Synopsis
News release reflecting innovations and happenings from the petroleum industry. Includes a sequence on "fishing" for a lost drill bit, soothing an infant with baby oil, how LP gas serves us in the home and on the job, how a "Citadel" service station operator serves his community, and a research program at Louisiana State University that investigates (and finds no) effects on oysters from nearby oil drilling.
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- Running time
- 13 minutes
- Internet Archive item
- Progress1960
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★★★★ · Swathe your baby and your oysters! · Spuzz · 2004-03-20
Every industry has it's own Newsreel it seems, Chevrolet has it's news leader, the steel companies have a couple on here I know, and now the oil companies jump in with their own.. From the Outer Limits title logo we go.. Fishing On Dry Land features oil rig specialists who mainly get broken drill bits out of the hole. Fairly interesting piece, with some over the top acting. Baby Demands Comfort is all about the manufacture of Baby Oil. It is said that Mothers preferred just using baby oil instead of an infant's first bath! This is scary, and we actually SEE a mother just overdosing her kid…
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