BP OIL SPILL - PART ONE (CQ04273)
Aerial of oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Aerial footage of boats fighting fire from on the Deep Water Horizon oil rig. Lines of oil containment boom brought by boat. Containment boom spread out on the beach in St. Tammany Parish Louisiana next to Lake Pontchartrain. Booms spread along Gulf Coast beaches. Gulf fishermen bring their boats into port. Seagulls flying, a pelican in the water covered with oil. Aerial of oil slick in the Gulf. Fishing boats into port. Oily water washes over the shores of a small island. BP’s Chief Operating Officer Bryan Suttles comments on inability to stem the flow of oil "You would see me doing cartwheels down the hallway if that was actually the case." Florida Governor Charlie Crist on the oil spill "We have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best." A ship loaded with oil containment booms heads out into the Gulf. Clean-up workers load a boat. Fishing boats docked. Workers lay oil containment boom to protect marshlands. Seabirds fly, land in the waters, terns fly and land on their beach nesting grounds. Coast Guard helicopter flies over the Gulf of Mexico, aerial shots of oil booms floating in the water below. Workers welding a large containment dome, attempt to contain oil flowing into the Gulf. President Barrack Obama stands with a USCG representative and examines a map of the Gulf Coast and the oil spill. President Obama asks Coast Guard representatives "How do we plug this hole?" Aerial of Gulf Coast beaches. President Obama speaks: "So let me be clear BP is responsible for this leak. BP will be paying the bill. But, as President of the United States I'm going to spare no effort to respond to this crisis as long as it continues." Aerial shots of Gulf coast beaches protected by floating booms. Aerial of oil slick. Exterior shot of BP regional headquarters in Houma, LA. Workers load oil containment booms onto boats. Aerial shots of slick from British Petroleum oil spill. VOICE OVER NOT FOR USE