The Wealth Of The World - Oil - Reel 1 (1950-1959)

Reel 1. Logo of hand holding a globe. Landscapes, mountains etc. Graphic flash with a crash of cymbals. London, lots of buses and cars. The Strand? Policeman conducting traffic. Travel Agents. Women looking in shop windows. Greengrocers display. Barclays Bank. Oil derricks. Men at work drilling for oil. Shots of pipes and refineries. Tankers. Oil spilling from pipes. Train carrying tanks of oil. Demolition of buildings. Men climb a tall construction. “The new Europe is going to need all the oil it can get“. Industrial landscape. Foundries. Production lines. Women inspecting electrical parts. Machinery. Coal being moved by mechanical digger. Oil “turning the wheels of industry“. Automobile industry. Stanes Motors Ltd. Tractors coming off production line. Railway track in Australia. Outback. Sheep shearing. Man on a motorcycle rounding up sheep. Tree felling. Timber industry. Grain harvest. Combine Harvesters. Planes. Ocean Liners. Comparison between oil usage i