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Production of petroleum at oil refineries and its transportation in United States, before and during World War II

Documentary titled, ' Oil Is Blood ' on production and transportation of petroleum and its by products in United States. Crude oil in a pit. Man takes samples from the pit. View of derricks at an oil drilling site. Derricks at sea. Exteriors of a building near the derricks. Service station attendants, pumping gas and cleaning the windshield, on a 1942 Lincoln Continental convertible, at a "Tydol Flying A" gas station. Scenes of busy highways and plenty of fuel give way to empty roads, closed gas stations, and restricted hours for obtaining fuel, as it is rationed during World War 2. Views of persons obtaining ration stamps and books. Various gasoline ration books including the "A" books (allowing the smallest amounts) and "B", "C", and other books allowing larger rations to more essential users. Oil rig "roughnecks" inserting new sections of pipe and proceeding to drill. Closeup of a "gusher" before it is capped. Men filling railroad tank cars with petroleum products. A long train of tank cars pulled by a steam locomotive. Animated map illustrates the ocean shipping lanes that formally served as means to transport fuel and oil, before the German U-Boat threat made them too dangerous for general use. Drums of fuel and oil being loaded aboard a ship to supply the Allies during the war. A convoy of ships heading to the war zone of North Africa.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050492
Drilling of crude petroleum using various drilling methods at an oil drilling site in United States.

Various drilling methods to drill oil. View of derricks scattered across a field in United States. Operation of a drill head. A springing device called shaker, removes rock particles from mud. Samples are then taken for testing purpose. Drill bits take core samples. Scientists perform various tests on the collected samples. Electric Logging is used at various depths of drilling. Detonation charges being prepared to be inserted inside the drill holes. A small diameter tubing and valves being installed at the surface. Chemicals being added to ease the flow of oil to the surface. Oil rigs at work. Animation shows flow of oil inside an underground reservoir. View of a natural gas cycling plant. An oil drilling site at sea.

Date: 1952
Duration: 5 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050496
Separation of crude oil into various components at a refinery in United States.

An oil refinery in United States. Exteriors of Research laboratory building at the refinery. Animation shows the fractional distillation of crude oil in a fractionating tower. Cracking process being carried out to break bigger molecules into smaller ones. Catalytic distillation of crude oil being carried out. Several industries based on the byproducts of the petroleum refining industry.

Date: 1952
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050497
Use of petroleum and byproducts in transportation, agriculture, defense and industries in United States.

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.

Date: 1952
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050499
Transportation of oil barrels and early methods of digging oil wells in the United States.

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.

Date: 1923
Duration: 6 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050524
Oil production in the United States is compared with that in the other countries.

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.

Date: 1923
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050525