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 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. Oil production of the United States is compared with that of other countries. Relative production in 1900 is shown. A political map of the United States. A dot in some states represents 1 % of the world's production whereas a cross in other states represents less than 1 % of the world production. A map shows Russia, Germany, Italy, Galicia, Roumania and other neighboring countries. A box on the map shows Japan with a cross. Another map shows India, Tibet, Afghanistan and their neighboring countries. Still another map shows countries of South America. Evolution of internal combustion engines, whereby gasoline is used, is shown using diagrams.
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.
The world struggle for oil is depicted. Advanced drilling equipment, oil pipelines and oil tanks in the United States. Smoke comes out of a structure at an oil field. Men lay down an oil pipeline. A large and efficient refinery in operation. Smoke comes out of chimneys. A large oil carrying ship. Men haul a pipe on the ship. They pull a rope which is attached to the big pipe. The pipe is attached to an outlet.