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OIL
INDUSTRY - USA - Royalty-free footage in our collection
220519 14:14:03
- 14:15:43 - 1900 Si b/w
Burning
of the Standard Oil Co’s Tanks, Bayonne, New Jersey
Edison
In wide avenue, pedestrians, bicycles, etc. watch city burning, black smoke and fire in background.
Horse-drawn wagons loaded with furniture and other belongings arrive towards
camera from fire.
The fire nearly destroyed the city.
220590 17:34:43
- 17:45:00 1913
? Si b/w USA
Story
of Petroleum Reel Three part one
Oil refinery - pan over exterior tanks and buildings . Oil storage tank - crude
oil stills where oil is refined. an cleaning stills and bolting on covers.
Automatic stoker for coal burners
to heat the oil. Animation to show how distillation process works and how oil
is separated into gasoline, kerosene, gasoil and paraffin. Pipes and cooling
process.
220590 17:45:03
- 17:51:47 1913
? Si b/w USA
Story
of Petroleum Reel Three part two
03.45.05 Inspectors testing quality of oils as they come from the stills.
Storage tanks. Labourer putting on face mask before he climbs into still to
remove coke residue. Man inside still which is still at burning temperature.
Coke coming down shute from stills. Group of labourers “cooling off”. Coke in wagons being sprayed by water
to cool. The coke from crude oil is almost pure carbon and in demand in many
industries. Coke shovelled into barrows .
Re- run stills where further distillation takes place - pumps. Man testing
gasoline.
220455 01:17:15
- 01:19:11 - 1920s? Si b/w
Crude
oil refining
Workers laying the pipe, digging trenches for pipe line.
Small primitive town, dirt road, horses pulling carts, few motor cars.
Statistics of extraction. Refining plant, Man cleaning out coke or residue from
the still with shovel. Piling stones on cartwheel.
200259 01.01.08 1921 si B/W TX,; OK,; (?); USA
[Oil Industry]
Workers
on top of small storage tanks; blacks & whites working at fitting pipe ca
15'. Dozer pulling. Men look at trough for oil. Derrick w/ women & children
visiting men, steam out of pipe at base.
220455 01:17:15
- 01:19:11 Si b/w 1920s? Crude
oil refining
Workers laying the pipe, digging trenches for pipe line.
Small primitive town, dirt road, horses pulling carts, few motor cars.
Statistics of extraction. Refining plant, Man cleaning out coke or residue from
the still with shovel. Piling stones on cartwheel.
LN
501-138 08:00:21
- 08:12:43 Si b/w
1924 Story of Gasoline Part Two
Still cleaners in protective clothing. Loading petroleum coke onto wagons.
Crude gasoline in agitators for removal of impurities.
08.03.18 Steam stills - graphic showing distillation. Re running stills.
Pressure stills - smoking chimneys. Industry. Oil. Refinery
LN
501-138 08:13:20
- 08:26:52 Si b/w
1924 Story of Gasoline Part Three
Recovery of Natural gasoline from well head. Brief shot oil well - compression plant exteriors and interiors. Loading natural gasoline for
shipment. Distillation tests - man in laboratory conducting tests. Chemical and physical research laboratory - scientists carrying out
experiments. Storage tanks. Filling barrels. Tankers in port. Tank cars. Road tanker filled.
Truck delivering to petrol station - earthing truck to prevent fire/ safety
precaution. Car pulling into
filling station and getting fuel.
Industry. Oil. Refinery
LN
501-138 08:27:25
- 08:41:38 Si b/w
1924 Story of Lubricating Oil Part One
Pan over storage tanks and oil refinery - smoking chimneys. Stills graphic
explaining refining procedure.
Wash tanks where treated oil has most of its impurities removed. Graphic
explaining how oil is chilled to remove any wax impurities. Filters / stills.
Storage tanks. Removing petroleum from heavy oil.
Industry. Oil. Refinery
LN
501-138 08:42:00
- 08:55:10 Si b/w
1924 Story of Lubricating Oil Part Two
Removing petroleum from heavy oil.
