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1924 - Petroleum, USA: Story of Gasoline R2 of 3

Reel Number: 220966-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1924,1920s

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 01:00:19

TC Ends: 01:12:32

Duration: 00:12:13

1924 - Petroleum, USA: Gasoline Refining R2 of 3 Workers w/ tools posing out side brick still. Still cleaners in protective clothing. Loading petroleum coke by hand w/ shovels onto wagons. CU of coke. Pan over large storage tanks in front of tall agitators w/ steam out bottom; men walk along walkway & look inside. MS of interiors w/ compressed air pumped thru to agitate. Crude gasoline in agitators for removal of impurities. Water sprayed from pipes to wash off surface of gasoline. Large treating tanks w/ steam from chimney behind. 01.03.14 Steam stills w/ steam off into the air and large tanks on concrete foundations. Pan over various tanks & buildings. 01:04:18 Animated diagram of distillation process. 01:05:52 Machines behind man keeping records. Gasoline (?) drawn off. Man watching & running stills,drawing off gasoline & testing. Large re-running stills w/ man walking on exterior catwalk. Pan over pipes, smoking chimney. Fractional distillation explained in inner titles. 01:08:48 Pressure stills, steaming tanks of large refinery. 01:09:27 Animated drawings of process & more machinery in operation. Petroleum Industry; Oil Refining; Distillation; Refinery; 1920s; Animation; Educational Films;

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