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Modern Marvels. Oil
Title
Modern Marvels. Oil [electronic resource (video)] / A&E Television Networks, LLC.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c1996.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
The story of the world's move to industrialism during the 20th century cannot be told without reference to a substance that was deposited during the age of the dinosaurs - oil. This episode of Modern Marvels explains the technology used in the extraction and processing of the fossil fuel that changed the world.
Variant and related titles
Oil
Films on demand.
Modern marvels (Television program)
Other formats
Originally produced: A&E Television Networks, LLC, 1996.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
10 & up.
Contents
An Illuminating Revolution (7:36)
The Robber Baron (4:16)
Car Crazy (8:27)
Victory on a Wave of Oil (4:41)
Treasure Hunt (1:39)
The Big Inch (5:59)
Carrying Crude (2:47)
Sunken Riches (6:59)
Oil Fever (2:05)
Credits: Modern Marvels: Oil (1:02)
Videorecording number
42879 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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