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  1. Movies
  2. It Never Rains Oil

It Never Rains Oil

1953
15m
Animation
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1953

Runtime

15m

Storyline

Color animated film with audio. Begins showing a man named Stanley McGrokel and highlights his dependence on oil and oil related products then highlights what his life would be without these products. Illustrates that oil runs our nations agriculture, economy, and national defense. Shows where oil comes from and how it is extracted. Gives the odds on finding oil breaking even and discovering a large oil field. The film details the Depletion Plan of 1929 and how this helped spur investment into the oil industry and other extractive industries.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
15m
Dec 21, 1953
Director
Arnold Gillespie
Production
John Sutherland Productions
John Sutherland Productions
Production Countries
United States of America

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