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.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
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
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)