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Digger rig

Australia, 1970
film

A day in the life of a “roughneck” on a floating oil rig, the Ocean Digger, in Bass Strait.

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Birth of a monster

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Quest for oil

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Wildcats and white horses

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Birth of an oilfield

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Diggers

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On stream

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Oceanography at work

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Atlantic trawler

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Down a long way: the story of an oilwell

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Offshore

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Wildcats and Pipedreams

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Conquest of the sea

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Down to the sea

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