Students See Sahara Oil (1959)

Title reads: “Students see Sahara Oil“. Sahara Desert, North Africa. Aerial shot oil fields in desert at Hassi Messaoud (Algeria?). L/S 200 French students walking past oil storage tanks. C/U student making notes. L/S oil storage tanks and pipes. L/S pipes. C/U men (of North African origin) turning wheel to control flow of oil. Angle shot oil derrick working. C/U drill revolving. C/U oil technician lecturing students. Angle shot looking up at oil derrick. C/U students with cameras, pan to flaming oil gushing from top of a high pipe. 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 (19