"It Never Rains Oil," Director: Arnold Gillespie, identifier # FI-2019-0066, 1968

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Rice Media Center miscellaneous video, part 3

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Scope and Contents

Educational animation about oil, probably from the 1950s. Oil producer's propaganda film.

The digital version available online is not HD (480p available only). See copy at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QRCeVicyQM.

The original archival can says ""De Menil"", with no indication why; credits do not suggest any link.

Credits: Color by Technicolor

Sponsored by Western Oil and Gas Association Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association Independent Petroleum Association of America Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association American Petroleum Institute

Associate Producer: George Gordon Story: John Sutherland, William Scott Direction: Arnold Gillespie Art Direction: Gerald Nevius, Edgar Starr Animation: Carl Urbano, Emery Hawkins, William Higgins Music: Eugene Poddany

A John Sutherland Production

Dates

Creation: 1961 - 2010

Conditions Governing Access

Digitized copy accessible upon request by contacting woodson@rice.edu and using identifier # FI-2019-0066 in the request. This item is stored in a nearline / dark preservation environment.