Various uses of petroleum and its byproducts in United States. Man drives a cream colored 1952 Cadillac Convertible car along the road. Close ups of various car parts in the 1952 Cadillac Convertible that are manufactured from petroleum byproducts, including seating, parts of dash, and window seals. Other vehicular traffic on road, including an antique automobile. An American Airlines DC-6 aircraft taking off. A streamlined locomotive: Burlington Route E-5A Diesel-Electric Silver Pilot locomotive approaching on a railroad train track. Tractor driven plow. A field being plowed. Petroleum byproduct being sprayed on fruit trees as a pesticide. Use of oil for American ground, air and naval forces. Petroleum byproducts and uses in oil industry. View of an oil refinery. Tourists visit an early oil derrick in Pennsylvania. An oil rig at work.
The world struggle for oil is depicted. Photographs of oil drilling boom in the Drake Memorial Museum in the United States. Photographs of early oil refineries. A man near an oil refinery. Dramatization shows transportation of oil barrels. Teamsters driving horse drawn carts loaded with oil barrels over a rugged terrain. Barrels of oil are loaded on barges in spring freshets. Horse drawn carts on a river bank. Frontiersmen rig up 'spring poles'. Early methods of digging oil wells is depicted.
The world struggle for oil is depicted. Relative production in 1876 by different countries is shown. A political map of the United States. A map shows Russia, Germany, Italy and other countries. A + sign in Italy shows the oil production being less than 1 % of the world's production. A dot in Galicia and Roumania depicts oil production being 1 % of the world's production. A box on the map shows Japan with a + sign.
The world struggle for oil is depicted. Use of components of oil in homes and in railroads in the United States is shown. A dramatization shows the effect of a kerosene lamp on social life. A woman seated in a chair near a table in a room. A kerosene lamp in a corner. A man opens the door of the room and walks in. The woman gets up and welcomes the man. They both walk to a seat and sit down. Another woman enters the room. The man stands to greet her. She increases the light of the lamp and then leaves the room. The man decreases the light of the lamp. The man and the woman talk. The 1893 replica of the 1831 DeWitt Clinton steam locomotive is shown in operation with its three carriage train, in New York City. The DeWitt Clinton was the first railroad locomotive to operate on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad in New York. The reproduction seen here was built in 1893 by the New York Central Railroad for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This footage was shot on July 17, 1921 when the DeWitt Clinton train was preparing for a trip to another exposition in Chicago. On this day it ran several times from 96th to 116th streets in New York City. New York Central employees are seen on the drain, dressed as passengers would have been in 1831. This replica was later displayed at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, and is is now on display at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn Michigan. It was acquired by Henry Ford in 1934, in an agreement with the New York Central that it would continue to travel to events on occasion.
The world struggle for oil is depicted. Use of components of oil in railroads in the United States is depicted. A man rubs two pieces of steel together. Another man stands near him. The first man looks at the pieces of steel through a microscope. The rough edge of polished steel as seen under a microscope. Two pieces of polished steel on the stage of the microscope. Rough edges of the polished steel pieces as seen under the microscope. The man takes out oil from a bottle using a pipette. The oil is applied between the edges of the steel pieces to reduce friction. A view of oil smeared edges as seen through the microscope. A man operates machinery in a railway locomotive.
The world struggle for oil is depicted. A race of early automobiles in the United States. People standing on the side of the road cheer. A man waves a flag on the finish line.
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