ALASKA OIL RESERVES - JOURNEY TO PRUDHOE BAY
Details the sealift of modules and oil drilling equipment to Prudhoe Bay to develop the Alaskan oil reserves (oil field) on the North Slope of Alaska and to build the Alaskan pipeline.
(public domain films) 1975 COL 24min |
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| keywords: alaska, prudhoe bay, north slope, oil fields, oil drilling equipment |
ATOMIC ENERGY TV SPOTS - FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
Thanks to the Atomic Energy Commission the future of power is assured and that future is Nuclear power.
(public domain films) 1970's COL 4min |
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| keywords: Nuclear Power, Atomic Energy |
BIOCONVERSION OF WASTE
AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE
One promising approach to meeting the energy needs of tomorrow through the conversion of urban and agricultural wastes to clean burning methane gas.
(public domain films) 1979 COL 14 min |
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| keywords: green energy, alternative energy, bioconversion, methane gas, urban waste, agricultural waste |
COAL - THE OTHER ENERGY
Documenting the ways coal fired electrical generating power plants can burn coal and meet 1970's environmental standards.
(public domain films) 1978 15 min COL |
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| keywords: coal mining, furnace, railroad locomotive, oil wells, freight train, coal cars |
DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Inside the Dresden Nuclear Power Plant the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the U.S.
(public domain films) 1958 BW 5min |
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| keywords: atomic energy, dresden nuclear power plant |
EBR-II FUEL FACILITY 1964
TREATING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
A demonstration by the Department Of Energy detailing he feasibility of on-site reprocessing and treating spent nuclear fuel for future nuclear plants.
(public domain films) 1964 COL 13min |
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| keywords: atomic energy, ebr-ii fuel facility, spent nuclear fuel |
ENERGY - CRITICAL CHOICES AHEAD
Documenting the energy crisis of the 1970's with the gas shortage, America's dependence on foreign oil, changing speed limit to 55mph and dire consequences for the future if conservation measures are not implemented.
(public domain films) 1974 26 min COL |
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| keywords: united states, energy crisis, gasoline shortage, middle east oil embargo, service station, oil drilling, oil tanker |
ENERGY - THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Film footage, still images, drawings, and paintings are used to show the development of different forms of energy over 200 years, documenting changes in energy sources and the research into clean energy.
(public domain films) 1978 COL 29min |
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| keywords: energy sources, alternative power, clean energy, horse plow, churning butter, sailing ship, women factory workers |
ENERGY UPDATE 1978
SOLVING THE OIL CRISIS
With flashbacks to the gas lines of '73 and '74, this film describes ways we can conserve and use alternate energy sources or clean energy.
(public domain films) 1978 22 min COL |
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| keywords: oil embargo, oil crisis, out of gas, ride share, car pool, van pool, oil shale, geothermal energy, solar energy |
EVOLUTION OF THE OIL INDUSTRY
The evolution of uses for oil from an ingredient in early medicine to lamp oil for lighting to the invention of the combustion engine making oil the main source of energy for the Industrialized World.
(public domain films) COL 30min |
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| keywords: energy and environment, history oil industry |
NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE
FINDING OIL IN ALASKA - 1980
The role of the U.S. Geological Survey in exploring and finding new sources of oil and gas on Alaska's Northern Slope.
(public domain films) 1980 12 min COL |
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| keywords: alaska oil reserve, oil and gas exploration, oil drilling, camp lonely, construction equipment |
NEW PIONEERS
ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND ENERGY
Alternative fuels under development and in use for producing energy are demonstrated and don't require oil or gas.
(public domain films) 1979 27 min COL (SPANISH LANGUAGE) |
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| keywords: alternative fuels, alternative energy, nuclear energy, geothermal, gasohol |
OIL ACROSS ARABIA
Early development of oil fields in Saudi Arabia as well as construction of crude oil pipeline from the Persian Gulf across the Arabian Desert to the Mediterranean Sea in the late 1940s.
(public domain films) 1950 44 min COL |
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| keywords: trans arabian pipeline company, arabian american oil company, pipeline construction, camels, bedouin camp |
SEA VENTURE 1972
OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING
Presents a poetic view of the sea as men on offshore oil drill rigs search and drill for oil. Shows men working and living on an offshore oil drilling platform.
(public domain films) 1972 COL 24 min |
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| keywords: offshore oil drilling, oil drilling platform, fishing boats, flying pelican |
SOLAR ENERGY - 1978
Hollywood actor Eddie Albert introduces a diverse group of people who are developing and installing solar panels and equipment as a renewable alternative energy source as well as future of wind power and using plants to produce methane.
(public domain films) 1978 COL 27min |
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| keywords: solar power, alternative energy, green energy, renewable energy, eddie albert |
STORY OF GASOLINE, THE
FROM THE GROUND TO YOU
The science and manufacturing for distilling products from crude oil that powers the modern age on the highway, farm and air.
(public domain films) 1958 24 min COL |
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| keywords: 1950's gas station, modern oil refinery, crude oil, laboratory equipment, laboratory experiments |
SWAINSON'S HAWK
The Swainson's Hawk, a featured segment of the Wildlife Detectives series, the 'Killing Fields' focuses on the wildlife biologists, government officials, chemical manufacturers, and farmers who have combined their efforts to determine the cause and implement solutions to save this magnificent migratory bird.
(public domain films) 2002 COL 23min |
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| keywords: swainson's hawk, migration, grasshopper, pesticides, argentina, pampas |
WORLD'S FIRST COMMERCIAL ATOMIC POWER STATION
Shippingport Nuclear Power Plant becomes the World's first commercial atomic power plant for peacetime use.
(public domain films) 1959 COL 11min |
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| keywords: atomic energy, shippingport nuclear power plant |
