Bird Rescue from Oil Spill
Bird Rescue from Oil Spill
Clip: 425796_1_1
Year Shot: 1967
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1759
Original Film: 040-028-04
HD: N/A
Location: Cornwall, England
Timecode: 00:26:35 - 00:27:19
A fight for life, the lives of thousands of birds, continues at Cornwall, England. The birds were contaminated by floating crude oil from a grounded tanker. A Holland bird authority uses a chemical detergent to clean them, saving them from death. Meanwhile, the Cornwall beaches remain black with tar-thick brown oil. Panning TLS Coastal town of Cornwall, England to the RSPCA bird sanctuary. People carrying cardboard boxes filled with live birds that need to be cleaned and rescued following the Torrey Canyon oil spill disaster. Several swans in pen. CU Ornithologist cleaning oily wings of bird. Woman placing clean bird into cardboard carrier. TLS Rocky beach, zoom in to oily rocks.