[Marysville Buttes, California natural gas and oil wells]

Duration: 13

Year Published: 1930s

Creator: .

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Description: Print contained neither dates nor credits.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Film appears to be a work print about the drilling for oil and natural gas in the Marysville [Sutter] Buttes in the Sacramento Valley in California. Shows some of the natural terrain and men constructing drilling platforms and wells. Opens with a map titled: "Scope of California's natural gas and oil areas compared as to potential gathering ground."; Silent with some English intertitles.; PFA 1604-01-3712. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: October 2, 2003 double perf; scratched; last 177 ft. spliced in upside down.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE