Midland Montage: 27.08.1958: Regent Oil

Summary

Regent Oil using waterways to transport oil.

Year:

1958

Duration:

0:05:59

Film type:

Black & White / Mute

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see oil being transferred from a large ship (Regent Royal) to a smaller boat (Regent Swallow) in a dock (probably Bristol) and then the Swallow transporting the oil up the River Severn (the destination looks like Gloucester but locations are not confirmed).


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

Regent Oil had a facility at Stourport on Severn but the locations are not clear in this film. Regent was the brand name in Britain for oil and petrol sold by the American Texaco company.