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1940AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE FILM FOR ESSO GAS. STATION OWNERS FULL SERVICE GAS STATION. SERVICE STATION FOR AUTOMOBILES. THE FILMS EXPLAINS WHAT FIRST CLASS SERVICE IS WHAT WILL GIVE EACH GAS STATION MORE BUSINESS. GAS STATION ATTENDANTS IN UNIFORMS AND CAPS. GREAT SHOTS OF ESSO GAS PUMPS, ADVERTISING OLD FASHIONED SERVICE. HOW TO INCREASE PROFIT.
BUSINESSMAN SPEAKS UP DURING MEETING. MAP OF NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. ACTIVELY GETTING NEW CUSTOMERS. FREE INCENTIVES. LICENCE PLATE KEY CHAINS, GLASS BANKS. WRITING DOWN NAMES FROM PHONE BOOK. GAIN NEW CUSTOMERS. ESSO RESEARCH LABORATORIES. ESSO MARKETERS PLEDGE ESSOLENE. PATENT DOCUMENT AE ROTY PE ESSO. NATIONAL AWARD PLAQUE FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. MEN LISTEN TO LECTURER. GASOLINE QUALITY ESSO CHEMIST. MAN GETS CHANGE, THROWS COIN ON GROUND. DRIVES AWAY. CHART OF CARS FUEL SYSTEM DISCUSSES POORLY DESIGNED GASOLINE. VAPORIZATION LOSS. CARS TRAVEL ON ROAD. ANIMATED FUEL LINE. CAR PULLS OVER. CAR TROUBLE. STALLED IN HOT WEATHER FROM "VAPOR LOCK" WOMAN GETS INTO CAR, PAYS GAS STATION ATTENDANT. GETS CHANGE. CAR PULLS INTO GARAGE TEST ROOM, HOOKED UP TO INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE VARIOUS FACTORS. CU GAUGES CU TIRE SPINS ON ROLLERS, HUGE FAN ACTIVATED. PULL LEVER. SCIENTISTS READ GAUGES. FUEL MIXTURE. CIT TRAFFIC INTERSECTION. CAR TRAVELS UP HILL IN COUNTRY. STOPPED AT TRAFFIC JAM, CARS ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS.

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