Oil Drilling Rig Launched (1967)

Whyalla, Australia. Title reads ’Ocean Digger Launched’. Various night time shots of giant oil rig being launched in Whyalla, Australia. It will drill for oil off the Australian coast after fitting out. (Comb. F.G.) Date found in the old record - 24/07/1967. 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 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.