| PETROL CRISIS OVER Troops move into London to bring end to petrol crisis initiated by tanker drivers strike | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5753 |
| Catalog #: | 107060 | |
| Clip Number: | 107060-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 53/83 | |
| Timecode: | 01:02:42 - 01:04:54 | |
| Location: | London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Crisis INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Gasoline / Petrol LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LABOR UNIONS: Teamsters LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London MILITARY: Army, British MILITARY: Navy, British | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 188988. PETROL CRISIS OVER. British military replaces striking oil tank drivers and delievers needed gas to London. London. SV gas pumps (for super). GV pan, deserted Piccadilly Circus. LV & SV idle Shell - BP (British Petroleum) tankers at depot. SCU striking tanker drivers outside depot. SV closed gates of depot. LV cars being refused petrol at garage. CU sign "Sorry No Petrol". CU newspaper placard "Petrol Crisis Grows". SV man walking towards and lighting cigarette. CU other men running up to him and they all light their cigarettes off of the lighter. (comic) SV man taking child's bike from trunk of car and riding off. LV & SCU strikers marching to Poplar Town Hall. CU Poplar Town Hall. SCU striker entering - skid pan, to Wandsworth Town Hall, strikers enter. SV strikers entering. SV Sir Arthur Deakin talking to members of T.G.W.U. (& CU). LV police cars arriving at Wandsworth depot. CU police receiving orders. Top view, SCU British Army troops arrive by truck. SV strikers watching. GV troops alighting from trucks. SV troops walking to tankers. SCU troops get into tankers. SV & CU naval ratings operating pumps and filling tankers. SV crowds outside Fulham depot. SV troops driven tankers moving through strikers. SV strikers. LV Mobil Oil tanker filling up petrol station's tanks. LV line of cars outside garage. SV petrol being put in car tank (gas being pumped). CU one gallon on dial. CU pipe out of car's tank. Man spills a drop. SV sidewalk crossing, pan to Rudkin crossing empty street reading newspaper. SV John Rudkin, Pathe cameraman, trips up curb on other side of road. | |
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