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How are North Sea oil platforms made?
A report about the installation of a new oil platform in the North Sea and its importance to modernisation in the 1970s. A section of the rig is shown being towed across the sea and is then dropped into the water to stand upright. The clip includes the Queen pressing a button to turn on the first North Sea oil pump.
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