- Title: VM-31
- Summary: BORN IN FREEDOM: 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.
- Description:00:34:13 - FILM BEGINS. 1850s NEW ENGLAND CONNECTICUT TOWN. CITY STREET. HORSE AND CARRIAGE. VINCENT PRICE. 00:34:48 - BANKER. BANKER TELLER CLERK. VISOR. BUSINESS MEETING. BOTTLE OF OIL. SMELLS BOTTLE. 00:37:23 - TOP HAT. CRUDE OIL. STRIKE OIL. 1850s CLOTHES. 00:38:36 - 1850s LABORATORY. SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS ON OIL. TEST TUBE. 00:39:04 - PENNSYLVANIA ROCK OIL COMPANY. STOCK. 00:40:43 - RICH WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN. BUSINESS OFFICE. 00:41:30 - OLD WEST. WESTERN. STAGE COACH. OLD WEST HOTEL. OPENS LETTER. 00:43:09 - OIL PRODUCTION. ALAN HALE JR. WORKERS. "I THINK YOU'RE CRAZY." 00:44:01 - ANGRY MOB. 00:44:14 - WORKERS DIGGING LARGE HOLE. SHOVELS. MEASURES HOLE WITH STRING. CROWD OF PEOPLE LAUGHING. 00:44:44 - PULLING UP DIRT WITH BUCKET. STRIKE OIL. CU HAND COVERED IN OIL. 00:45:29 - WALL GIVES WAY. HOLE FILLS WITH WATER. MEN YELL FOR HELP. MIGHT DROWN. CLIMBS LADDER. 00:46:34 - MAN WRITING LETTER. ALONE IN ROOM. 00:46:48 - CU CALENDAR. JUNE 16 1858. JULY 1 1858. JULY 15 1858. MAN FANS HIMSELF. 00:47:19 - BANK. TAKING OUT LOAN. 00:47:36 - MAN COULD READ AS AMISH. 00:48:17 - COWBOYS. HICKS. IRISHMAN. LARGE ENGINE. 00:50:04 - BUILDING HOUSE. CONSTRUCTION. SAWING. CALENDAR. SEPTEMBER 1858. 00:50:24 - PARTIALLY BUILT HOUSE SHACK. 00:50:33 - SNOW STORM. HORSE AND CARRIAGE. 00:51:15 - BLACKSMITH. HORSESHOEING. MAN IN SUIT AND TOP HAT ON HORSE. APRON. 00:52:39 - FRONTIER WOMAN DOES WASH LAUNDRY. CLOTHES LINE. YOUNG BOY. WOODEN OIL WELL. 00:53:37 - 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 - MAN RUNS OUT OF CABIN EXCITED WORRIED. CARRIAGE FULL OF PIPES. 00:55:38 - MEN POUNDING PIPES INTO GROUND. DRILLING FOR OIL. 00:56:24 - MAN WRITES ON CHALK BOARD. DEPTH 25 FT. THEN 45 FT. THEN 65 FT. 00:57:28 - MAN READS LETTER. 00:57:51 - FRONTIER FATHER AND SON GO FISHING. "COME ON POP LET'S GO". 00:58:52 - MAN PUTS BALL ON STRING. PUTS IT DOWN PIPE. PULLS IT UP. COVERED IN OIL. STRUCK OIL. MAN SHOCKED SURPRISED. 00:59:25 - MAN AND BOY RUN TO CABIN. "WE STRUCK IT." 00:59:58 - CROWD GATHERED AROUND CABIN. PEOPLE CONGRATULATING MAN. SHAKING HANDS. 01:00:14 - CU OIL POURING OUT OF PIPE INTO BARREL. HICKS. FRONTIER MEN. 01:00:29 - FARMER. BUILDING OIL WELL. 01:00:50 - OLD WEST. LAND OFFICE. COWBOY ON HORSE TALKS TO CROWD. 01:00:57 - CU CRUDE OIL POURS INTO BARREL. 01:01:12 - MODERN OIL WELL. 01:01:18 - MODERN LABORATORY. BEAKERS TEST TUBES. SCIENTISTS. 01:01:35 - 50s GAS STATION. ATTENDANT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-31