Film
Oil: A Symphony in Motion
1933 · 8m
A self-proclaimed saga of oil, celebrating the speed and power of plane, trains, and automobiles.
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Overview
A self proclaimed saga of oil, celebrating the speed and power of plane, trains, and automobiles. It starts with a look at a farm, beneath which is oil. Soon, farmland is dotted with derricks. It's on to a refinery. Then, shots of oil derricks, their pumps and pistons moving, are interspersed with images of men at work and machines in motion powered by oil. Horse-drawn carts are discarded. Modern wheels turn. The narration consists of title cards written in a grandiose and rhetorical style - the bones of yesterday become the blood of today.
Crew
- M.G. MacPhersonDirector
- Jean MichelsonEditor · Director of Photography
Details
- Release date
- May 1, 1933
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 8m
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