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Unbelievable

Publication date 18/03/1976 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

Following the sinking of the Liberian oil tanker Olympic Bravery off Ouessant, a new oil spill is to be deplored on the coasts of northern Brittany.

Pollution Seine Island

Publication date 17/10/1976 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

The Boehlen or Bohlen is an East German oil tanker has just sunk in the storm off the Seine Island in Brittany on October 15, 1976. The oil slicks are likely to reach the Brittany coast.Off the Sein Island, the slim layer of oil is used to attack the surface fish and to prevent the marine environment from oxygenating in a thin layer. It is known that along the coast, the sticky layer invades the beaches and 200,000 birds are killed each year. Report in Brittany on this shipwreck.

Black Marée Amoco Cadiz: Dispersant Product Application

Publication date 01/01/1978 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

Following the oil spill caused by the sinking of the oil tanker Amoco Cadiz near the Brittany coast, a dispersant product is used to clean the oil of the beaches. Interviewing volunteers who clean the rocks at Karcher and use solvents and detergents to dissolve the oil, they explain the chemical processes.

The oil spill in Britain: visit by the Minister of the Interior

Publication date 13/04/1967 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

The sinking of the tanker "The Torrey Canyon", which carried 120,000 tonnes of crude oil, occurred on March 18, 1967. Report on the arrival of interior minister Christian Fouchet and regional reeve Alexandre Stirn who are taking part in a first working session. Chistian Fouchet went to various polluted sites, including Port Blanc, and noted the extent of the damage and the means used. Images of water lances spreading a dispersant product, also toxic.

Protection Of Oiled Birds

Publication date 02/04/1967 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

An oil slick reached the French coasts of the English Channel and north of Brittany following the wrecking of the Torrey Canyon. Interview with Colonel Philippe MILON on his property, president of the League for the Protection of Birds. He explains the appeal launched by the League for the Protection of Birds, He evokes the English homologous society Royal Society for the Protection of Birds which has much more important means. His intervention is illustrated by images of care given to oiled birds.

Collision Of Oil Tankers Off Brittany: Gino Sinking

Publication date 28/04/1979 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

On April 28, 1979, there was a new threat of an oil spill in Brittany: the Liberian oil tanker Le Gino coming from Port Arthur, Texas to Le Havre and transporting 32,000 tons of carbon black oil, sank following a collision with a Norwegian tanker Team Castor. The sinking took place off the coast of Finistère to the south of the rail, this wide navigation corridor, which is under the surveillance of the national navy. Interview with Pierre BELIER, director of the Cedar, on the density of the oil slick, which deduces that it will not go to the surface.

Black Tide in Ouessant: the first interventions

Publication date 18/03/1976 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

Following the sinking of the Liberian oil tanker Olympic Bravery off Ouessant, a new oil spill is to be deplored on the coasts of northern Brittany. Comment on images of the island of Ouessant and the oil slick that touches its coast, as well as the intervention of the military to try to limit the damage.

The Breton Coast Contaminated By The 1967 Oil Slick

Publication date 12/04/1967 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

After the wreckage of the tanker Torrey Canyon, images of the Breton coast reached by the oil slick. Comment detailing the locations reached on factual images of the beaches covered with oil.

Survival chances of oiled birds

Publication date 30/03/1978 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

On 16 March 1978 the Amoco Cadiz ran aground, cut in two, off the coast of Brittany, in front of the village of Portsall. Two of his tanks spill an oil slick polluting the finisterian coasts. Reportage in an ornithological park in the Bay of Somme where ornithologists try to save as many birds as possible in danger of death, affected by the oil spill in Brittany. Interview with Mr RIDEL, ornithologist, who explains the care given to the birds and highlights the dangers that still await them, if they are released too quickly.

Awesome: The Olympic Bravery Tanker Cut In Half

Publication date 13/03/1976 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

The Olympic Bravery is a Liberian oil tanker whose sinking occurred on 24 January 1976 on the north coast of the island of Ouessant in Finistère in Brittany. Report on the storm that continues to plague the Atlantic and English Channel and several boats are in distress at this time. Images of the Olympic Bravery failed for two months, which just cut itself in half.

Olympic Bravery Oil Burning

Publication date 21/07/1977 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

The Olympic Bravery is a Liberian oil tanker (with flag of convenience), whose sinking occurred on January 24, 1976, on the reefs of Yuzin Bay, on the north coast of Ouessant Island, In the Finistère in Brittany, the 800 tons of fuel oil needed for its propulsion were enough to fuel several kilometers of coast. Images of the site where the Olympic Bravery ran aground, which became a place to walk, especially since the north coast of Ouessant, in the vicinity of Kelern Island, has lost nothing of its beauty. Currently it is the end of the great cleaning, since the end of June the 300 tons contained in the tanks of the oil tanker and two burners work 8 hours a day (at the rate of 6 bags every 20 minutes). There are still 210 tonnes to burn, cost of the operation: 900,000F

Oil Escaping From Boehlen

Publication date 17/11/1976 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

The Boehlen or Bohlen is an East German oil tanker that sank in a storm off the Seine Island in Brittany on October 15, 1976. The oil slicks reached the Brittany coast. Off the Sein Island, the water tables attack the surface fish and in a thin layer prohibit the oxygenation of the marine environment. Along the coast, the sticky layer invades the beaches and 200,000 birds are killed each year. Report on the methods of combating the oil slick which is developing off the Seine Island and the clogging of the Boehlen, after ten days of harassing work and ten days to come to finish filling two other gaps. A submarine of the Comex, is in charge of locating the faults in the hull of the Boehlen.

