French Troops Protect Oil Workers In The Sahara (1957)

Sahara Desert. Documentation on file. MS. Towards and past camel-mounted troops. MS. CU. Towards and past, French troops in Eastern robes riding in jeeps, etc. going towards oil field. Various shots as pipeline is pushed off moving lorry and is quickly removed by workmen. Various shots of huge tractor-like machine making large tracks in ground for pipe-line to be laid. Various shots, pipeline being laid and sections being welded together. (F.G.) 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 o