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The Story of Petroleum
(1923) American
B&W : Two reels
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

United States Bureau of Mines production; distributed by United States Bureau of Mines. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Documentary: Industrial.

Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Keywords: Animation - Children - Coffee - Equipment: Drilling, Tractors - Industrial: Oil production: Derricks, Distilling, Go-devils, Oil wells, Pipelines, Pumping stations, Pumps, Tanks - Labor: Workers - Maps - Nitroglycerine - Railroads: Track - Retail: Packaging (Oil cans), Service stations (Gasoline pumps) - Signage - Sugar - Surveying equipment - Tobacco: Cigarettes - Tract homes - Transportation: Automobiles, Barges, Bicycles, Ships, Trains (Locomotives, Tanker cars), Trucks, Tugboats - USA: Illinois (Chicago), Oklahoma, Texas

Listing updated: 5 August 2008.

References: Film credits, film viewing.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.

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