The Winning Team (1960s)
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Creator: A/V Geeks 16mm Films
Description: The film emphasizes the importance of teamwork in the petroleum industry, drawing parallels between sports teams and the collaborative efforts needed to ensure smooth operations and safety. It showcases how thousands of people across various sectors work together to produce gasoline, oil, grease, and other petroleum products efficiently and cost-effectively. The film highlights the role of leaders in fostering cooperation, morale, and a willingness to work together toward a common goal. It contrasts two well-servicing units, one demonstrating exceptional teamwork and efficiency while the other struggles with tension and inefficiency. Ultimately, the film underscores the value of teamwork in achieving success, safety, and productivity in the petroleum industry.
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e you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] in the field of sports teamwork builds the winner the petroleum industry likewise must build its win winners on teamwork a team consisting of thousands of people gasoline and oil and grease and 100 other products of petroleum are available at low cost because of teamwork the refinery Works smoothly with the marketer and the supplier of crude oil working around the clock to maintain an adequate Supply the pipelines keep a delicate balance between the refinery and the producing Wells while assorted Enterprises with diverent aims and desires blend their efforts to supply the world's demand for oil and increasing demand the world over this network of Cooperative action appears complicated but basically it is simple it is as simple as two rots carrying a joint of pipe it comes from individuals working together giving Mutual [Music] Aid call it what you like teamwork cooperation Collective action it gets the job done no game of sports was ever played with greater team Precision than these men show it's done day after day man depends on man there are no cheering thousands here a job well and safely done is the reward of teamwork they are Playing for Keeps too full cooperation is the strongest shield against constant perils and impending threats to life and limb and property cooperation does not just happen it is born of necessity nurtured by a willingness to get along by morale and directed by leaders men who with or without title manage to get individuals to give their best to a common cause men like Tom Riley working at Grassroots teamwork he is responsible for two Well Servicing units on him and hundreds like him rests the job of getting people to work together willingly as Tom watches servicing unit number five in action he takes pride in noting that here are four individuals all just naturally different working smoothly and cheerfully together they have achieved a level of teamwork that makes them hard to beat there are few units in the district that can equal them in pulling a well or setting a pump watch the smoothness with which work flows from one man to another can this be one of the reasons why their record is scarcely ever marred by accident can there be any doubt about a relationship between accident prevention and cooperation Tom Riley thinks about this as he observes servicing unit number six the equipment is the same as unit number five yet they're not getting the job done Riley sees it in the record well after well they are taking 20% longer than normal he sees it on the job there is not the steady Rhythm things are [Music] jerky for some reason there is tension in the at atmosphere no cheerfulness sloppy [Music] teamwork Tom hears it from the men this R about is saying I want to keep on working for the company but isn't there some way I can get transferred out of that gang friction but why why why is unit five a good working team why is unit 6 a ragged working team most of all Tom is asking how can I help those fellas to work together as a team a good team a winning team [Applause]
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