Tanker Story (1953)
Tanker Story (1953)
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- Release Date: 1st January 1953
- Asset ID: 802429
- Synopsis: This programme explains the importance and increasing number of oil tankers that provide the service of transporting oil from the world's refineries. There is a side story of the tanker 'British Bulldog' and how the crew live and work while at sea and how they deal with having to change course from Dunkirk to the Isle of Grain at a moment's notice, having been notified by Britannic House in London via radio.
- Shotlist: 00:00:40:00 - Start 00:01:15:00 - MS from dock to sea, with sailor in foreground and a boat in the background 00:01:20:00 - MS looking up of the Captain entering his deck 00:01:25:00 - CU of Captain looking through telescope 00:01:35:00 - LS of tanker at sea 00:01:55:00 - LS of lighthouse 00:01:58:00 - CU of candle being lit to keep chicks warm and various GVs of heavy machinery inc. a snow plough and a CU of the lighthouse's light 00:02:28:00 - LS of drilling derrick in a desert and an aerial of pipeline over land and shallow water 00:02:55:00 - Shot of workers on the coast turning wheel of pipeline as it enters the sea with tanker in background 00:03:00:00 - GVs of Captain on deck overlooking the docks, CU of steaming funnel and the Captain raising the flag 00:03:23:00 - MS of Britannic House, London 00:03:27:00 - CU of man writing a cheque at a desk from the 'over his shoulder' view 00:03:30:00 - Various GVs of tankers at sea and docked and back to the man at the desk 00:04:28:00 - MS & CU of Captain, sailor and driver of ship in the tankers cock-pit 00:04:37:00 - CU of telegraph/radio worker 00:04:45:00 - MS & CUs of Captain and another senior officer assessing maps/charts and back to driver 00:05:20:00 - MS Shot of deck from Captain's deck, sailors relaxing, engine room with workers, helmsman crossing bridge and entering cock-pit to take charge of driving in a new direction, Captain checking course with binoculars 00:06:45:00 - Mess room and CU of sailor taking shoes off and smoking 00:07:15:00 - LS of berth, radio room and operator 00:07:30:00 - MS of tug boats approaching tanker 00:08:08:00 - Engine room workers checking gauges 00:08:30:00 - MS of tanker being brought into dock 00:08:55:00 - Various GVs of a refinery 00:09:05:00 - 'British Sailor' tanker being launched into the sea, CU of rivet workers in the docks working on a tanker, and shots of tanker passing camera at sea 00:10:25:00 - End
- Production Company: Greenpark Productions
- Licensing Restrictions: None
- Viewing Restrictions: Public
- Format: BetaSP_Small
- Alternative Language Notes: None