00:34:13 2.67 |
FILM BEGINS. 1850s NEW ENGLAND CONNECTICUT TOWN. CITY
STREET. HORSE AND CARRIAGE. VINCENT PRICE. |
00:34:47 37.67 |
BANKER. BANKER TELLER CLERK. VISOR. BUSINESS
MEETING. BOTTLE OF OIL. SMELLS BOTTLE. |
00:37:23 192.67 |
TOP HAT. CRUDE OIL. STRIKE OIL. 1850s CLOTHES.
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00:38:36 265.67 |
1850s LABORATORY. SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS ON OIL.
TEST TUBE. |
00:39:04 293.67 |
PENNSYLVANIA ROCK OIL COMPANY. STOCK.
|
00:40:42 392.67 |
RICH WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN. BUSINESS OFFICE.
|
00:41:29 439.67 |
OLD WEST. WESTERN. STAGE COACH. OLD WEST
HOTEL. OPENS LETTER. |
00:43:09 538.67 |
OIL PRODUCTION. ALAN HALE JR. WORKERS. "I
THINK YOU'RE CRAZY." |
00:44:01 590.67 |
ANGRY MOB.
|
00:44:14 603.67 |
WORKERS DIGGING LARGE HOLE. SHOVELS. MEASURES
HOLE WITH STRING. CROWD OF PEOPLE LAUGHING. |
00:44:43 633.67 |
PULLING UP DIRT WITH BUCKET. STRIKE OIL. CU
HAND COVERED IN OIL. |
00:45:29 678.67 |
WALL GIVES WAY. HOLE FILLS WITH WATER. MEN
YELL FOR HELP. MIGHT DROWN. CLIMBS LADDER. |
00:46:34 743.67 |
MAN WRITING LETTER. ALONE IN ROOM.
|
00:46:47 757.67 |
CU CALENDAR. JUNE 16 1858. JULY 1 1858. JULY
15 1858. MAN FANS HIMSELF. |
00:47:19 788.67 |
BANK. TAKING OUT LOAN.
|
00:47:36 805.67 |
MAN COULD READ AS AMISH.
|
00:48:17 846.67 |
COWBOYS. HICKS. IRISHMAN. LARGE ENGINE.
|
00:50:03 953.67 |
BUILDING HOUSE. CONSTRUCTION. SAWING.
CALENDAR. SEPTEMBER 1858. |
00:50:23 973.67 |
PARTIALLY BUILT HOUSE SHACK.
|
00:50:32 982.67 |
SNOW STORM. HORSE AND CARRIAGE.
|
00:51:14 1024.67 |
BLACKSMITH. HORSESHOEING. MAN IN SUIT AND TOP
HAT ON HORSE. APRON. |
00:52:38 1108.67 |
FRONTIER WOMAN DOES WASH LAUNDRY. CLOTHES
LINE. YOUNG BOY. WOODEN OIL WELL. |
00:53:36 1166.67 |
FRONTIER CABIN. SMOKE STEAM. LARGE DRILL. MAN
PETS DOG. MAN PUTS HAND IN TOP HAT LIKE HE IS GOING TO DO A MAGIC TRICK. |
00:55:14 1263.67 |
MAN RUNS OUT OF CABIN EXCITED WORRIED.
CARRIAGE FULL OF PIPES. |
00:55:37 1287.67 |
MEN POUNDING PIPES INTO GROUND. DRILLING FOR
OIL. |
00:56:24 1333.67 |
MAN WRITES ON CHALK BOARD. DEPTH 25 FT. THEN
45 FT. THEN 65 FT. |
00:57:28 1397.67 |
MAN READS LETTER.
|
00:57:50 1420.67 |
FRONTIER FATHER AND SON GO FISHING. "COME ON
POP LET'S GO". |
00:58:52 1481.67 |
MAN PUTS BALL ON STRING. PUTS IT DOWN PIPE.
PULLS IT UP. COVERED IN OIL. STRUCK OIL. MAN SHOCKED SURPRISED. |
00:59:25 1514.67 |
MAN AND BOY RUN TO CABIN. "WE STRUCK IT."
|
00:59:58 1547.67 |
CROWD GATHERED AROUND CABIN. PEOPLE
CONGRATULATING MAN. SHAKING HANDS. |
01:00:13 1563.67 |
CU OIL POURING OUT OF PIPE INTO BARREL. HICKS.
FRONTIER MEN. |
01:00:28 1578.67 |
FARMER. BUILDING OIL WELL.
|
01:00:49 1599.67 |
OLD WEST. LAND OFFICE. COWBOY ON HORSE TALKS
TO CROWD. |
01:00:56 1606.67 |
CU CRUDE OIL POURS INTO BARREL.
|
01:01:11 1621.67 |
MODERN OIL WELL.
|
01:01:17 1627.67 |
MODERN LABORATORY. BEAKERS TEST TUBES.
SCIENTISTS. |
01:01:34 1644.67 |
50s GAS STATION. ATTENDANT.
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Description: THE STORY OF COLONEL EDWIN DRAKE WHO, IN THE FACE OF RIDICULE & FAILURE, DRILLED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL OIL WELL IN NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA IN 1859. HISTORICAL RECREATION WITH VINCENT PRICE, THURSTON HALL, LLOYD CORRIGAN, ANDY CLYDE, WILL WRIGHT, ALAN HALE JR.
Keywords: oil
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