1940s STANDARD OIL COMPANY PROMOTIONAL FILM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS GASOLINE & SERVICE STATIONS 91454
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This black & white educational film is about Standard Oil, its workers, and its improving products. It was circa the late 1930s or possibly 1940-41 as its pre-WW2.
Opening titles: Produced by the March of Time - titles are cut (:07-:12). A Standard Oil truck drives down a highway. Pulls into a service station that sells Standard Oil products. Oil pipe is attached. Oil refinery. A slow moving train goes by. Tractor in a field. A train goes by. Airline flies in the sky. A luxury cruise ship. Bus on a highway. Cars enter a gas station. Gas station clerk talks with customer. He opens gas cap and puts the gas nozzle into the car. Crown symbol at a gas station that serves Standard Oil products. Moody's Industrial book, Standard Oil is featured inside of it. Employees head to work. Men open valves at the company. Stock certificates (:13-2:46). A dairy farmer at work, a schoolteacher sits on a porch petting a cat. A doctor on the move, an employee at Standard shows his stock certificate. Northwestern University exterior shot. Kansas City Fire and Marine Insurance Company sign on a building. Standard Oil Building in Chicago, IL. Board of Directors meeting. Dr. Robert E. Wilson, the Chairman of the Board and the CEO. Employee training. Standard employees. National Safety Council Award for safety is presented to a worker for being safe driver. Personnel and Safety Department. An employee talks about the sickness program to a new hire (2:47-5:22). Dr. William M. Burton. A refinery. Heart of America. Map of the USA - the middle of the country is featured. Farmlands of Iowa. Kansas and Colorado prairies. Head of cattle. Train cars move as workers dig ore in mines. A ship lowers some slides and ore/dirt starts sliding down them. Ships at sea. Mississippi River. Heartland of the USA. Men in a factory at work, putting cars together. Chicago skyline. Map of the USA shows Standard OIl and its subsidiaries along with tanker routes (5:23-9:11). Exploration crews seek oil deposits by digging and drilling. A dynamite charge is placed. Pipes are placed into a muddy puddle. A man readies explosives. The explosives are detonated. Men in the office study paperwork. The drill is set up to drill the new land and see if there will be lots of oil. Men work at this site. Oil drills are set and the men drill into the ground (9:12-12:07). Oil is pumped from the well. Men walk around, check storage tanks. Men turn valves for the pipes. A pumping station, men work and make sure the oil is moving at the designated speed. Two men discuss. A plane pilot flies above and looks down to survey the pipes and make sure all is well. A map shows the refineries. Standards plant in Whiting, IN. Men monitor the petroleum products. New Fluid Catalyst Unit. Workmen in the control room (12:08-15:07). Standard products are being made. Candles are made. Furnace oil is also being made. Pipes carry the product. Men work at the plant. Oil trucks get their oil placed into their trucks. A fleet of oil tankers. Oil tanker goes down a river. Top Salesman of Standard meets with his associates. Standard Oil Company in Indiana. Clerks at work (15:08-18:01). Salesmen discuss. Men look at a tractor. A man paves a road. Gas station service attendant. Sales Research Dept. on a door. Sales experts analyze facts, look at maps. Sales Manager reseller on a door. The resellers discuss. A family in a living room. A car pulls up to a service station (18:02-19:52). A man cuts his lawn. He talks with two neighbors. Kiwanis Club meeting. Cars parked. A truck goes down a road. Close on a truck driver in Kansas. The driver does reports at home with his wife, he's also the local mayor. The man talks with people (19:53-22:00). Local canary. Standard lubricant cans. Oil truck delivers oil to a home. Gas station. A worker cleans a customers car window. A truck drives by a Standard Service billboard. Advertisements are discussed with the pr department. A football game in a huge stadium. A family listens to it on radio. Tractor care clinic. Local 4-H club. A county fair. A public demonstration for a tractor (22:01-24:44). Newspaper headlines about oil supply. Men discuss. Cars drive by. Research Standard Oil Building. Men do experiments. Scientists make gasoline from natural gas. Insecticides are created. Workers move around. Lubricant tests in the research department. Jet propulsion test. Jet flies through the air at high speeds. Men who work for Standard Oil. Standard Oil sign(24:45-28:55). End credits (28:56-28:58).
