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Film title: Wartime Shipment of Packed Petroleum. Produced by: Shell Film Unit....
Catalogue reference: INF 34/194
What’s it about?
This record is about the Film title: Wartime Shipment of Packed Petroleum. Produced by: Shell Film Unit.... dating from 1943.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- INF 34/194
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943
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Description (What the record is about)
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Film title: Wartime Shipment of Packed Petroleum.
Produced by: Shell Film Unit.
Directed by: J B Napier-Bell.
Sponsored by: Ministry of War Transport; Ministry of Information.
Further information is available in the BFI online catalogue
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Film Institute, National Film and Television Archive
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- BFI catalogue reference: 15598
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Film preservation rules apply that may restrict access. For further information about accessing BFI National Archive collections, please visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open on Transfer
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Transport management
- Oil and gas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16287276/
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