National Supply at the International Petroleum Exposition - Robert Yarnall Richie Collection (1959)

Presented by the National Supply Company, this industrial film promotes the Houston-based company’s exhibit at the 1959 International Petroleum Exposition in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A subsidiary of the Armco Steel Corporation, National Supply was the world's largest producer of oil- and gas-well drilling machinery and equipment at the time. Robert Yarnall Richie, who produced and directed this film, was a freelance industrial photographer and filmmaker who worked with various large corporations in Texas and around the globe.