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Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1949Item number (ISN):206975Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED / COMPAGNIE PÉTROLIÈRE IMPÉRIALE LTÉEAccession:1973-0189Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1949Production company:English version
Shelly Films LimitedProduction credit:director, Wallace Hamilton; producer, Leon C. Shelly; editing, Reg BrowneSponsor:Imperial Oil Ltd.Description:Documentary film on the supply and transportation of oil.~By giant pipeline, by tanker and tank car, oil comes from north and south America to meet Canada's varied needs. Shown is the laying of underground pipeline, pushed through many obstacles, and bent by huge machines to fit ground contours. Long trains of oil-cars, bringing crude oil across the Canadian border are shown.~Visiting the South American oil sources, glimpses of jungle life and Spanish atmosphere form a background to modern industry. From the oil-fields of Venezuela, ocean-going tankers bring their cargoes of crude oil northward to Canadian ports. A tanker is shown weathering a rolling Atlantic storm.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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GENCAT identity number:MSS 18320Copyright status:Under copyright.Copyright owner:Copyright owner is probably Imperial Oil Limited, but copyright may rest with Shelley Films Limited.Reproduction access:with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Imperial Oil LimitedYou can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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