Graphic showing chilling coils in still. Alternative method of separation -
centrifuge. Steam still. Pour test to determine lowest temperature at which oil
will flow. Flash test / viscosity test all carried out in laboratory
conditions. Removing head from engine block to discover amount of carbon
deposits. Scientists work in laboratory. Cold room where oil is checked in
freezing temperatures. Test for lubricating properties. Oil cans for shipment.
Making grease which is a mixture of lubricating oil and soap. Heavy machinery. Steam train being
lubricated. Steam train under way.
Industry. Oil. Refinery
220440 07:00:00
- 07:10:49 Si B/W 1937 ?
Oil
Refinery, Service Station, Storage Facilities
Derrick & men working with pipes at oil drilling site. Oil trucks being
loaded at refinery. Oil Beach
Gold. Philips 66 on tower. RR tank cars on siding. Black Gold Gasoline service station
with trucks alongside. Tanks with
distillate & kerosene on sides. Top of towers & piping, tilt down; then up. Men in room with phone & glass
covers with gasoline pumping through. Drawing off gasoline. Oil cans being filled automatically. Sunoco label(?). CU of machine filling cans & moving
along conveyor belts. Men at
machine with paraffin or ??? coming out in sheets. Stuffing down into movable cart. Men w/ D-X on back of coveralls. Stitching machine & men moving bags, laying on floor to
cool(?). Men adjusting valves in
large yard of valves. Filling RR cars. Refinery in Jersey City & tank farm.
220274 04:20:57
- 04:30:26 1938 Si B/W CA, USA
[California Oil Derricks & Refinery]
MCU
looking thru pumping oil derrick out to sea. Tall derricks alongside coastal road pumping. Signal Hill & forest of
derricks. Cars past derricks along
beach, palm trees visible. Wooden
towers & large number. Richfield Oil Refinery with trucks moving about. 04:24:00 Large storage
tanks & men checking them. Refinery cracking towers. View up derrick with shaft turning. Man at base working lever & watching dial--cigarette in
mouth. CU of man, drilling,
etc. 04:26:26 Men moving
pipes. Man at furnace controls
& at control board. Derrick
tower. CU of control
switches; 04:28:40 CU pencilling in “Monthly Operating
Data”. CU of dial. Large control
room of dials; men taking readings. Automatic plotters. incomplete?
220536 07.00.00
- 07.03.45 1940s Sd b/w Texas, Dallas; Austin; Houston; Amarillo; Ft.
Worth; Kilgore; El Paso; Beaumont; USA
Report
from Texas
Cowboys to camera in corral. Cattle; oil refinery & drilling; shipbuilding. Shots to show military personnel coming
from Texas - Planes in flight over Randolph Field & graduation. Dallas skyline, night Amarillo,
downtown Houston. CU signs Fort
Worth, Pampa, small town streets; Alamo; Kilgore & derricks. El Paso.
Beaumont. Wichita Falls. San Angelo; Austin. Farm scenes, rice, turkeys, citrus.
Shipyards w/ women. Airplane factories & interiors. Oil wells pumping. Farmers on tractors; rice combines
harvesting. Magnesium ingots &
distilling seawater. Cotton picking by hand & machines. Sorghum
harvesting. Helium plants. Carbon black produced for synthetic
rubber. Sulphur mill.
X 221279 09:11:39 -
09:21:42 B/W SD 1946 USA
Petroleum
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films - World Energy Resources Series [Erpi announcer]
CU Oil pouring into vat. Cars
& trucks along highway past camera. Chinese men at docks w/ straw hats carrying heavy loads from pole across
shoulder - manual labour in developing countries. Petroleum delivery truck out of gas station. Home furnace in cellar. Fuel used in factories. Bulldozer; tractor ploughing; ship at
sea in storm; diesel locomotive; American Airlines passenger plane taking off
L-R.
09:13:26 Map of US showing active
oilfields. Survey crew detonate
test charge - shockwaves measured by seismographic equipment - cross-section
diagram showing shockwaves being reflected from various strata underground.
