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Refinery in Miniature

(1951, B&W, 9 mins 35 secs)

In 1950, as thousands of workers descended on Fawley to build a new refinery, a much smaller construction team set about building a model of the same thing.

This film documents the making of the 1:384 scale miniature refinery which took 3 men over a year to complete.

It was then exhibited at Southampton's Festival of Britain Show in 1951 before being installed in the refinery Administration Building.

Refinery at Work.

(Date unknown, B&W/colour, 21 mins, 58 secs)

An educational film about the processes behind oil refining, shot partly at Esso's Fawley Refinery. The chemistry is explained with the use of some quirky colour animations set in an otherwise black-and-white film.

Listen out for the music by Benjamin Frankel and the voice of Maurice Denham.

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