Format:
1 videocassette (approx. 50 min.)
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sd., col. with b&w sequences
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1/2 in
Content:
This tape begins with a history of modern kerosene use and the role that John D. Rockefeller played in the early oil industry in a new company called "Standard Oil." Wildcat oilmen turned Beaumont, Texas into an oil boomtown, and "Gulf Oil" and "Texaco" resulted from the "Spindletop" discovery in Texas
Note:
"The History Channel.". - VHS.
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Narrated by Peter Thomas
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Director of photography: Dave Huntley; graphics: Atmosphere Pictures, J.L. Bean, Ed Kircher, Gone Postal; music: Brian Langsbard; archive research: Alanna Tait, Bonnie Rowan, Deborah Dawkins
Language:
English
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