09:14:41 Oil derricks; drilling
crew at work - CU drill bit - drill pipe lowered into hole & drilling
starts. Cross-section diagram of
drilling down to oil strata past layer of gas. Derrick replaced by pipes & valves nicknamed a
“Christmas tree”. Crude oil stored
in barrels waiting for transport to refinery. Oil tanker. Crude oil pipelines & pumping station ext & int.
09:17:24 High pan across oil
refinery complex; towers where “fractional distillation” & more modern
process of “cracking” take place. Research chemist takes sample from pipe.
09:18:42 Map of world showing how
yearly production of petroleum would encircle earth almost four times if put in
rail wagons - world petroleum producing fields located - Eastern Hemisphere -
Netherlands East Indies, Russia, Romania, Iraq, Iran, oil reserves in Persian
Gulf. Western Hemisphere -
Caribbean coast of South America, US. VO re unequal distribution - Western Europe dependant on other
countries.
09:20:26 Street scene w/ traffic -
London? Multi-lane American
highway. Heavy gun towed down
motorway by truck. Arabs signing
oil supply deal (staged). Montage
of shots oilfields, refinery, tanker ship; petroleum reserve. (GOOD)
Fossil Fuel; Middle East; Politics; Non-sustainable Resources; Heavy Industry;
Geology; Economics; Import; Export; Technology; 1940s;
220581 07.11.06
- 07.21.59 1949 Sd col California
Hollywood USA
Los
Angeles - City of Destiny - Part Two - Colour
INCLUDING: 07.18.08
- 07.20.09 Hydro
electric power - Hoover dam - electricity pylons. Industry and factories in
L.A. Car production - steel foundry - lathe cutting steel. AVs and ground shots
oil derricks. Aircraft and tarmac. Workers leaving factories.
220464 10:57:12
- 11:07:55 1950s Sd Col
The Atom Comes to Town Pt 3
INCLUDING:
11:02:18- 11:06:00 Drilling at oil well. Oil gushing
through. Labour. Row of houses w/ sign “ caution, radiation area”. Minerals
tested for reaction to radiation. Graphs on computer screen. Engineers
experiment w/ portable radiation measuring implement to be used on site. Coil.
Device to preserve crude oil: covered with water in pool; Pool glows. Engineer
smiles.
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220486 01:37:31
- 01:52:43 1969? b/w sd USA
Richmond
Oil Strike Part 1 of 2
The Newsreel - Radical documentary
Jan 4 1969 strike by Oil, Chemical and Atomic Worker’s Union vs. Standard Oil
and Shell refinery.
Exterior and exterior oil manufacturing plant. Control room. Pipes. Oil workers.
Sights of town: kids near jetty, sports ground.
LS Richmond industrial landscape. Smoke out of chimneys, factories. Workers outside factory on
strike. Narration tells workers
demands for increased wages. Night shot oil refinery exterior. Police break strike in rain.
Demonstrators hold placards. Wives of workers interviewed re police brutality
when picketing. Oil worker re police violence.
Workers coming out of factory (?), VO worker re being treated as second class
citizen. Wife talks re violence outside factory.
01:42:17 Policeman out of car walks up to strikers with placards by oil
lorries.
01:43:06 petrol station oil counter. Oil barrels on production line. Oil drilling. Narration re Shell and Standard Oil power and previous assaults
on workers and unions. Various workers re Standard Oil control and power over
people’s lives. Bomber drops bomb.
petrol pump. Truck at night.
Death of Standard oil trade union
member Dick Jones, funeral.
Highway, past factory with small group of workers or protesters standing
outside. Men attach funeral
wreaths on factory gates.
01:47:00 workers and wives re police brutality.
01:48:35 Demonstration outside
chemical plant. Third World
Liberation Front speaker re intimidation and establishment’s attempt to
crush labour movement. Police chases demonstrators.
Chanting. Some protesters climbing
on lorries. Worker compares situation to 1929.
“Standard’ sign.
Narration re end of strike. Speaker at demonstration says people must join together to make changes
over shots of demonstration.
NB We have
an early film on the discovery of oil in
Pennsylvania. This is
reconstruction but could possibly pass for turn of the century.
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