Pioneers

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Release Date: 1st January 1970
Asset ID: 803625
Synopsis: Voiceover telling the story of the construction of the longest pipeline in India
Shotlist: The transporting of the pipes; men looking at the route of the pipeline on a map; construction of the pipeline; campsite for the men working on the pipeline; men having breakfast; 00:10:30 aerial view flying over pipeline; helicopter landing in tribal village to sort out problem of water supply which pipeline has caused; more construction work; 00:15:42 children shouting into pipe; welding; Voice over by Italian man who works on the pipeline – b&w footage of church bells ringing and family going to church, wife shopping in Milan; men welding pipes; 2 men in van taking a radiograph of a well; 00:20:51 men in Radiographic Unit; Voice over Indian man writing home; b&w shots of his family and playing cricket; b&w footage London – parliament, BBC Broadcasting House; 00:24:43 construction work on pipeline; storage tanks and pumping stations; derricks. 00:28:52 END
Production Company: None
Licensing Restrictions: None
Viewing Restrictions: Public
Format: BetaSP_Small
Alternative Language Notes: None