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Title: FIFTH FOR FORTIES, a

Reference number: 5921

Date: 1986c

Director: d. Charles Leigh-Bennett

Producer: John Wiles

Production company: Government and Public Affairs Department

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 21.59 mins

Description: The planning, construction and operation of the Fifth oil rig in the Fourties field, north east of Aberdeen. Notable for it being remotely operated and based on new designs.

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Credits: ph. Mike Herd, Alan Hewison, Ian MacDonald
ed. Simon Sanders
graphics. Brian Stevens Animation
British Films Consultancy Limited
p. John Wiles

Shotlist: Men loading and leaving with helicopter; general shots of oil rig interior; aerial shots of oil rig; map showing location of oil rig '110 miles north east of Aberdeen'; history and achievements of the 'Forties' explained (1.26); basic graphics explain the layout and design of the Fourties oil field (2.04) title credit (2.41) referring to a fifth oil rig in the Forties field; explanation of the fifth oil rig construction; aerial shot of 'flaring' rig (4.27); men talking over scale model of rig (5.39); construction of rig and the differences in its design to previous rigs (6.07); moves from MIddlesborough to Stevenage, the remote control centre of the new rig (7.10); rig ready to be launched from land (8.32); barge carries rig to location (9.25); long shot of rig on barge with flowers in foreground; monitoring of launch from barge (10.45); night shots of securing rig to sea bed (13.09); shot of September, 1986, Teeside (port) (14.26); building the 'work-over' rig modules (15.00); transporting the modules to the Fourties (15.40); operation returns to shore due to bad weather (16.45); shots of the 'Aplha' rig control room where the Fifth 'Echo' rig will be controlled from (19.45); aerial shot of 'Alpha'; internal shots of working Fifth oil rig; explanation of new innovations characteristic of the Fifth rig; aerial shot of rig to end.