Energy/ Electricity

1950s

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Voiceover explains that oil is heat, light, work, play, fuel, lubricant…

1950s

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Man walks up grassy hill, grassy fields in distance. The grass blades…

1950s

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Clips of harnessed donkeys pulling ropes on a stone-scattered hill,…

1950s

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Cars on highway, passing under bridge. Shot of entire oil refinery with…

1950s

13169_8665_nylon_legs

Shot of woman standing in grass; she is wearing nylon stockings, rayon…

1950s

13169_8665_oil_drilling

Video opens with shot of oil well—men in helmets and oil-stained…

1950s

13169_8665_oil_fields

Various shots of oil wells in hilly and flat fields erected where oil…

1950s

13168_10666_power_company

Missouri: Power company protective equipment production. A tulip-shaped…

1950s

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“The Carillon Meets the Electron!” Bells ring from bell towers. Old…

1980s

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This clips shows the many controls within the power plant, some of the…

1980s

13164_12326_nuclear_diablo

This clip shows EXT and INT shots of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant,…

1980s

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Different views of the Calhoun Nuclear Plant. A MS of the nuclear…