Amoco Cadiz oil tanker

Mar. 03, 1978 - Oil crisis on the Brittany beaches. Disaster to bird and marine life has already arrived on the french coastline, as a result of the oil discharged by the Amoco Cadiz oil tanker. Tremendous efforts are being made by the local police. aided by volunteers from all over France, to lesson the effects. Schoolchildren on holiday are traveling from Paris to help. Hundreds of plastic brackets and small containers have been collected in warehouses for distribution to the army of helpers and veterinary experts are at work saving as many sea birds as they can. picture shows Soldiers already at work on the beaches

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Aided Amoco Beaches Brackets Cadiz Collected Containers Discharged Distribution Efforts Experts Helpers Hundreds Lesson Result Saving Schoolchildren Tanker Traveling Tremendous Veterinary Volunteers Warehouses

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