Diggers Strike Oil (1953)

Exmouth, Western Australia. GV aerial view, Western Australian desert. GV Derrick oil workings. Angle shot, Derrick. AS crane. SV bit dowered in bore with spitting ceremony. CU newspaper placards: Oil Find. SV hand in controlled flow of oil, pan up to man’s face. CU oily hand. LV towards, managing director wearing Stetson walking along street. CU managing director raising hat. SV crew at work. CU oily man. SV crew at work. SV new section of pipe being fitted to bit. SV pan, storage tanks. LV man digging. LV crew looking on as drill rotates. SCU drill rotating. CU oil soaked ground. CU man smiling. CU another person smiling. GV Derrick. (Orig. Neg.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 it