STK-ID 18461

Sequence showing activity around oil derrick during drilling operations, including travelling block, rotary table, changing of drill stem sections. Shots of activity from top of derrick, of block, of swivel. LAS of kelly. Shot of roughneck hammering at drilling mud valve with sledge, other worker standing at controls of draw works. Shot of block rising taken from crown block platform at top of derrick. Various shots of oil men checking Christmas tree, gauges, graph recorders, volume of oil in tanks. CUs of gauges.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Oil Boom
Location
Alberta
Year
1956
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, HDCAM SR, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm neg b&w, HDCAM 23.98fps, 16mm eastman color neg
Aspect ratio
4/3, ANAMORPHIC_4/3
Available resolutions
1920 x 1080