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1938 ENERGY: Scotland strikes oil
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1:51Now PlayingDate: 11th August 1938
Location: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND DALKEITH, SCOTLAND; PURFLEET, ENGLAND PURFLEET, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Scots Have Struck Oil
SCOTLAND: Dalkeith:
Gen. view & long view oil well. Long view & CU oil into tank. CU sign oil Dalkeith. Gen. & semi views Duke of Gloucester at Empire Ex. Semi view model oil well. CU drill working etc. CU drill turning.
Glasgow:
Gen. & semi view of Duke of Gloucester inspecting oil well model at Empire Exhibition. Gen. view model of oil well. CU workings. CU drill turning.
ENGLAND: Purfleet: Slip pan gen. view tanks at Purfleet. CU man fixes pipe. Semi view oil into pipes. Gen. v oil refinery. Long view pan refining. Long view pipes. Slip-pan Gen. view Laboratory. Semi view & CU testing for sulphur compounds. CU testing specific gravity of oil.. CU crude oil boiling. Gen. view refining apparatus. Semi view pure petrol off apparatus. CU pouring petrol into flask.
Dalkeith, Scotland: Slip pan to gen. view oil fields. CU pan oil from tank. Semi view & CU oil into tank.
England: Scottish Oil Story. Purfleet, England Slip pan gen. views tanks at Purfleet. CU man fixes pipe. Semi view oil into pipes. Gen.view oil refinery. Long view pan refining. Long view pipes. Slip pan gen. view Laboratory. Semi view & CU testing for sulphur compounds. CU testing specific gravity of apparatus. Semi view pure petrol off apparatus. CU pouring petrol into flask.
Scotland; Industries, Trades and Crafts; Great Britain
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