Away With Beach Oil Aka New Treatment Successful (1962)

Title reads: “Away with beach oil“. Brighton, Sussex. Getting rid of oil on beach - new treatment successful. Various shots crowded beach: people sunbathing, in deck chairs etc. C/U tracking shot two bottoms (one male, one female) covered in tar from the beach. Various shots of man spraying emulsifier liquid on a bit of beach deliberately covered in oil. M/S men watching from the back of a lorry. Various shots patch of oil being removed from beach using hose. L/S crowd of holidaymakers watching the demonstration. The tide washes oil from the treated section of beach. Various shots special machine with spiked rollers picking up large lumps of tar from the beach. Crowds and press reporters watch. C/U boy and girl getting up from beach - their swimming costumes are covered in tar. Note: newspaper cutting on file. 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.