Prospecting for Petroleum (1948)

Directed by

Duke Goldstone

Genre

documentary, animation

Country

United States

Runtime

22 min

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film uses puppet animation to explain how oil forms over geological time, then shows how people find, extract, and use it.

educationalinformativeinstructionalcalmslow-paceddatedwhimsicallighthearted

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