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- BFI identifier28266
- Date1954 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisAnimation about the various methods of prospecting for oil in the 19th century and the present day, and the process of drilling a well. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- CreditsDirector: Bob Privett
Production Company: Halas & Batchelor
Sponsor: British Petroleum Company
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Title
Down a Long Way (Original)
Category
Non Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
16mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
16mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsDocument: production - Animated film showing how geologists and oil engineers search for oil, decide where to drill and how to extract it. Directed by Bob Privett; produced by John Halas for BP Films; script by Bob Privett, Allan Crick and Joy Batchelor; animation by Vic Bevis, Reg Lodge and Brian Borthwick; music by Matyas Seiber. Commentary by Anthony Lawrence. The film won First prize for animated film at the Venice Fillm Festival 1954. Papers include, list of credits, award certificate, publicity stills - HAB-1-32
Document: publicity - Two black and white publicity stills showing drilling for oil and a geologist at work examing samples with a microscope, no date c.1954 - HAB-1-32-1
Document: exhibition - Award certificate, August - September 1955 - HAB-1-32-2
Document: publicity - File containing: - list of credits, no date, not contemporary with the film possibly 1980s?; - information sheet giving brief synopsis of the film, no date, not contemporary with the film, possibly 1980s? - HAB-1-32-3
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2655343
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2655344
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2655345
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2655346
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2655347
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Work - 28266 - 1954 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
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