Description (source: www.beeldengeluid.nl) 00.05 Settlement near the Klamono oil exploitation field. Houses have a tropical building style, wih wide vaulting roofs for draining away abundant rain water. 00.09 Two new storage tanks. 00.15 Booster station with retention valves to the right at the bottom of the picture. 00.19 Building of the booster station with piping. 00.22 Two-cylinder oil pump inside the building. 00.28 Operating pumping installation, the piston-rods in horizontal movement. Papua operator controlling. 00.34 12-cylinder diesel engine for driving the oil pump. The drive-shaft runs through the wall to the left. 00.38 Air view of the loading station in the river. Two-storied house-boat moored near the loading station, further a pontoon with tower. 00.51 Air view of the grounds up country with road to the oil-field higher up. 00.54 Two new oil tanks near the settlement and near the second settlement further upwards. 01.04 Bird's eye view of Klamono, situated on square bend in the river. 01.10 Dwellings for employees in corner of the grounds. 01.17 Two storage tanks under construction on high range of hills. 01.35 Broad river Muturi with loading station, house-boat and pontoon derrick. 01.43 Two-storied house-boat with alongside a river tug-boat, two dolphins in the river as a prevention against collisions. 01.47 Guests making for the house-boat; the Papua detachment presents arms. 01.57 Party in narrow-gauge railway carriage en route to the drilling field. The Governor of New Guinea, Dr. J. van Baal, in front to the right. 02.07 Ride on the narrow-gauge track, built on beams driven into the ground, fitted with foot-boards between the rails. Broad strips of jungle to the left and the right have been cut away. To the right side of the railway the pipe-line. Vehicle crosses the river. 02.32 Passage of an oblique register in the pipe-line, a bifurcation in the railway-track, then a small river. On the side-line to the left a small loc. 02.58 Governor and Mrs. van Baal and train arriving on the oil field where three Papua soldiers present arms. 03.01 European employees and their wives being presented to the Governor. 03.06 Governor in impeccable white uniform and topee during presentation of personnel. 03.10 Company under improvised shelter near the junction of the pipe-lines. A platform has been made near two big registers in the lines. 03.15 Company applauds. 03.20 Papuas and photographer are looking on from hill slope. 03.23 Managing director of the Dutch New Guinea Petrol Company addresses a word of welcome. 03.28 Director during his address, partially given from paper. 03.33 High company listening. 03.36 Governor van Baal listening to the address. 03.38 Close-up of Governor and Mrs. van Baal. At their side the oil field's chief supervisor. 03.41 The complete company seen from behind the pipe-line. 03.43 Governor gives a word of thanks and 03.47 together with the director of the NNGPM sets foot on the register platform. 03.50 By turning a horizontal wheel the pipe is put into operation and the oilfield has been opened. 04.03 The director gives a couple of extra turns to the wheel, then follows the Governor who descends from the platform. 04.09 Dark painted storage tank with two pipes and a register to the right. 04.15 Employee of the NNGPM gets a royal decoration pinned on by the Governor, who shakes hands with him. 04.41 Governor congratulates the districts head on his decoration and pins it on. 04.50 Governor congratulates the chief supervisor whom he gives a royal decoration. 05.03 Governor gives next employee a decoration and congratulates him. 05.10 Papua fore-man gets a decoration and is congratulated thereupon. 05.20 Drilling rig filmed diagonally to get it completely in view. Drilling platform of the production tower. 05.28 Slowly the heavy crown-block with rotating pipes sinks down up to a yard over the drilling table. In the pipe is mounted a spherical automatic stop valve. 05.43 Close-up of pulling up a tubing. Immediately workers put on wedges to prevent the pipe from sinking back into the borehole. 06.01 Workers swing so-called rotary tongs (special pipe tongs) around the pulled up drilling pipe, one under and one over the connecting piece. 06.10 Papua pushes away the upper unscrewed pipe from the drilling table. 06.15 Crown block with pipe clamp sinks slowly. 06.19 Pipe clamp is being mounted on the end of the pipe. 06.22 Mrs. van Baal climbes the stairs to a decorated cross-country vehicle followed by ladies and the Governor. 06.37 Gentlemen from the Governors retinue. 06.41 Shaking and rocking the company is taken to the big storage tank. 06.56 Across boards put down there the gentlemen are going to a shelter, followed by the Governor and Mrs. van Baal. 07.07 Company climbs the stairs against the embankment of the basin around the enormous storage tank. 07.12 They have a little pause before 07.16 descending in the still dry basin to walk to the tank. 07.20 In single file the guests climb the stairs built around the tank. The tank itself is dozens of yards high. 07.27 THE END