Birth Of An Oil Field Pt. 2 of 2

Birth Of An Oil Field Pt. 2 of 2 Continued.. Oil pumps in farm field w/ “Christmas Tree” of valves. CU of dials showing slowly dropping pressure. Large pump, puppet of farm cistern pump. 13:57:18 Large oil well pump working w/ walking beam moving rod up & down. Cross section showing valves in pipe opening & closing. Engineer sits down, then gets up and talks about handling of oil as it moves to refinery showing miniature of movement of oil, separating wet gas & other things at absorption plant. Dry gas shown moving to utility companies and to home, industry, etc. Oil then to dehydration plant to remove water from oil, then to storage tanks (model) where sampled for quality & value. From field storage pumped to refineries. 14:00:31 Refinery shown, largely w/out people. 14:00:48 Desert, cut to pumps & derricks. Montage of suburban houses, tract houses in suburbs. City downtown, view from RR, car. (GOOD) 14:01:28 Pendulum over research scientist & clock. The End. 1947 Industrial Film; Educational Film; Petroleum Industry Propaganda; Post-WWII Housing; Promotion; Post-WW2;