Giant Oil Rig Leaves Holland AKA Giant Oil Rig (1966)

Unissued / unused material - some dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Rotterdam, Holland / Netherlands. LS The giant oil rig being floated out of the Harbour at Rotterdam, to start its journey to Nigeria. It will be used for deep sea drilling, A large tug tows the rig. People watch from the shore. Also aerial shots over the oil platform and tug. Note: Date on original record: 25/09/1966. 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