All in a lifetime

The film marks the 75th. Anniversary of the Esso Petroleum Company and surveys the progress of the oil industry from 1888 to the present day. Within a lifetime, the oil industry has revolutionised our habits and daily life. Historical black and white film shows the first methods of exploration and drilling, then the film pursues oil’s more modern ramifications ranging from the development of the jet engine to the latest oilfields; from laboratory research to motorways; from oil-fired industries to the new world of petrochemicals.

Credits

production company

Esso Petrol

co-producer

John Shearman

Derek Armstrong

director

Joe Mendoza

Duration

00:24:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014302

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Great Britain

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Oil industry - History

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Petroleum industry and trade

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

History → History

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1963

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