Sunday, March 29, 2009

Classic Oil Industry, Drilling Films on DVD

Classic Oil Industry, Drilling Films on DVD

Classic Oil Industry, Drilling Films on DVD..Table of Contents: Twenty-Fours Hours of Progress I-(1950) Run time: 13:51 How the oil industry is central to the American economy. It was actually quite easy to pick up, basically it involves how gas products are used by the general public in a 24 hour period..Desert Venture (Part I) & (Part II)- Run time: 30:53 If you can get past the Saudis forever smiling to the Americans, this is a highly enjoyable educational film on how of course, the Americans were responsible for Oil in Saudi Arabia..American Frontier-(1950s)- Run time: 12:37 Humanistic film showing the effects of an oil discovery on Williston, North Dakota and the surrounding region. This film documents the coming of oil drilling to North Dakota and it's effects on the people living there..Destination Earth- (1956) Run time: 13:36 In this corporate-sponsored cartoon, Martian dissidents learn that oil and competition are the two things that make America great..Down the Gasoline Trail- (1935) Run time: 7:55 Cartoon showing what happens to a drop of gasoline from the time it flows into the gas tank to when it is exploded in the engine cylinder..Oil for Aladdin s Lamp- Run time: 20:32 The romance of the petroleum industry, showing how dependent our society is on oil and petrochemical products. Remake and update of the original (1933) version..

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