01:59:50 LS coal mining conveyor tower, pan R to L man working in coal mining field. 01:59:56 Caption 'It is famous for engineering and shipbuilding'. 01:59:59 LS building work being carried out on a new liner at Glasgow ship yard. 02:00:03 Caption 'But a century ago such industries hardly existed. It was the age of the sailing ship and the hand loom'. 02:00:12 MCU painting, GVs man working on textile machine. 02:00:23 Caption 'James Watt, the Clydeside mechanic, developed the steam engine'. 02:00:27 Pan L to R across a steam engine, MLS statue of James Watt, GVs of an old steam engine. 02:00:43 Caption 'In 1812 the world's first sea-going steamship, the Comet, was launched on the Clyde.' 02:00:50 MCU a module of the first steamship 'Comet', MCU painting of steamships sailing across a river. 02:00:58 Caption 'Steam railways followed'. 02:01:00 MCU pan L to R painting of steam railways. 02:01:08 Caption 'Gas lighting was appearing in streets and factories'. 02:01:11 Pan L to R across a painting, caption 'But humble homes -'. 02:01:18 MLS a cottage, caption '- depended on flaming cannel-coal'. 02:01:24 MCU fireplace with coal burning, caption '- the smoky tallow candle or the ancient crusie'. 02:01:30 GVs of candles, captions 'The people needed better light -', '- machinery needed lubrication'. 02:01:45 MLS an old textile machine. 02:01:52 Caption 'James Young, the man who solved these problems, was born in 1811 in one of these houses near Glasgow's ancient Cathedral'. 02:02:00 MCU GVs painting of houses, caption 'While working as a cabinet maker, he studied chemistry in his spare time'. 02:02:24 MS man working in a lab, caption 'He become a lecturer in the Andersonian University, Glasgow -', MS pan over a man taking a book form a shelf then walking to his desk and started to write, caption '- and later at University College, London. 02:02:46 MCU painting of a university college - London, caption 'In 1847 mineral oil was discovered in the workings of a coal mine. 02:02:58 LS coal mining conveyor tower, GVs of men working in coal mine and the discovery of mineral oil, caption 'Young set up a small refinery to manufacture lubricants from it, MCU photo of the refinery. 02:03:44 Caption 'But the oil flow ran dry. In 1850 Young started new works at Bathgate in Scotland to make similar oil from a special kind of coal found in the district. 02:03:48 Pan R to L across landscape, caption 'In a few years this special coal become scarce. Experiments showed that oil could also be got from a slaty rock - oil shale - abundant in the same district. 02:04:11 Pan L to R across rocks, caption 'Young searched the country for the best shale and bought estates containing it. 02:04:25 Pan R to L small waterfall to a man searching and looking next to a river, GVs man searching and looking on a riverbank. 02:04:59 Caption 'In his Bathgate office he planned larger works to make oil from shale. 02:05:04 MLS a house, MS Young looking at a map, MWS walking towards his desk and sitting down, pan L to R across a photo Young's Paraffin and oil company, pan over an advertising poster of Young's company. 02:05:29 Caption 'About this time cheap mineral oil discovered in oil fields abroad threatened to upset Young's plans. 02:05:36 MCU photo of oil field, caption 'But the process was improved, new products were made and Young's Oil Company still goes on. 02:05:49 MLS a locomotive transporting coal passing across on a railway, caption 'To - day all the companies engaged in it are united under the management of Scottish Oils Ltd. 02:06:06 MLS a Scottish Oils Ltd train passing across, pan R to L a tanker travelling across, caption 'The industry supports 20.000 people in the Scottish Lothians. 02:06:21 CU Map of MIDLOTHIAN, caption 'Every morning hundreds of men descend the shale mines. 02:06:33 MS workers walking into mine lift, caption 'An electric drill quickly bores a hole in the shale. 02:06:44 MS a worker drilling a hole in a coal mining shale, MCU man walking and drill cable on the floor, MCU mining worker, caption 'The explosive is inserted', MCU drilling a hole in the shale, MCU man placing explosives in a shale hole, caption 'The shale is blasted from its bed, MCU a man lighting explosive charges placed in the shale, 2S men standing and watching inside the mine, GVs controlled explosions in the mine, caption 'Four thousand tons of shale are drawn to the surface every day. 02:07:35 2S men loading a trolley with coal, GVs coal loading and transporting process in the mine. 02:08:01 MLS a lift transporting coal trolleys and a man pulling them out of the lift, GVs process of unloading coal trolleys, travelling shot a train transporting large shale containers, caption 'The shale is heated to drive off oil vapour in hundreds of these tall retorts. 02:08:.34 Pan R to L across shale processing plant, caption 'Great pipes carry the vapour to stacks of tubes where it is cooled into crude oil, pan R to L across pipelines to storage facilities, caption 'The spent shale accumulates in great heaps. 02:09:02 LS a steam train travelling across coal mining filed, caption 'It is used for making excellent bricks - SOL bricks, MS pan R to L brick making process, caption 'The crude oil is converted into various products in a great refinery at Pumpherston, near Edinburgh, MS man operating a machine, pan R to L across Pumpherston's oil refinery, caption 'The industry supplies petrol for motor cars. 02:09:50 LA cars and motorbikes travelling on a road, caption 'Light Diesoleum for heavy transport, MS pan R to L a bus passing by, MS engine pistons, caption 'Paraffin coke for carbons for electric arcs, MLS coke, MS flash of an electric arc, caption 'Sulphate of Ammonia to improve our crops, MS filling a bag with Sulphate Ammonia, MS farmers walking and adding Sulphate Ammonia to their land. 02:10:26 Caption 'Paraffin wax for making candles and packing food stuffs, GVs process of Paraffin wax making, MS dairy product. 02:10:40 Caption 'To - day shale does not supply enough oil for all demands and the industry has turned its skill to refining petroleum brought in tank steamers from abroad, LS a large vessel sailing across the sea, LS the British Reliance docking, MWS the British Reliance ship docked, caption 'The crude oil from abroad is delivered to a new refinery at Grangemouth on the Firth of Forth. 02:11:13 2S men lifting pipes at the Grangemouth refinery, MS men installing pipeline, caption 'The oil is pumped ashore to huge storage tanks, each holding an entire shipload, MWS pipelines leading to storage tanks, LS storage tanks. 02:11:42 Caption 'At Young's old college in Glasgow, now the Royal Technical College, he is commemorated by the Department of Technical Chemistry which he is founded, and by a unique library of ancient works on chemistry, pan over the Royal Technical College in Glasgow, MS pan Young working at his desk then walking towards bookshelves, MS pan across R to L placing a book back on the shelf and, caption 'The ability and energy of James Young opened a new era - THE PETROLEUM AGE. 02:12:16 MS bust sculptor of James Young. 02:12:23 Caption 'THE END' 02:12:31 END
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