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Gasoline For Everybody

1944/12 min 55 sec/24 shots

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Gasoline for Everybody explains how crude oil—composed of hydrocarbon molecules of varying sizes—is transformed into gasoline. It follows refining methods including distillation, thermal cracking, recycling cracked fuel oil, and polymerization, showing how industry research increased gasoline yields as automobile demand grew. The film concludes by connecting improved fuel to more efficient, economical, and powerful engines.

Provenance and rights

Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Gasoline For Everybody
Date: 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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