Booms To Check Oil Fires (1941)

Title reads: Booms to check oil fires. Australia. M, S of Maritime Service Officer throwing burning torch onto sectioned off area of sea. The confined area of water is covered by an oil slick. Various shots of oil patch burning. The floating booms surrounding the confined area stop the blaze spreading. Various shots of firemen fighting fire from launch using new foam extinguishers, pan up cloud of black smoke. C, U of foam floating on top of extinguished oil slick. FILM 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 (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gaumont British (19341959), as well as Visnews content