https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/82e67639-728c-4ea2-93d0-cf3284629c0f Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This film “Job 99 PLUTO", subtitled "The Development and Production of the Hamel Pipelines by Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd,” is a black-and-white movie from 1944, detailing the production of the Hamel steel pipelines used during Britain’s World War II PLUTO ( (Pipe Line Under The Ocean)) Project to deliver petrol to the invasion coast in France. Devised by Admiral Lord General Louis Mountbatten, the project contributed to the success of D-Day. This film features rare footage from the interior of the factory in Corby and the shipyards of Tilbury Harbor as well as Normandy. Map: pre-WWII petrol pipeline network in England (0:58). PLUTO project from Isle of Wight (1:35). HMS Conundrum towed across English Channel laying Hamel steel pipe (1:46). Submarine cables laid by cable ships (1:59). Map: path of project across Channel to France (2:55). Coiling tests: skeleton wheel at railway track, pipe attached to locomotive (3:03). Close-up pipe winding along skeleton wheel (3:55). Close-up of pipes joined together (5:03). Welders building "conundrum" at shipyard (5:19). Men release completed conundrum into Channel (5:32). Illustrated diagram of revolving conundrum laying pipe (5:39). Experiments: model drum, angle of flange (5:57). Wheel turns in water in tub structure (6:28). Tank crosses Inglis bridge (7:14). Machine presses, cuts steel bars (7:55). Hot steel in shaping machine (8:08). Pipe enters reducing mill (9:00). Cooling racks (9:12). Grading test machine (9:22). Animation: connecting pipes (9:46). Map production site: Tilbury Docks, trial factory A Plant (10:16). Rail tracks of production site, overgrown shrubs (10:42). Montage: production plant A (11:16). Men feed pipe onto conundrum from boat dock (11:48) Montage: production plant B (12:12). 6-inch crossover guide tubes (12:21). Wagons with pipes arrive at docks (12:42). Monorail crane takes pipes to storage (12:51). Pipes fed into welding shop from tubes on exterior of factory (13:04). Inspectors stamp approved pipes (13:39). Men clean approved pipes (13:51). Man inserts bung into pipe’s end while woman paints identification number (14:22). Feeding pipe into cutting and welding machines (14:32). Close-up: internal flash removal tool (14:40). Pipes secured in welding machine (15:35). Cutaway section: flash removal tool (16:32). Pipe fed into traversing machine (17:12). Trimming machine (17:35). Female inspector ensures pipe quality (17:38). Experiments: specimens from factory at lab in Corby (18:03). Gear wheels turn, traversing machine propels completed pipe to exterior guide pipes, stepped conveyor system (18:41). Linesman keeps an eye on pipe (19:12). Pipe offloaded by hand, elasticity offloads pipe at 120 mph (20:26). Comparison shot: Plant A offloading system (20:58). Man hammers bung into completed new pipeline (22:02). Compressed air blown through pipe (22:32). Test: steel bullet blown through pipe (22:59). Men help load pipelines onto winding tracks (24:00). Conundrum production: driving chains fitted to teeth around flange of drum (24:56). Royal Navy work to start rigging process with “the boy” (25:20). “Boy” floating to mark end of pipe lay (26:03). Wind commences at shipyard: Pipe inspection (26:57). Tube passes through snubber (27:05). Pipe travels along catenary (27:09). Pipe passes through control center for winding, “the cab” (27:16). Pipe reaches conundrum (27:30). Welding shop worker attaches rig to pipe to prepare to draw it forward (27:49). Man pushes pipe over to form bow between cutting machine and entrance to factory shop (28:07). Preparing new pipe for welding machine (29:24). Men swing finished pipe over to winding line, ready for the drum (30:53). C/U: caterpillar tracks (31:19). Man close-packs pipes with mallet as conundrum turns (31:57). Tension and gear moves to adjust for tides and depth of water (32:24). Carbon dioxide canisters: pressure test of pipes (33:08). Royal Navy engineers set up pipeline on invasion coast (35:02). Cottage interior: petrol pumping station (35:20). Servicemen load gas jugs from pipeline (35:31). War-time petrol truck filled up (35:40). Montage: WWII tanks speed along dirt roads in France (35:55). Operation PLUTO was to supply petrol from storage tanks in southern England to the advancing Allied armies in France in the weeks following D-Day. General Eisenhower stated: “Second in daring only to the Mulberry Harbours, was PLUTO.” This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIYS_9EI5j0 Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:58:33 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/82e67639-728c-4ea2-93d0-cf3284629c0f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.