Records the building of the Shell Oil Refinery at Geelong, Victoria. Shows initial stages in the cleaning, dredging and excavating of the land; the arrival of a Dutch contracting firm for the building of the one million pound distillation plant; laying of the pipeline which will carry petroleum to Melbourne. Narrated by Mungo MacCallum.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007846
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Oil industry - History
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Petroleum as fuel
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Petroleum refineries - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Geelong (Vic.)
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Petroleum as fuel
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)