Cinemagazine items: 1. Desert tractors: contrasting these vehicles with the camel caravan in conveying refinery equipment across the desert. 2. Bottled gas: showing the value of this fuel in outlying small areas and explaining methods of delivery of supples. 3. Bunkering the “Chusan”: pumping fuel oil into the 24,000-ton ocean liner.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007803
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Petroleum as fuel
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Tractors
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Deserts
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Cruise ships
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Petroleum as fuel
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Liquefied gases
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)