Birth Of An Oil Field.

Duration: 1 reel

Year Published: 1949

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: This film, part of a series on the petroleum industry, explains and demonstrates methods, procedures, and equipment used in the drilling of oil wells.

Complete Record: BIRTH OF AN OIL FIELD. George Pal, in collaboration with the Production Department of Shell Oil Company, Inc., c1949. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm. (This Is Oil) Summary: This film, part of a series on the petroleum industry, explains and demonstrates methods, procedures, and equipment used in the drilling of oil wells. Credits: Producer, George Pal; director, Duke Goldstone; story, Norman Vizents; music director, Clarence Wheeler; animation, Miles Pike. Cast: Victor Jory, Knox Manning, Gayne Whitman, William Forrest, Smiley Burnette. © Shell Oil Company, Inc.; 3Feb49; MP3888.