Flash Up

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1971
  • Asset ID: 802022
  • Synopsis: A film about the uses of fuel oil in industry & the economy of changing to oil from other fossil fuels.
  • Shotlist: 10:00:03 Burst of fire. Title 'FLASH UP' 10:00:11 Sunrise over desert 10:00:27 what heat is used for. burning coal inside a furnace. Fire over bricks. Factory of turbines and generators and turbines. Man putting a lobster in boiling water. 10:00:46 oil tanker (Mitra) in the sea. Men working on the oil tanker. GV's of oil tanker 10:01:23 Busy road on a grass verge. Train carrying oil speeding past camera. Ariel view of an oil tanker on the road. wide aerial shot of road with city in the background. 10:01:53 Busy pedestrian street. People resting outside on stone steps. People leaning on the side of a bridge. 10:02:08 View inside a boat of the captain. The boat is carrying oil down the Thames. Boat travels under London Bridge. 10:02:33 BP shield logo on boat. 10:02:37 Men at work repairing London Bridge. Camera zooms out to reveal the whole bridge and construction site. 10:02:46 London street with construction work near London Bridge. 10:02:53 Close ups of the structural materials used in the bridge. GV's of men working on the bridge. CU of concrete. 10:03:23 Countryside scene with cows. Camera zooms past the cows to focus on an oil refinery in the distance. 10:03:30 CU of very large rotating pipes. 10:03:43 Burning rocks in a furnace heated by an oil burner. Once cooled it will make cement powder. 10:03:59 outside of the refinery. Lorry carrying cement drives away. 10:04:08 cement lorry on a building site. Ariel shot of cement being poured and workers laying foundations. 10:04:21 Scaffolding on London Bridge 10:04:28 Barge carrying oil down the Thames passes under a bridge. St Paul's cathedral in the background. 10:04:43 BP shield logo and Shell logo on the barge. Views down river and of power station. 10:04:52 Busy London street. Zoom in on underground sign. 10:04:59 View from front of underground train as it arrives at a platform. 10:05:03 Inside a tube carriage 10:05:11 Lots Road power station 10:05:23 Man operating a large control centre. CU of power reading. 10:05:35 CU of telephone. Man answers. Wide shot of man on telephone in the office. 10:05:44 Row of turbines and generators in a large hall 10:05:51 CU of power gauges. Extreme CU of gauge. 10:06:09 Underground train leaving the platform. 10:06:15 wide shot of entrance to underground station. 10:06:17 CU of clock on a wall 10:06:19 People descending stairs into an underground station. Many people pushing into an underground station. 10:06:23 CU of clock on wall. Camera moves right to show a power gauge. Extreme CU of gauge. Pressure gauge. 10:06:35 oil burning flame. 10:06:39 Close up of clock hanging from ceiling. Camera moves right to show power gauge. 10:06:47 Oil burning flame. 10:06:56 Train conductor on platform stood next to a train holding a light as a signal. Train leaves platform. 10:07:04 Man relaxes back on his chair. wider shot of man in control room. CU of power gauge now at 0. 10:07:14 Oil burning flame. 10:07:16 Looking across a park zooms across the park to a factory in the distance. 10:07:27 Workers inside the factory making cardboard. CU's of machinery working.GV's from around the factory. 10:07:57 recycled paper being reduced to pulp in steam heated vats. CU inside vat. Man putting paper into vat. 10:08:37 CU's of machinery moving. 10:09:16 outside of the cardboard factory. 10:09:22 Ariel view of the top of the factory. 10:09:28 low angle shot of top chimneys. Zooms out to show pipe work. Follows pipes into factory. 10:09:34 Gauges on a control station. Pan left to view generator. 10:09:37 man working on machinery 10:09:45 Large crane carrying coal. Heaps of coal in the background. View from crane drivers window as crane moves round. 10:09:54 Ariel shot of moving coal. Zooms out to show fuel storing tanks. 10:10:10 Blast of flames. CU of water fountain. Camera zooms out and focuses on entrance to a hotel behind the water fountain. 10:10:20 CU of a woman's feet on a bed. Camera moves up her body to show her lying under a towel. Moves down her arm and focuses on the cigarette in her hand. A maid places an ashtray under the cigarette. 10:10:55 CU of the maids hands running a bath. Extreme CU of tap. Woman relaxing in bath. 10:11:08 CU of spoon lifting a lobster out of a boiling pot. 10:11:09 GV's of a dining room. GV's of kitchen. CU of gentleman eating. CU of desert table. 10:11:52 Baker and bakers oven with bread rolls. 10:12:07 Oil burners under the hotel. Camera follows a man checking each one. 10:12:21 Road tankers carrying oil dive past. BP and Shell logos on the side 10:12:54 Fuel being transported by train. GV's of rail. 10:14:24 Men working on blast furnaces. Views inside blast furnace. 10:15:19 Ash removal 10:15:31 Man working on boiler 10:15:55 Digger shovelling shale 10:16:22 Views inside brick factory. CU's of machinery and brick making process. Inside oil burning kiln. 10:18:10 Painting oil tanks 10:18:30 Men inspecting chimneys 10:19:11 Views inside a commercial laundry service. CU's on machinery. Pipes showing how the heat is transferred from the burners. 10:20:54 Men relining the walls of a furnace with fire bricks. Welding and fitting pipes. 10:21:37 Camera behind the siren of an ambulance car which is driving do the road. View of ambulance driving up to the hospital. View from inside the ambulance. Workers carrying a patient into the hospital. GV's of wheeling patient down a corridor. Medical equipment from view of patient lying down. Mask is put onto the camera. 10:22:12 Woman swimming under water. Sunbathing. GV's of people in and around a pool. 10:22:23 Boiler 10:22:27 GV's from inside a hospital. 10:22:40 Men preparing foundations for a boiler at the paper factory. Working on the pipes. 10:23:16 GV's from around a ski resort. 10:24:00 cars driving along roads surrounded by snow. Views of people shopping for skis. GV's from around the resort. Views of people curling 10:25:54 Boilers powering the ski resort. 10:25:59 Finish boiler at the paper factory. Men viewing the boiler working. 10:26:38 View of paper factory from across a park. 10:26:50 GV's of inside of the paper factory 10:27:22 End of programme. Thanks to Reed Paper & Board (UK) LTD. Colthrop Mills, The Aviemore Centre, British Launderers Research Association, British Steel Corporation Llanwern Group, The Dorchester Hotel, Hillington Group Hospital Management Committee, London Transport Executive, Star Brick & Tile Co. LTD, Tunnel Cement Limited. 10:27:51 Credits 10:28:04 End of tape
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  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: Digibeta_Small
  • Alternative Language Notes: None