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Twenty-Four Hours of Progress (Part II)

1950/14 min 21 sec/71 shots

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This 1950 film portrays the oil industry as central to American economic growth and national security, tracing petroleum from drilling and conservation through refining, transportation, research, farming, household products, automobiles, aviation, shipping, and electric power.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: Film Counselors, Inc.
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Twenty-Four Hours of Progress (Part II)
Date: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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