Oil Menace Hits French Beaches (1967)
No title Oil menace hits French beaches. Oil from Torrey Canyon tanker pollutes Brittany. France. Pan across beaches at Brittany. M, S of beach showing thick sludge among the rocks. Pan to crowd of workers on beach shovelling oily sludge into large buckets. C, U of workers shovelling up oil. C, U worker s feet paddling through thick oil. Various shots workers carrying bowls of sludge, they tip them into a lorry. M, S pan workers shovelling up thick oil into large bowl. C, U shovel tipping oil into bowl. C, U workers tipping oil into large tank on the beach. C, U girl s hands covered with thick black oil as she pushes it onto a shovel. C, U worker standing ankle deep in thick oil, shovelling it into bowl. Various shots men using buckets and other receptacles to scoop up oil. M, S of mechanical tipper about to tip it into lorry. C, U of shovel going into thick black oily mess then throwing it onto lorry. M, S pan as lorry drives away. M, S pan over beach showing seagull flying. C, U of people cleaning birds c
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