People And Petroleum: The Story of Creole In Venezuela Pt 1 of 2
Presented by Creole Petroleum Corp. / Dist. by USIS
Tracking shots through Bolivar Coastal Fields on Eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela - lines of oil wells above water. Creole Petroleum Corp. - VO “An affiliate of Standard Oil, New Jersey” - oil tanker through Caracas - Creole HQ building. Animated map of Venezuela showing natural resources - zoom in on Maracaibo.
08:41:08 Oil wells at Maracaibo - VO re history of region - native Indian huts on stilts - people examine oil seeping to surface on lakeside. High pan across modern oil installation on lakeside. Shots from oil platforms; constructing new platform. Personnel transport boats in dock; boats in repair yard; barge in dry dock. Pipelines. Animated map showing route of pipelines. Pipeline construction - lowered into lake bed. Oil storage facility. Amuay refinery shots. Tanker in dock - Esso New Orleans on side.
08:45:17 Search for oil in Eastern Venezuela - jungle cleared to make way for roads - first oil rig set up as part of area survey by geologists - explosive charge set in hole - seismograph in truck records shockwaves. First proper oil derrick under way. Kiri Kiri oilfield in jungle region - nodding donkey - new town built to house oilfield workers. Map showing oil transport routes. Tacagua ? pipeline across mountains - VO “$400,000 a mile to build” - construction shots.
08:49:00 Creole oil tanker into Esso Extra gas station; tanker on runway at airport refueling passenger planes - one named Simon Bolivar. INT Creole office building - VO re ethical approach of company, employing locals, high salaries etc. (includes Guillermo Zuloaga) - American staff training Venezuelans & learning Spanish. Meeting of company geologists inc. young Venezuelan woman. More Venezuelans in senior positions shown.
08:51:48 Worker out of house provided by Creole, drives kids to school staffed and operated by the company. Kids in playground.
08:52:40 Venezuelan oil worker & wife in supermarket - select food from neat displays. Workers club. Hospital Creole - nurses tend to sick workers. Workers at docks. VO re personnel policy.
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People And Petroleum: The Story of Creole In Venezuela Pt 1 of 2 Presented by Creole Petroleum Corp. / Dist. by USIS Tracking shots through Bolivar Coastal Fields on Eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela - lines of oil wells above water. Creole Petroleum Corp. - VO “An affiliate of Standard Oil, New Jersey” - oil tanker through Caracas - Creole HQ building. Animated map of Venezuela showing natural resources - zoom in on Maracaibo. 08:41:08 Oil wells at Maracaibo - VO re history of region - native Indian huts on stilts - people examine oil seeping to surface on lakeside. High pan across modern oil installation on lakeside. Shots from oil platforms; constructing new platform. Personnel transport boats in dock; boats in repair yard; barge in dry dock. Pipelines. Animated map showing route of pipelines. Pipeline construction - lowered into lake bed. Oil storage facility. Amuay refinery shots. Tanker in dock - Esso New Orleans on side. 08:45:17 Search for oil in Eastern Venezuela - jungle cleared to make way for roads - first oil rig set up as part of area survey by geologists - explosive charge set in hole - seismograph in truck records shockwaves. First proper oil derrick under way. Kiri Kiri oilfield in jungle region - nodding donkey - new town built to house oilfield workers. Map showing oil transport routes. Tacagua ? pipeline across mountains - VO “$400,000 a mile to build” - construction shots. 08:49:00 Creole oil tanker into Esso Extra gas station; tanker on runway at airport refueling passenger planes - one named Simon Bolivar. INT Creole office building - VO re ethical approach of company, employing locals, high salaries etc. (includes Guillermo Zuloaga) - American staff training Venezuelans & learning Spanish. Meeting of company geologists inc. young Venezuelan woman. More Venezuelans in senior positions shown. 08:51:48 Worker out of house provided by Creole, drives kids to school staffed and operated by the company. Kids in playground. 08:52:40 Venezuelan oil worker & wife in supermarket - select food from neat displays. Workers club. Hospital Creole - nurses tend to sick workers. Workers at docks. VO re personnel policy. Promotional Films. Travelogues - South America. Economics; 1950s;