5 Vintage Oil Production & Industry Films
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Canada DVD Cover InformationBrand: Quality Information Publishers, Inc.Primary Contributor: Lowell Thomas Primary Contributor: Don McNamara Producer: Audio Productions Inc. Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization Producer: Emily Benton Frith DVD: Region Code 0 Audio: English (Unknown) Format: NTSC Running Time: 66 minutes Published: 2006 Model: 37 Studio: Quality Information Publishers, Inc. Product features:
Summary of 5 Vintage Oil Production & Industry FilmsOil Production & History Table of Contents: (1) Gasoline for Everybody is an ironic film that touts the powers of oil in general, and gasoline in particular. The focus of the film is how gasoline is processed out of crude oil, all the way from oil extraction to paying at the pump. Breathtaking scenes of processing plants are intermingled with informative animation that break down the scientific and technological aspects of gasoline production. But the overarching theme of Gasoline for Everyone is how fuel will propel America to the stratosphere. - 13 minutes (2) More Power to You (1930s) -Famous broadcaster Lowell Thomas narrates this deftly informative educational video about oil processing and oil industry history. This Jam Handy production offers a very simple and useful account of oil drilling, transportation, world oil reserves, oil well drilling, oil refinery, oil pumping to the consumer, and oil uses in the average household.- 9 minutes (3) Oil Today - Power Tomorrow (1950) - This tribute to the oil industry workers of America discusses the importance of crude oil use in the United States for power, energy sources and gasoline for cars and machinery. - 16 minutes (4) Exclusively Yours (1954) - Yours Exclusively is an intriguing relic from 1950s American business. When Texaco developed a new additive for their high octane gasoline, called Petrox, they commissioned this film in order to serve as training videos for their salesmen on its benefits, painting it as the best gas additive on the market. - 15 minutes (5) Progress Parade (1960s) - This is a petroleum newsreel that includes an update on advancements in crude oil rigging for the oil industry. - 14 minutes Total run time is 1 hour 6 minutes |
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