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1955-1965INDUSTRY/MANUFACTURING
ASSORTED GULF OIL COMPANY PROMOTIONAL SHORTS AND COMMERCIALS, LATE 1950S - EARLY 1960S, MOSTLY STILL IMAGES BUT SOME INTERESTING CLIPS OF HONG KONG ADN RESTON VIRGINIA.

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COLOR TEST
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BLANK SLUG
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ZOOM OUT FROM WESTERN GUNMAN, CUT TO GUN FIGHT IN OLD WEST, SIGN FOR US MARSHAL, COWBOYS
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COWBOYS RUSTLING CATTLE
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"MODERN" TEXAN, MAN PUTS ON GULF OIL HARD HAT, WORKS IN OIL BUSINESS, MONTAGE OF MEN AT WORK ON OIL RIGS AND EQUIPMENT
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GULF LOGO
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BLANK AND LEADER, COUNTDOWN
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REPEAT OF ABOVE
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BLANK
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HAND WITH BRUSH PAINTS CHINESE CHARACTER
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AERIALS OVER HONG KONG
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CROWDED HARBOR WITH BOATS, HONG KONG
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POV MOVING VEHICLE AT NIGHT THROUGH BUSY HONG KONG, NEON SIGNS, MONTAGE OF HONG KONG SCENES
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GULF LOGO AND CHINESE CHARACTERS FOR SUPREMELY RESOURCEFUL, HONG KONG OIL COMPANY TRUCK
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MONTAGE OF HONG KONG SCENES CONTINUES, SIGNAGE, CROWDED STREETS, PEOPLE AT WORK
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MONTAGE OF GULF PRODUCTS BEING DELIVERED IN HONG KONG, BARRELS, PROPANE TANKS, OIL TRUCK
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CHINESE MAN WITH LIVE CHICKEN, MONTAGE OF ONG KONG CONTINUES
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POV MOVING VEHICLE THROUGH GULF GAS STATION
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MOBILE GULF GAS STATION WITH PUMPS ON BACK OF TRUCK
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GULF GAS STATION IN HONG KONG
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GULF OIL BOAT, HONG KONG HARBOR, FUELING UP BOATS
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GULF OIL PRODUCTS ON DISPLAY, BARRELS OF KEROSENE
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GULF OIL PROPANE TANKS
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GULF STORAGE TANKS, WITH CHINESE CHARACTERS
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GULF OIL NEON SIGN IN HONG KONG
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BLANK
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TIRE ROLLS DOWN HILL, VARIOUS ANGLES, SPLASHES THROUGH PUDDLE
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WS OF TIRE ROLLING DOWN HILL, BOUNCING OVER BUSHES AND ROCKS
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CLOSER SHOT OF ROLLING TIRE, GOODYEAR, BOUNCING ALONG
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ONCOMING TIRE ROLLING DOWN HILL TIRE BOUNCES OVER CAMERA
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TIRE ROLLS DOWN HILL TO RAMSHACKLED SHACK, CUT TO TIRE BOUNCING THROUGH SHED AND HITTING NAILS, TIRE KEEPS ROLLING WITH BOARD NAILED TO IT
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BOARD IS KNOCKES OFF ROLLING TIRE AND IT KEEPS ON ROLLING THROUGH WESTERN LANDSCAPE WITH DISTANT MOUNTAINS
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TIRE ROLLS DOWN EMPTY ROAD, TOWARDS GULF STATION
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TIRE ROLLS INTO GULF GAS STATION
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CU OF TIRE BEING PUT ON CAR, GULF CRUISEMASTER PUNCTURE SEALING TIRE
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1950S WHITE COUPLE WITH GIRL IN BACKSEAT OF CAR MOVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, PAN OVER TO TIRE
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ZOOM OUT OF AND INTO SPINNING GULF SIGN, "SIGN OF THE ORANGE DISK"
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BLANK
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18TH ILLUSTRATIONS OF RURAL AREAS AND MECHANICAL DRAWING OF MACHINE, QUOTES FROM JAMES WATTS
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ZOOM OUT FROM ANIMATED STEAM TRAIN ILLUSTRATIONS
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ZOOM IN ON AND OUT OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS, 19 CENTURY IMAGES OF OIL AND CARS, ROADS
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MONTAGE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY FLIGHT AND FLYING MACHINES
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SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS PHOTO
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MILITARY JET STILL
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SPACE FLIGHT MONTAGE, ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE UNIVERSE
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COLLAGE OF SUPERIMPOSED IMAGES
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GULF RESEARCH CENTER AT NIGHT, NEON SIGN, ILLUSTRATION
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BLANK
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MONTAGE STILLS OF TEXAS OIL BUSINESS, MEN AT WORK, FOLK SONG ABOUT OIL, GULF OIL LOGO
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BLANK
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HIGH ANGLE DOWN AT BUSY CITY STREET IN THE 1950S, ZOOM IN
