Pipeline - January 1981

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1981
  • Asset ID: 802574
  • Synopsis: Studio - Third Quarter Results (1981), New Britannic House, New Zealand. Group Reorganisation Faraday Lecture, Bristol Composite materials "Sunday Times" award. Renaming of tanker company. Gas: Order for West Sole Pipeline. Rotterdam LPG Terminal. North West Shelf Project Launch of Robin Knox-Johnson's catamaran. Press conference: Al Whitehouse & Sir David Steel on BP/Sohio link. Appointment of Peter Cazalet & Roger Bexon as Group Managing Directors Interview with Roger Bexon. BP Aquaseal's product ENSORB
  • Shotlist: 10:00:00 START BP shield logo. Caption 'Television January 1981'. Animation of a pipe panning over a still images of BP sites and BP workers. Caption 'Pipeline a quarterly review'. 10:00:42 Brian Redhead introduces programme. 10:00:55 Map of GB, Rotterdam and Australia. 10:01:07 b&w still of Roger Bexon, recently appointed Group MD. MS back to Redhead. 10:01:16 Graphics with 1980 Third quarter results. MS Redhead. Cuts to MLS of Redhead with screen in BG. 10:01:52 Camera pans in to screen with footage of Britannic House in Wellington, NZ. Back to MS of Redhead. 10:03:07 MS BP Chairman. MS Redhead. 10:03:37 BP shield logos. MS Redhead, camera pans out to WS with TV on L. 10:04:10 Report by another presenter in LS with subject titles in BG. 10:04:20 WS studio, Redhead walks R to L into shot and sits down. CU of dish of oil and dish of coal on table. CUs of fuel oil in tubes. Redhead picks up tubes. 10:05:51 WS Redhead walks L to R into shot and sits down. CU of poster of 'The Electronic Oilman'. MCU still of scientist Michael Faraday. Still of lecture. WS of lecture hall. MLS of David Green, BP Manager of Engineering Services giving lecture. 10:06:52 CUs of projectors and projection room . MLS programme director. MLS David Green giving lecture. LS Green lecture. 10:07:36 Graphic of Michael Faraday and BP shield logo. 10:07:45 WS of Redhead sitting in studio. CU of award. B&w still of Alec Ewans(sp?) being presented the award by Cecil Parkinson. Back to WS Redhead in studio. Picks up part of irrigation pipe. CU of pipe. WS picks up aircraft flooring. Camera pans up BCU of trophy. 10:08:54 BP shield logo on tanker in the sea. MS Photo George King (the same George King as featured in the BP Centenary film (2009) and the BP Shipping Centenary film (2014) , BP MD with quote. WS of carrier at sea. WS LNG carrier. WS platform in BG, tug in FG. HA LS of emergency support vessel Iolair, camera pans in. Graphic of map of Scotland. WS of drilling rig at sea. 10:10:02 CU of Christmas crackers with BP shield logo, camera pans out to WS of Redhead who pulls one. Graphic of GB map around Hull. HA shot of terminal near Hull. CU of pipes with orange sky. Graphic of map around Rotterdam. HA shot of carriers at terminal. HA shot of terminal. 10:11:08 MS of Redhead in studio. Shots of three men working on gas field in Australia. HA view of vessel at sea. Graphic of map around Perth. Graphic of production platform panning from top to bottom. Travelling shot coastline. 10:12:08 Men sitting at conference. Sir Charles Court, Premier of Australia, gives speech. MS Redhead in studio. 10:12:46 WS boat of Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to sail around the world single-handed. CU of boat 'Sea Falcon'. Crowds watching launch. BP shield logo on banner. WS of people on the catamaran. Panning shots of Sea Falcon sailing to R 10:12:46 MS Redhead in studio. WS room with BP's Chairman, Sir David Steele and two other men sitting down for press conference. Journalists sitting at press conference. WS AW Whitehouse speaking on sofa with Sir David Steel, camera pans in to MCU Sir David when he speaks. 10:15:03 MS Redhead in studio with Sohio logo on screen in BG. Still of Peter Cazalet on screen. 10:15:23 WS Roger Bexon being interviewed by Redhead, camera pans in to MS Bexon. 10:19:18 MS Redhead in studio. Picks up egg and drops it. CU of egg cracking on floor. CU of flooring and dropping egg on it. 10:20:13 Closing graphics. BP shield logo 'Television'. 10:20:30 END.
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  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: BetaSP_Small
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