Drilling in Iceberg Infested Waters

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1985
  • Asset ID: 800618
  • Synopsis: Story of the logistical problems of drilling off Newfoundland, with the focus on how to deal with icebergs. It showcases a new technique for dealing for smaller icebergs using water-cannons, it also illustrates how some icebergs can be towed.
  • Shotlist: START 00:01:35 WS oil platform, WS helicopter lands on pad, 2S CU men watch it land cuts back to helicopter touching down, MS helicopter cabin, WS pull out as men get out of helicopter walking L of frame 00:02:03 WS orange boat bobbing up and down 00:02:13 WS casing lifted down by crane to drill rig floor, WS casing being fixed into place 00:02:30 CU sea lapping against base of rig, WS boat bobbing up and down in distance, rig L of frame 00:02:40 Title over aerial of Iceberg “Drilling in Iceberg Infested Waters†00:03:23 WS landscape pull out to reveal people in meeting room, GVs of meeting 00:04:09 Aerial WS oil rig 00:04:20 WS ship, 2S men in hardhats on deck, POV men on deck looking at icebergs, OTS shot man in hardhat looking out to sea 00:04:37 WS supply boat camera cuts to another boat looking back at previous supply boat from a distance 00:04:50 WS Men descend on lift, GVs - man drawing on paper, MS man on radio, 2S men talking, MS man looks at drawing 00:5:31 WS lifeboat, WS man in control room looking at computer, pan R to man standing by console 00:05:41 WS GVs orange hulled boat 00:06:00 WS HA Man in yellow hard-hat stands on deck 00:06:09 WS GVs Icebergs 00:06:33 WS oil rig in fog , WS orange hulled boat bobbing up and down 00:06:44 Zoom in between two men in orange suits into iceberg on the horizon 00:06:57 WS control room, CU radar screen, 2S men in orange suits, CU plotting sheet, WS control room, CU current meter data terminal receiver, OTS man types on computer, CU plotting machine at work 00:07:51 WS Helicopter flies off, Vars. 2S men talk about iceberg plot map, 2S men on deck looking at iceberg 08:31:00 WS from deck of rig. WS HA rig foreground sea BG, CU rope spooling out into sea, WS sea and iceberg, WS on deck of rig, men pulling rope with marker buoy on. WS HA rope pulling iceberg goes taut, rope slips off. 00:09:14 GVs WS bits of iceberg floating in sea 00:09:41 WS Skandi Alpha firing with water cannons 00:10:10 WS Iceberg floating in sea, 2S men talking, WS icebergs 00:10:38 MS man put up World War Two range finder to his eyes, MS move from man to iceberg, WS men check satellite navigation system, MS man twists two knobs 00:11:16 CU water cannons shoot out water 00:11:27 WS looking down length of boat water-jet hitting iceberg 00:11:54 WS LA Boat shooting water at iceberg, GVs Icebergs being sprayed 00:12:51 WS remnant of iceberg floating on water, WS water cannon spraying iceberg 00:13:00 2S man points out iceberg, WS iceberg moving, GVs water cannon firing at iceberg 00:13:36 WS iceberg bobbing up and down, WS iceberg in distance, filmed from boat 00:13:44 WS boat with orange hull moving L to R 00:13:57 Aerial iceberg with tow-ropes around it, aerial circling round tanker, aerial iceberg alone in centre frame
  • Production Company: None
  • Licensing Restrictions: External Footage
  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: Other
  • Alternative Language Notes: None