| PEOPLE IN CAMERA - BACKYARD OIL WELL Oil well found in a back garden. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5652 |
| Catalog #: | 493386 | |
| Clip Number: | 493386-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 48/10 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Newport, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1948 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Oil | |
| Description: | PEOPLE IN CAMERA - BACKYARD OIL WELL Oil well found in a back garden. Look at the early days of the postwar US "black gold" rush; good shots of huge pool of bubbling crude. Newport, California, United States of America (USA) Front view of a row of American style cottages - looking rather like prefabricated houses. CU a man, Bill Tallman, making a dam out of soil to stop the oil from running. CU a patch of oil. Long shot of backyard covered in oil. MS man filling in and pan to the oil. CU Oil bubbles. CU Bubbles on the surface of the oil. CU the man fills tins with the thick treacle like fluid. MS man loading oil into barrels. CU pouring oil into barrel. CU Ladle going into oil. Close up shot of man pouring oil into barrels. | |
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