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Great film, My father was a Bulk Agent for Standard Oil (Indiana) for 23 years. Spent a lot of time riding in a tank wagon(truck) with my dad, always great times for me and my dad.
@rapman5363
2 жыл бұрын
Great memories to cherish. I got to ride with my dad too. It’s too bad kids can’t go to work like we did when we were younger. These companies are too worried about liability and don’t want anyone getting hurt.
@chuckwilson6281
2 жыл бұрын
@@rapman5363Hello Richard, My Dad always told me not to get hurt, he didn't have time to stop and take me to the hospital. Knew he was joking, but also made me stop and think what I was doing. Plus I didn't have any siblings to help get me into trouble.
This is a slick film
That was interesting; I grew up in the 1940's and still remember many of these types of scenes. Things have changed just a little since then. I wonder in 70-80 years, if people will look back at us with the same feelings.
@infinitecanadian
11 ай бұрын
Probably not. So much has changed - and much of that for the worse.
After driving over it thousands of times for decades, I'm going to say that's Bozeman Pass looking east at 6:00 with old US Hwy 10 on the right.
Narrated by Westbrook Van Voohris, the voice of "The March of Time".
@rapman5363
2 жыл бұрын
They don’t have them like that anymore.
What a different era, where companies at least tried to make it seem like they cared about their employees.
@opreadumitru1
Жыл бұрын
Rockefeller supported many social causes I mean the founder who become America's frist billionaire He would give to his best employees stock option plan to make them little share holders in his oil trust for their service dedication and the results they achieved Indirectly through oil based fuel he saved the lives of many many whales who would otherwise be hunted to be used for making oil for lamps and home heating during the harsh winters in the northern part of your country Air pollution was not an issue still because few could realistically afford to buy AND maintain the monthly expenses associated to owning a personal automobile
@scudfarcus4343
5 ай бұрын
@@opreadumitru1 As well as the thousands of libraries built around the U.S. by Andrew Carnegie. We could go on and on.
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The title is "Oil and Men", produced by "The March of Time" for Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) in 1947 {as stated in the copyright notice for Standard OIl Co. (Indiana)}.
The American Airlines aircraft seen at 1:08 is a Douglas DC-6. AA was the first airline to use the "six" beginning service in March, 1947 which would make this a post World War II film.
thank you for this. It is well done!
I think the movie is from 1947 and not from late 30s or pre WW2. Look at 2:08.
Even in the 40's they were saying we are running out of oil. Maybe if they keep saying it someday it will be true. But for now......
Sorry, Periscope. This is not from pre-WWII but 1947. The Book of Investors says it and the employees check has that date also.
@77goofyguy
4 жыл бұрын
That ship at the beginning was the SS United States. I believe it still holds the Blue Ribband for the fastest liner crossing of the Atlantic.. Definitely post WW2
Retirement at 65, most people died in their 70's back then, or earlier! The only Standard oil co. Person who truly had it made was John D Rockefeller!
14:01 That makes the refineries in Metro Vancouver look tiny by comparison!
P-84 Thunderjet on display
@WAL_DC-6B
3 жыл бұрын
Also a Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak seen taking off and flying by at 27:45.
You would figure how the market has gone in close to 75 years as the size of the regular service station tankers used by Standard (Exxon or Esso today, depending on country) back then today are only used to COLLECT RECYCLED MOTOR OIL from those same stations. Compare that to the 10K gal. (38K L) tanker trucks used today at most service stations. As a similar comparison the Wizard (155' / 47.2 m. long crabber from Deadliest Catch TV reality series) was originally an oil tanker ship used in WWII by the US Navy. Compare that to TODAY'S OIL TANKER SHIPS.
Reimagine this today but the non profit no eco damaging type. 😉
I guess back during the 40's, it was a "service station" rather than a convenience store with pumps. There were two distinct divisions then; POL which is Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants; and TBA which is Tires, Batteries, and Accessories. Atlas tires and batteries were sold by Standard Oil Stations.
