King Feisal Opens Giant Pipeline - Newsreel Version (1952)

Kirkuk, Iraq. King Feisal is opening an oil pipeline to carry away Iraq’s oil. GV Number 1 oil well at Kirkuk SV Open section of pipeline carrying out to Banias on the Mediterranean. LV Construction of pipeline. CU Section of pipe being swung in. CU Iraqi people look on. GV flag bedecked pumping station. SCU Scotsman in crowd. LV King Feisal and Regent - Prince Abdul Illah arriving. SCU decorated pole. LV King Feisal arrives on the dais. SCU King Feisal and Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham (Chairman of the Iraq Petroleum Company) walk up to dais. SV crowd watching. LV King turning wheel to open pipeline. CU Arab people look on. SCU Regent helps King to turn wheel. CU Pressure gauge. CU Prince Regent turning wheel smiling. GV interior of pump house. LV Kirkuk refinery. FILM ID:44.3 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 ENQUI