Texaco Gasoline, 1960s-1970s

Year Published: 1960s to 1970s

Creator: Texaco D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B)

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: Narrator It was the night of the big blizzard. 0:01 I was in Ossining, New York, 0:03 and I knew I couldn't drive much further 0:04 when I saw a light up ahead. 0:07 It was a Texaco station. 0:09 (wind howling) 0:10 During the night, about 30 or 40 people were stranded here. 0:12 There were even little children. 0:15 The manager of the station, Mr. Wool, was great. 0:18 He went out and brought us meat 0:21 and bread and soda without any charge. 0:22 Then he let us in small groups to a convent 0:26 so we'd have a place to spend the night. 0:30 (wind howling) 0:32 It was about a quarter of a mile away, 0:34 and we had to hiking on foot through the snow. 0:36 (wind howling) 0:39 I'm sure lucky I got to that Texaco station that night 0:42 because this man was a real lifesaver. 0:45 Narrator Walter Wool, another Texaco retailer 0:49 who's taken a business that's good for cars 0:51 and made it a business good for people. 0:53 (bright music) 0:55

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