OIL SPILL, LOS ANGELES AND SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA Reel 6 · Part 1

Description

Covers results of oil spill because of offshore oil drilling malfunction, and various methods used to collect and remove the sludge which inundated the beaches. All shots are in the Santa Barbara area except for the aerial views of Los Angeles. Reel l l' AVs downtown Los Angeles, includes several oil company office buildings. 104' Oily surf, sludge on beach, oilstained breakwaters and boats in marina. 430' Scenes aboard boat as bales of straw are granulated and blown onto oily water, straw soaking up oily residue, and crewman in wheelhouse of boat. 942' Total footage in reel. Reel 2 l' Workers washing slime from oilsoaked water fowl. 350' Activity of workers during cleanup of marina and breakwaters. 540' Workers washing slime from oilsoaked waterfowl. 650' Oilsoaked debris on beach. 748' Boats in channel as straw is blown onto water. 917' Total footage in reel. Reel 3 1' AVs oily patches on water, stained beaches, and offshore drilling rigs. 517' Activities of workers during cleanup of beaches. 873' Total footage in reel. Reel 4 l' Offshore drilling platform, pan to sludge on beach. 96' Boats in channel as straw is blown onto water. 209' Men in skiffs scooping up oilsoaked straw in marina. 341' 0ilsoaked beaches and activities of workers during cleanup. 463' Total footage in reel. Reel 5 1' Man in motorboat spreading powdered chemical on oily water. 44' Bulldozer scooping sand on beach. 69'Sludge in marina and men cleaning breakwater, intercut with men loading straw on truck. 617' Oilsoaked debris on beach. 768' Total footage in reel. Reel 6 l' Activity of workers during beach cleanup. 70' Boat in channel as straw is blown onto water. 112' Oilsoaked debris on beach, two children with oily feet walking on beach. 257' Workers washing slime from oilsoaked water fowl, intercut with dead birds. 679' Duck on oily water of marina. 814' Total footage in reel. Reel 7 l' Oily soaked debris on beach. 242' Boat in channel as straw is blown onto water. 288' Man with oily feet walking on beach. 411' Sludge in marina and oilstained boats. 678' Activities of workers during beach cleanup. 814' Total footage in reel.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities