Video URL


13169_10686_petroleum_industry1

1950s
B&W

Film about keeping up with the free world’s growing oil needs. Shots of a drilling crew at a drill head. A car is filled up with gas at a station. An airplane and then an ocean liner are filled up with gas. Views of a train. A gas truck drives away from a depot. Interior shot of a furnace. A man tests oil for viscosity. Fuel wax/parafin processor. Wax comes out in long strings.