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Title:

Our plan [videorecording] / an InVision production for Majestic Films International ; produced and directed by William Cran, Stephanie Tepper. Empires of oil / an InVision production for Majestic Films International ; produced and directed by Maxine Baker.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Public Media Video,

Copyright Date:

c1993

Description:

1 videocassette (106 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Rockefeller, John D.--(John Davison),--1839-1937.
Standard Oil Company.
Shell Oil Company.
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij.
Petroleum industry and trade--History--History--20th century.
Rockefeller, John D.--(John Davison),--1839-1937.
Tarbell, Ida M.--(Ida Minerva),--1857-1944.
Documentary films.
Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Yergin, Daniel. Prize.
InVision Productions.
Majestic Films International.
Public Media Video (Firm)

Other Titles:

Empires of oil.

Notes:

Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Daniel Yergin. Made in 1992.

Summary:

The 1st program traces the turbulent, rapid rise of the world's biggest business, how a visionary but ruthless John D. Rockefeller controlled it and how reporter Ida Tarbell took him on in one of the most famous muckraking exposés ever. The 2nd program describes how Shell Oil and Royal Dutch merged, then challenged the supremacy of Rockefeller's Standard Oil.

Series:

The Prize : the epic quest for oil, money & power ; programs 1 & 2

ISBN:

9780780012721
0780012720

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)