| Ocean of Flame: Jets Bomb Tanker to Save Beaches | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1759 |
| Catalog #: | 425785 | |
| Clip Number: | 425785-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-027-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:17:11 - 00:18:28 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/BIRDS: Albatross DEMOLITION: Misc DISASTERS: Environmental Accident ENVIRONMENT: Oil Spills LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | "While the wreckage of the Tanker Torrey Canyon, still spilling its cargo of 120,000 tons of oil, off the coast of England, the government authorized the Royal Navy and Air Force to destroy it with rockets and napalm bombs to keep the oil afire. A necessary step to protect its beaches and wild life from oil pollution." On March 18, 1967, the Torrey Canyon struck Pollard's Rock in the Seven Stones reef between the Sicily Isles and Land's End, England. She was the first of the big supertankers, carrying a cargo of 120,000 tons of Kuwaiti oil. The oil leaked from the ship (31,000,000 gallons) and spread along the sea between England and France. Aerial of disabled tanker Torrey Canyon in ocean. Panning MS thick, sludgy, oily waves crashing ashore, people standing & watching. CU - Sea bird covered in oil on rocky shore. MCU - Oil-covered sea bird being washed by rescue workers (cleanup crew). Aerial shots of oil tanker Torrey Canyon split in half, spilling even crude oil. MS Oily water washing onto sludgy beach. Panning TLS - Uniformed police using hoses to wash the beach. LS - Explosion in the far distance, Royal Air Force jets bombing the tanker. Panning LS - British (Tornado?) jet fighter in flight. Aerials of thick black smoke rising from burning, bombed Torrey Canyon. | |
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