King Feisal Opens Giant New Pipe Line - Arabic Version (1952)

Kirkuk, Iraq. Voiceover in Arabic / Iraqi GV. Refinery at Kirkuk. A/S Refinery. SV. Pipe line being laid from Kirkuk to Banias. SV people in Arab dress look on. Pipes being lowered into position. Mechanical welder joining pipes. Pipe lowered by crane. LV. Comet jet aeroplane arriving at Kirkuk airstrip. Officials waiting. SV. Mr. H. S. Gibson (Managing Director of the Iraq Petroleum Company) alighting from Comet plane. SV. More passengers deplaning. SCU.Pan more passengers alighting. LV. Even more passengers alighting. SV. Gibson standing by plane (nearest). LV.SV. Baggage being unloaded from Comet. Information packs handed out. Yet more people get off the plane. Former Prime Minister Nuri Pasha el-Said is amongst the guests. SV King Feisal with Regent Prince Abdul Illah alighting from plane. The King inspects a guard of honour. Crowds look on before ceremony. King Feisal arrives for ceremony. SCU King Feisal and Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham (Chairman of the Iraq Petroleum Company). King Feisal meets people. The King and the Regent turn a wheel to open the pipeline. Lots of men in Arab dress look on. SCU Regent helps King to turn wheel. CU pressure gauge. CU Prince and King smile as they turn the wheel. People applaud. CU. "No Smoking" in two languages. Interior shots of pumping office. Exterior of Inauguration hall. Flags hang down. Sir John Cunningham. King Feisal arrives for luncheon. SV. Pan up from only uncovered section of pipe to filled in bit. GV. Mound of sand covering pipe. LV. Number One well. (2 shots). CU. Number One well, board with information about well. GV. Refinery at Kirkuk. FILM ID:44.44 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ 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. https://www.britishpathe.com/