Erdoel.

Duration: 1 reel

Year Published: 1949

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Portrays the vital role of petroleum in today's economic and political life. Shows how oil is used for transportation, heating, and manufacturing; explains how seismographs are used in exploring for oil, how drilling is carried on, and how oil is refined; and illustrates how the world's petroleum resources are distributed. For junior and senior high school and adult groups.

Complete Record: ERDOEL. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1949. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. German version of "Petroleum." Summary: Portrays the vital role of petroleum in today's economic and political life. Shows how oil is used for transportation, heating, and manufacturing; explains how seismographs are used in exploring for oil, how drilling is carried on, and how oil is refined; and illustrates how the world's petroleum resources are distributed. For junior and senior high school and adult groups. Credits: Collaborator, Lester E. Klimm. © Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.; 25Aug49; MP4612.