The Winning Team (c. 1953)

e you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]  [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] in the field of sports teamwork builds the  winner the petroleum industry likewise must build its win winners on teamwork a team  consisting of thousands of people gasoline and oil and grease and 100 other products of  petroleum are available at low cost because of teamwork the refinery Works smoothly with the  marketer and the supplier of crude oil working around the clock to maintain an adequate  Supply the pipelines keep a delicate balance between the refinery and the producing Wells  while assorted Enterprises with diverent aims and desires blend their efforts to supply the  world's demand for oil and increasing demand the world over this network of Cooperative action  appears complicated but basically it is simple it is as simple as two rots carrying a joint of pipe  it comes from individuals working together giving Mutual [Music] Aid call it what you like teamwork  cooperation Collective action it gets the job done no game of sports was ever played  with greater team Precision than these men show it's done day after day  man depends on man there are no cheering thousands here a job well  and safely done is the reward of teamwork they are Playing for Keeps too  full cooperation is the strongest shield against constant perils and impending  threats to life and limb and property cooperation does not just happen it is born  of necessity nurtured by a willingness to get along by morale and directed by leaders men who  with or without title manage to get individuals to give their best to a common cause men like  Tom Riley working at Grassroots teamwork he is responsible for two Well Servicing units  on him and hundreds like him rests the job of getting people to work together willingly  as Tom watches servicing unit number five in action he takes pride in noting that here are  four individuals all just naturally different working smoothly and cheerfully together they  have achieved a level of teamwork that makes them hard to beat there are few units in the  district that can equal them in pulling a well or setting a pump watch the smoothness with which  work flows from one man to another can this be one of the reasons why their record is scarcely ever  marred by accident can there be any doubt about a relationship between accident prevention and  cooperation Tom Riley thinks about this as he observes servicing unit number six the equipment  is the same as unit number five yet they're not getting the job done Riley sees it in the record  well after well they are taking 20% longer than normal he sees it on the job there is not  the steady Rhythm things are [Music] jerky for some reason there is tension in the  at atmosphere no cheerfulness sloppy [Music] teamwork Tom hears it from the men this  R about is saying I want to keep on working for the company but isn't there some way I can get  transferred out of that gang friction but why why why is unit five a good working team why  is unit 6 a ragged working team most of all Tom is asking how can I help those fellas to work  together as a team a good team a winning team [Applause]