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TITLE CARD: THE TOWN THAT CAME TO A STANDSTILL
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HIGH ANGLE OF BUSY TOWN OR SMALL CITY STREET, MCCRORY'S DRUG STORE,
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POV SIDEWALK OF TOWN, CUT TO MS OF LITTLE GIRL WITH STROLLER AND DOLL
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MAN WITH PIPE GREETS PEOPLE STREET
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WOMEN MEET IN CLOTHING STORE
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POV BACKSEAT OF CAR,DRIVER APPROACHES A ROAD CLOSURE
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EMPTY RAILROAD STATION
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PAN OF EMPTY AIRPORT
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF BUSY TOWN, CUT TO LATE 1950S CAR STOPPING IN STREET
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CAR STOPS SHORT
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MANY CARS STOPPED IN INTERSECTION, HIGH ANGLE, 1950S - 1960S
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MONTAGE OF FARM EQUIPMENT STOPPING
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VARIOUS CLOCKS STOP
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VARIOUS SHOTS OF DESERTED TOWN WITH STOPPED CARS
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MAN, NARRATOR, WALKS INTO FRAME IN DESERTED TOWN AND TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OIL
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BUSY TOWN WITH GULF OIL TRUCK PASSING THROUGH, FLORSHEIM SHOE SHOP, GULF OIL DEALER LOGO SUPERIMPOSED
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BLANK
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POV MOVING VEHICLE THROUGH WOODS
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MONTAGE OF BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTUCTION
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MONTAGE OF UTOPIA TOWN, RESTON VIRGINIA, HOUSING AND PLAYGROUNDS, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, "NEW TOWN"
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HELICOPTER TAKES OFF
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CHILDREN IN THE WOODS
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BLACK AND WHITE FAMILIES MEET AND INTERACT, 1960S
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GULF LOGO, 1960S COLOR
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BLANK
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PAN OF EMPTY LANDSCAPE AT DAWN, UTAH
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MONTAGE OF UTAH SMALL TOWNS
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1960S PICK UP TRUCK ON EMPTY ROAD, CUT TO DRIVER, UTAH LANDSCAPE
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MEN AT WORK ON OIL DRILL OR RIG
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APPROACHING GREEN CHEVY TRUCK ON DUST ROAD
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MS OF MEN AT WORK ON OIL RIG
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MS OF MAN DRIVING TRUCK, POV HOOD
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WS OF PICK UP TRUCK ON DUSTY ROAD, UTAH
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AERIAL FLY OVER OF TRUCK ON DUSTY UTAH ROAD
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AERIALS OF UTAH'S UINTA MOUNTAINS, RIVER VALLEY
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LOW ANGLE OF GREEN PICK UP TRUCK ARRIVING AT OIL RIG
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OIL RIG AND TRUCK, CUT TO MS OF MAN, H.R. HARVEY, WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA SMILING
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COLOR GULF LOGO
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BLANK
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SUNRISE OVER PALM TREES, JUNGLE, VARIOUS CUTS TO PREHISTORIC LOOKING ANIMALS, TURTLES, ALLIGATORS, REPTILES
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SPARKS FLY FROM METAL ROD
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MONTAGE OF INDUSTRY AND MACHINERY, TECHNOLOGY
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ZOOM OUT FROM SUN OVER NUCLEAR REACTOR, GULF OIL COMPANY
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CU OF SUN, ZOOM IN TO SUN FLARES, NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT NUCLEAR FUSION
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ZOOM OUT FROM SUNRISE OR SUNSET
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GULF LOGO
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BLANK
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1969 - Gulf Oil commercial "Bringin' Home the Oil" shown on US TV during the Apollo landing coverage July 1969. Gulf Oil commissioned Irish musicians The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Mackem to write and perform a folk song for a new global TV advertisement

AERIAL OF STONE COTTAGE ON COAST, SEA CHANTY IS SUNG
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CU OF LARGE SHIP NAMED UNIVERSE KUWAIT, ZOOM OUT TO AERIAL FLY-BY, IRISH SEA CHANTY CONTINUES
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AERIALS OF LARGE OIL TANKER, TUG BOATS PUSH THE SHIP, IRISH SEA CHANTY ABOUT OIL
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GULF LOGO
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BLANK
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REPEAT OF GULF CRUISEMASTER TIRE ADVERTISEMENT ABOVE AT 01:05:54
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