Oil from Khuzistan (1948)

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1948
  • Asset ID: 800769
  • Synopsis: A short survey of the Company's operations in Iran.
  • Shotlist: 02:01:58 Aerials of Khuzistan mountains, and aerials and GVs of oil refinery at Abadan 02:02:50 Map of Iran 02:03:20 Mountains in Iran, GVs of temple walls, man collecting pitch from pool and using it to waterproof a coracle 02:04:18 Survey team looking for oil, GVs 02:04:47 Using dynamite to look for oil 02:05:25 Explosion 02:05:48 Making drilling site accessible - using pick axes to dig earth, building road and houses for the workers 02:06:35 Building concrete foundations for the derrick 02:06:50 Water tank and pipes 02:07:05 Derrick taking shape, men climbing and building 02:07:27 Fitting the drilling bit 02:07:46 Drilling starts GVs 02:08:03 Cartoon showing drilling process 02:08:15 Various drilling GVs 02:08:35 Fossils, and a geologist looking at them 02:09:27 Lining up borehole with steel casing, men at work 02:10:23 First flush of oil, CUs 02:10:42 Lorries with loads of pipeline 02:11:00 Laying pipeline GVs, welding, bending pipe etc 02:12:00 Pumping stations 02:12:30 Aerials of Abadan refinery 02:13:30 Young Iranian men in the classroom, and apprentice shops 02:14:27 Workers going to work 02:14:45 GVs of nice homes, families and gardens in Abadan 02:15:18 Clinics and hospitals 02:15:30 Busy swimming pool 02:15:48 People carrying piles of bricks on their backs 02:16:12 Aerials of port/shoreline with ships 02:16:55 GVs of tanker ships 02:17:20 End
  • Production Company: None
  • Licensing Restrictions: None
  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: BetaSP_Small
  • Alternative Language Notes: None