Anyone else impressed by the fact that 80 years later, drilling (at least from the drillers viewpoint) hasn't changed a lick?
@jacksons1010
4 жыл бұрын
Yikes...reply went on the wrong post ( deleted ).
@larrysunde8878
4 жыл бұрын
No
@bobbelyea3834
2 жыл бұрын
What a trip seeing these guys throw chain. Amazing how little has changed.
Good job gus; oil is awesome.
Like all public companies they forget about their customers and think their stockholders keep the company running but so many private companies that have been around for a 100yrs
Once upon a time.
The red crown? Never heard of it.
Dr. Wilson at 25.47, in the 1940’s is mentioning shale oil?
@michaelinhouston9086
4 жыл бұрын
The shale oil mentioned is not the same thing as oil from shale formations. The shale oil he is discussing is oil that is similar to tar sands - the shale has to be heated to extract the oil. The contemporary shale oil references are to oil produced from shale formations where the shale formation has to be fractured to get production.
Great film! The good old days when you could earn a living wage and government functioned.
@iant419
4 жыл бұрын
Government never functioned. It's just a thousand times bigger now.
@NikoBellaKhouf2
2 жыл бұрын
Government never functioned
@andrulemon
2 жыл бұрын
@@NikoBellaKhouf2 It's done quite a lot of good for a lot of people
@NikoBellaKhouf2
2 жыл бұрын
@@andrulemon You mean the ruling class and the losers who can't get jobs if it wasn't for government jobs?
@andrulemon
2 жыл бұрын
@@NikoBellaKhouf2 Govt generally accomplishes what it sets out to do. The problem is it tends to be controlled by the elite.
The late, great Amoco.
@Mboy245
3 жыл бұрын
Amoco is back!!!
You expect more from Standard/American/Utoco/Amoco and you get it!
@luisreyes1963
Жыл бұрын
Don't you mean Sunoco? ⛽
@armorybrunotjr.3204
Жыл бұрын
Sunoco is another petroleum company. This slogan is for American Oil.
If they had only known the damage their company, and many others, was doing to the planet. Even back then oil was king in the USA, and until it runs out always will be. Another excellent look back at industrial and social history, thanks P.F. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
@Sennmut
4 жыл бұрын
Damage? Petroleum saved many species of whales.
@unclemonster48
4 жыл бұрын
Do you realize how many things you have in your own house that petroleum is the main ingredient? You would be freezing in the winter and hotter than hell in the summer. Greed is what has destroyed us today
@unclemonster48
4 жыл бұрын
tspike you speak the truth! I’m in the hvac business and the epa likes playing here’s a new environmentally safe refrigerant. The patent on the new refrigerants belongs to DuPont. When DuPont ave runs parallel to 1600 Pennsylvania ave you can do pretty much what you want. Sickening
@pbcanal1
4 жыл бұрын
I knew what the deniers would write before I read the comments. Its snowing tonight in the middle of May while the north pole is melting. But hey, look at that volcano!
@poorboysadventures4636
3 жыл бұрын
@@pbcanal1 the earths poles shift. Always have and always will.
AZ N 4
Is? This a hack of the original?
The industrial pollution these old films glorified is amazing. Those old refineries pumped out so much shit into the air - every nasty chemical possible. Will be glad when the Oil Age only survives in memories and in these old films.
@Sennmut
4 жыл бұрын
And your solution?
@samiam619
4 жыл бұрын
Sennmut He’s hoping to catch a ride aboard a Space Ship that’s going by with his copy of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. And his Towel!
@angelhare8374
3 жыл бұрын
@@Sennmut tuition reactors
@Sennmut
3 жыл бұрын
@@fatcrypto Thanks for the solution, Charles. It will no doubt be a big help.
@chuckwilson6281
2 жыл бұрын
He can ride his magic carpet to work.
Before kwanzaa ruined the American way.
No oil, no IPhone liberals. Think about it. LOL