KUWAIT: First barrel of oil ready for shipping (1947)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Kuwaiti oil being pumped and Celebrations to mark first barrel being shipped. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Oil from Kuwait benefits the World. KUWAIT: Workers in oilfields. Map of Kuwait and surrounding countries. Streets in desert city. Men along on camels. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Emir of Kuwait from 1921 to 1950) along with others dressed in desert robes. Ceremony to mark first shipment of Kuwaiti oil, including Ahmad turning wheel of oil pipe and dancing and music. AIR VIEWS AERIALS Oil being pumped. Pipeline across beach and into sea Background: Kuwaiti oil being pumped and Celebrations to mark first barrel being shipped. FILM ID: VLVA63JYCRGHJM1OYF7A9U5PENTD5 To license this film, visit Archive: Reute