




Classic Oil Film Collection
This collection contains 10 movies and is Over 2 hours of video.
| Title | Description |
Duration |
| American Frontier 1953 |
Film depicting the oil discovery and subsequent effects on Williston, North Dakota and the region B&W Sound |
26:58 |
| Assignment: Venezuela 1956 |
Relates the story of an Oil company executive who with his family is relocated to Venezuela Color Sound |
24:18 |
| Desert Venture 1958 |
Film depicts the search for and extraction of oil in Saudi Arabia, by
American capital ventures. |
27:55 |
Destination Earth 1956 |
Martian dissidents discover that competition and oil are the two factors
that make America great, sponsored by an oil corporation. Color Sound |
13:36 |
| Extra (Esso Screen Ad) 1938 |
Esso "Extra" gasoline ad, partially animated. B&W Sound |
1:00 |
| The Inside Story of Modern Gasoline 1946 |
Live action and animation join in this film depicting the refinement of gasoline and it's use. Includes images of auto travel and gas stations. B&W Sound |
22:36 |
| More Power to You 1930s |
Narrated by Lowell Thomas this film gives an idea how crude oil is drilled, transported, reformulated, refined, and finally consumed. B&W Sound |
9:08 |
| Progress Parade 1960 |
Innovations and happenings for the Louisianna petroleum industry includes scenes of a "Citadel" service station operator doing good for the community, and the negative harmful finding from a Louisianna State University study on effects on oysters from nearby oil drilling. Color Sound |
13:15 |
| Oil Today - Power Tomorrow 1950 |
Film about the men in the oil industry and how they bring oil to the surface and convert it to power. focuses on oil as a source of power and heat in the modern world. Color Sound |
16:00 |
Free Air 1937 |
Dramatized film on the combination of gasoline and air in a combustion engine to create power. B&W Sound |
9:38 |