Sea Quest Oil Rig (1970-1979)

Unissued / unused material. Colour item. News report about Sea Quest oil rig in North Sea. Reporter flies onto rig in helicopter. Various shots of roughnecks at work on the rig. Reporter talks to camera and interviews the rig skipper and Richard Campbell, a BP (British Petroleum) geologist on board the rig. FILM ID: 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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