Shell Oil Company

All-puppet animation tells the story of how oil is formed through ages of geological change, how it is found, extracted and put to use by man.

Documentary on the genesis of oil in the Earth's crust.

Documentary on the first stage in oil exploration: the first drill.

A movie by the Shell Oil Company traces the history of the development of the diesel engine from the Otto 'SILENT' gas engine of 1877.

Produced by George Pal, "Birth of An Oil Field" was directed by Duke Goldstone and released in 1949 by the Shell Oil Company. This film, part of a series of outstanding movies on the petroleum industry produced by Shell, explains and demonstrates methods, procedures, and equipment used in the drilling of oil wells and delivery of petroleum products worldwide.