Prospecting For Petroleum.

Duration: 26 min.

Year Published: 1948

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: The story of petroleum; how it was formed through ages of geological change, and how it is found, extracted, and put to use by man today.

Complete Record: PROSPECTING FOR PETROLEUM. George Pal production, sponsored by the Shell Oil Co., Inc., c1948. 26 min., sd., color, 16mm. (This Is Oil, no. 1) Summary: The story of petroleum; how it was formed through ages of geological change, and how it is found, extracted, and put to use by man today. Credits: Producer, George Pal; director, Duke Goldston; animation, Erwin Broner. © Shell Oil Co., Inc.; 12Feb48; LP1778.