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Oil: A Symphony in Motion (1933)

Oil: A Symphony in Motion (1933)

A self-proclaimed saga of oil, celebrating the speed and power of plane, trains, and automobiles.

Release Date: 1933, May 1
Directors: M.G. MacPherson
Countries: United States of America

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.