400 kilometres of dirty coastline following the sinking of the Erika

Publication date 07/01/2000 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

Naufrage de l'Erika le 12 décembre 1999 : le pétrolier maltais affrété par Total Fina, l'Erika, se casse en deux dans la tempête à une cinquantaine de kilomètres de la pointe bretonne. Etat des lieux et images aériennes de la marée noire touchant le Finistère et l'Ile de Ré et les premières nappes d'hydrocarbures dès le 31 décembre 1999.

Pumping Following The Oil Slick

Publication date 16/12/1999 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

Shipwreck of the Erika, oil tanker chartered by Total Fina: on December 12, 1999 it breaks in two in the storm about fifty kilometers from the Brittany point. Report on new pumping tests following the oil slick off the Brittany coast. Interview with Robert OGIEN, technical manager on the movement of the oil slick towards pumping operations.

The pollution of Tanio

Publication date 11/03/1980 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

The Malagasy oil tanker was wrecked on 7 March 1980 by the oil tanker "LeTanio", off the island of Batz, 50 km from Roscoff. It carried 26,000 tons of oil: the Breton are angry at the authorities who did not react fast enough: the oil slick stretches over a hundred kilometers on the coast of the north. Under the action of currents and wind, the oil slick shifted eastward and thus gained about 30 km. This morning the prefect of the northern coasts decided to trigger the Polmar plan. Images of the 500 rescuers, shovel in hand, cleaning a black glue spread on the beaches.

Marine Pollution Control Act

Publication date 21/04/1976 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

The Olympic Bravery is a Liberian oil tanker (with flag of convenience), whose sinking occurred on 24 January 1976, on the north coast of the island of Ouessant, in Finistère in Brittany. The consequences are devastating oil pollution on beaches and rocks. Now it remains to recover heavy fuel oil (120 tonnes). Reporting to specialists in maritime law, pollution control, prohibited unpacking and the prevention of tanker accidents. These experts are coming forward as the international community begins to enact safety rules in all its aspects: standards for the construction and operation of ships, to reduce the risk of oil pollution of the sea and coasts. Interview with Guy GEREUR, Member of Parliament for Finistère, proposes three amendments to the bill under discussion at the National Assembly. Statement by Guy GUERMEUR, on the draft law against marine pollution by oil and the interest of these amendments, in order to better legislate marine transport : "...require an oil tanker to hire a pilot, if it wants to approach less than 20,000 of the French coasts, in certain sectors deemed dangerous...".

Black tide Ile de Ré

Publication date 02/01/2000 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

Erika sinking, oil spill: on December 12, 1999, the Maltese oil tanker chartered by Total Fina, the Erika, broke in two in the storm, about fifty kilometres from the Brittany point. Images of the black tide touching the Ile de Ré and the first oil slicks, which appeared on December 31, 1999, pushed by the tide. Images of the ten tons of oil collected on yesterday’s single day and images of volunteers actively cleaning the beaches. Interview of Craig DENNIS, one of the volunteers, on his attachment to the coast. Interviews of volunteers who clean the beaches, confirming that there is a lot more fuel than yesterday. On the outside plate François PRIVAT

Ouessant: shipwreck and damage

Publication date 25/03/1976 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

Following the sinking of the Liberian oil tanker Olympic Bravery, the oil spilled on the coast of Ouessant Island. Comment on images of the shipwreck from which the fuel oil escapes and the damage due to it on Ouessant.

Black tide

Publication date 14/04/1967 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

The sinking of the tanker "The Torrey Canyon", which carried 120,000 tonnes of crude oil, occurred on March 18, 1967. The oil slick off Cornwall reached the coast of Brittany. Silent subject with images of the extent of damage on the Brittany coast and cleaning operations.

Greenpeace and Erika

Publication date 19/12/1999 From €100.00

Major oil spills in France

Sinking of Erika on 12 December 1999 and oil spill: one week after the sinking near the Breton coast, Greenpeace criticizes the absence of concrete measures to stem the oil spill. A team from the association went to the site where the Erika tanker broke in half, then flew over the oil streams that continue to drift. Interview with Paul HORSMAN, biologist, Greenpeace International (trad.off) by helicopter.

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