- Title: VM-368
- Summary: MORE POWER TO YOU: NARRATED BY LOWELL THOMAS
- Description:01:02:37 - DROP OF OIL PLACED ON LOGO 01:02:41 - LATE 1930s AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT OVER MOUNTAINS 01:02:44 - OCEAN LINER AT SEA. CRUISE SHIP 01:02:50 - 1930s TRAIN PASSES. MODES OF TRANSPORTATION 01:02:59 - 1930s CAR ON THE ROAD 01:03:05 - DROP OF OIL PLACED ON LOGO 01:03:12 - AERIAL OVER OIL FIELD, DERRICKS 01:03:17 - OIL FIELD, OIL DERRICKS. 01:03:22 - CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BUILDING AN OIL DERRICK. CELLAR DUG 01:03:30 - CU ROTATING DRILLING STEM ON THE BIT. DRILLING FOR OIL STEAM ENGINE DRIVES THE DRILLING MECHANISM. 01:03:43 - WORKERS INSERTING A LENGTH OF PIPE. LENGTHENING OUT THE STEM. 01:04:10 - ILLUSTRATION OF CROSS SECTION OF THE EARTH, DRILLING DOWN THROUGH SHALE, LIMESTONE, 2 MILES DOWN INTO THE EARTH, STRIKE OIL. 01:04:57 - WORKERS CLEAN THE WELL OF THE MIXTURE OF DRILL MUD & OIL SHOOTS OUT END OF PIPE 01:05:09 - SWAYING ROCKER ARM DOES THE PUMPING 01:05:21 - 24 WELL HOOK-UP ROTATING & PUMPING 01:05:31 - CRUDE OIL STORAGE TANKS 01:05:36 - OIL MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH A NETWORK OF PIPELINES TO PUMPING STATION 01:05:51 - AERIAL OF FIELD FULL OF SILVER STORAGE TANKS 01:06:01 - AERIAL OVER GIANT OIL TANKER AT SEA 01:06:18 - AERIAL OVER LARGE OIL REFINERY. TANKS, TOWERS. BUILDINGS 01:06:29 - CU HULL OF TANKER. TANKER DOCKED, HUGE HOSES DISCHARGE OIL FROM TANKER TO REFINERY. UNLOADING CRUDE OIL 01:06:56 - AERIAL OVER STORAGE TANKS 01:07:00 - LABORATORY TESTS BEING CONDUCTED ON CRUDE OIL. CU BUBBLING BEAKERS. 01:07:09 - AERIAL OVER MASSIVE OIL REFINERY 01:07:15 - CU BOILER. CU FIREBOXES. GAUGES. INTENSE HEAT IN FURNACE. 01:07:24 - PAN DOWN REFINERY EXTERIOR TO WORKERS IN THE YARD. WORKER OPENS TURNS VALVE. OIL REFINERY. STACKS, TOWERS. STORAGE TANKS CIRCA 1939 01:07:43 - MEN CLIMB TO THE TOP OF A STORAGE TANK TOWER 01:08:05 - SCIENTISTS WORKING IN LABORATORY, TESTING GASOLINE 01:08:17 - AERIAL OVER MASSIVE OIL REFINERY 01:08:29 - TILT DOWN TALL STACKS TO REFINERY 01:08:34 - 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 - CU ANIMATED GAS MOLECULES 01:09:31 - DIAGRAM OF A CRACKING PLANT. CONVERTING PETROLEUM INTO GASOLINE 01:09:56 - 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 - ECU BUBBLING GASOLINE BEING BROKEN DOWN. TILT UP ELONGATED TALL GLASS WITH BUBBLING MIXTURE 01:10:25 - FEMALE LAB WORKER CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS, 1930s LAB 01:10:36 - AERIAL OVER FIELD OF ROUND STORAGE TANKS 01:10:42 - MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. RAILROAD TANK CARS, BARGE TRANSPORTING GASOLINE. 01:10:47 - AERIAL OVER PIPELINES THROUGH MOUNTAINS 01:10:55 - 1930s SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT FILLS CAR WITH GASOLINE. 1930s GAS PUMP 01:11:00 - MONTAGE GASOLINE BEING MADE, STATION ATTENDANT PUMPING GAS WATERFALL, TEAM OF HORSES PULL THRESHER 01:11:10 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1939
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-368