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1939AUTOMOTIVE
NARRATED BY LOWELL THOMAS

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DROP OF OIL PLACED ON LOGO
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LATE 1930s AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT OVER MOUNTAINS
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OCEAN LINER AT SEA. CRUISE SHIP
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1930s TRAIN PASSES. MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
01:02:58 22.07 thumbnail
1930s CAR ON THE ROAD
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DROP OF OIL PLACED ON LOGO
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AERIAL OVER OIL FIELD, DERRICKS
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OIL FIELD, OIL DERRICKS.
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CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BUILDING AN OIL DERRICK. CELLAR DUG
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CU ROTATING DRILLING STEM ON THE BIT. DRILLING FOR OIL STEAM ENGINE DRIVES THE DRILLING MECHANISM.
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WORKERS INSERTING A LENGTH OF PIPE. LENGTHENING OUT THE STEM.
01:04:10 93.07 thumbnail
ILLUSTRATION OF CROSS SECTION OF THE EARTH, DRILLING DOWN THROUGH SHALE, LIMESTONE, 2 MILES DOWN INTO THE EARTH, STRIKE OIL.
01:04:57 140.07 thumbnail
WORKERS CLEAN THE WELL OF THE MIXTURE OF DRILL MUD &
OIL SHOOTS OUT END OF PIPE
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SWAYING ROCKER ARM DOES THE PUMPING
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24 WELL HOOK-UP ROTATING & PUMPING
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CRUDE OIL STORAGE TANKS
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OIL MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH A NETWORK OF PIPELINES TO PUMPING STATION
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AERIAL OF FIELD FULL OF SILVER STORAGE TANKS
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AERIAL OVER GIANT OIL TANKER AT SEA
01:06:18 221.07 thumbnail
AERIAL OVER LARGE OIL REFINERY. TANKS, TOWERS.
BUILDINGS
01:06:29 232.07 thumbnail
CU HULL OF TANKER. TANKER DOCKED, HUGE HOSES DISCHARGE OIL FROM TANKER TO REFINERY. UNLOADING CRUDE OIL
01:06:56 259.07 thumbnail
AERIAL OVER STORAGE TANKS
01:07:00 263.07 thumbnail
LABORATORY TESTS BEING CONDUCTED ON CRUDE OIL. CU BUBBLING BEAKERS.
01:07:09 272.07 thumbnail
AERIAL OVER MASSIVE OIL REFINERY
01:07:15 278.07 thumbnail
CU BOILER. CU FIREBOXES. GAUGES. INTENSE HEAT IN FURNACE.
01:07:24 287.07 thumbnail
PAN DOWN REFINERY EXTERIOR TO WORKERS IN THE YARD.
WORKER OPENS TURNS VALVE. OIL REFINERY. STACKS,
TOWERS. STORAGE TANKS CIRCA 1939
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MEN CLIMB TO THE TOP OF A STORAGE TANK TOWER
01:08:05 328.07 thumbnail
SCIENTISTS WORKING IN LABORATORY, TESTING GASOLINE
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AERIAL OVER MASSIVE OIL REFINERY
01:08:29 352.07 thumbnail
TILT DOWN TALL STACKS TO REFINERY
01:08:34 357.07 thumbnail
DIAGRAM OF A CRACKING PLANT PETROLEUM CONVERTED INTO GASOLINE. CALLED GAS-OIL IS PUMPED INTO A PIPE INTO A CRACKING FURNACE. HEATED TO OVER 900 DEGREES,
01:08:55 378.07 thumbnail
CU ANIMATED GAS MOLECULES
01:09:31 414.07 thumbnail
DIAGRAM OF A CRACKING PLANT. CONVERTING PETROLEUM INTO GASOLINE
01:09:56 439.07 thumbnail
1930s EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY. SCIENTISTS CONDUCTING MOTOR FUEL EXPERIMENTS. ROWS AND ROWS OF GLASS BEAKERS. CU SCIENTIST LOOKING AT ODD SHAPED BEAKER WITH TWO PARTS.
01:10:14 457.07 thumbnail
ECU BUBBLING GASOLINE BEING BROKEN DOWN. TILT UP ELONGATED TALL GLASS WITH BUBBLING MIXTURE
01:10:25 468.07 thumbnail
FEMALE LAB WORKER CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS, 1930s LAB
01:10:36 479.07 thumbnail
AERIAL OVER FIELD OF ROUND STORAGE TANKS
01:10:42 485.07 thumbnail
MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. RAILROAD TANK CARS, BARGE TRANSPORTING GASOLINE.
01:10:46 490.07 thumbnail
AERIAL OVER PIPELINES THROUGH MOUNTAINS
01:10:54 498.07 thumbnail
1930s SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT FILLS CAR WITH GASOLINE. 1930s GAS PUMP
01:10:59 503.07 thumbnail
MONTAGE GASOLINE BEING MADE, STATION ATTENDANT PUMPING GAS WATERFALL, TEAM OF HORSES PULL THRESHER
01:11:10 513.07 thumbnail
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