Oil production site

Description
Number ADA 10476
Collection Atelier des Archives
Title Oil production site
Duration 00:09:52
Date of production 1948
Keyword Places : United States
Index : Oil, Oil well, Oil deposit, Derrick
Available format 2K
Sound silent
Summary Report on a coastal oil production site in the United States, probably in California (Long Beach, Wilmington, or Huntington Beach). The film features oil extraction facilities, an oil field, and the various stages of petroleum production and refining.
Description CU of a pumpjack with the ocean in the background. LS of distillation columns. LS of an oil field with numerous drilling derricks. LS of a coastal road lined with drilling derricks. CU of numerous derricks. LS of industrial boilers. Oil tanker trucks. LS of oil storage tanks. Distillation unit. Worker checking pressure gauges. CU of a rotary table on an oil drilling rig. CU of a worker. LS of workers operating refinery equipment. CU of various sections of the petroleum complex. Network of pipelines and control valves with employees at work. CU of a process instrument. LS of the refinery control room with operators monitoring process instrumentation.