This 1947 film depicts the process of gasoline production from prospecting / surveying to consumer consumption. Detailed graphics describe the oil refining process down to the molecular level. Ethyl Corporation, a fuel additive company founded in 1923 by General Motors and Standard Oil of New Jersey, presents the film. Ethyl Corp distributed tetraethyllead, an organolead compound used as a petro-fuel additive, at the time of the film’s distribution.

00:07 Title sequence: “Gasoline for Everybody” presented by Ethyl Corporation, produced by Audio Productions, Inc. 00:25 Foreword dedicates the film to oil company workers 00:45 Roughneck descends ladder in oil refinery. 00:55 Oil worker, wearing gloves labeled “Spitfire”, pumps oil into barrels. 00:58 A worker passes the barrel to another oil worker. 01:01 An oil barrel is rolled in line with other barrels. 01:06 Montage of various motor vehicles: Cars travel on various roadways. Doubledecker bus 2045 of Fifth Avenue Coach Company, an operator in New York State between 1896 and 1954, loads pedestrians. An airplane flies through sky. Firetrucks exit station. Two young boys exit “Central Ave” bus. A tractor drives through field. An ambulance exits a driveway. 01:44 Shot of “Fred Russell’s Service Station”. 01:51 A man operates a gas pump. 01:57 A man fills automobile’s gas tank. 02:03 Landscape shots of forest. 02:12 Team of male workers drive down dirt road. 02:14 Workers survey land. 02:19 Scientist creates test hole for oil survey. 02:28 Man marks and analyzes samples from survey. 02:31 Oil workers drill hole to sample earth. 02:39 Earth core spread out. 02:42 Worker examines earth core in hands. 02:47 Scientist in lab inspects core sample using microscope and hammer. 02:56 Pan shot of forest. 03:00 Group of male workers axe trees.03:03 Shot of oil well.03:15 Wide shot of oil well field. 03:22 Pipeline spreads across barren landscape. 03:30 Tanker ships transport oil and finished gasoline.03:42 Train carrying oil tanks travels by train station. 03:52 Montage: Processing factory exteriors shots. 04:07 Worker walks among processing machinery. 04:13 Graphic demonstrates molecular components (hydrocarbons) of crude oil. 04:27 Graphic highlights larger molecules (fuel oils, lubricating oils, tar, and asphalt). 04:37 Graphic highlights medium molecules used for gasoline and kerosene. 04:48 Graphic highlights small molecules (natural gases).05:01 Graphic demonstrates the pathway of crude oil from oil well, to pipeline, to furnace, to fractionating tower. 05:20 The fractioning process is demonstrated in a graphic. Heavy oils sink to the bottom of a fractioning tower.05:24 Lighter molecules with natural gas move to the top. 05:31 These molecules flow to a condenser. 05:42 In a second fractionating tower, gas rises to the top and liquid gasoline (straight-run gasoline) concentrates to bottom. 05:55 A male and female ride an automobile down the road. 06:02 Automobiles and pedestrians travel around a city. 06:08 Graphic of thermal cracking process at molecular level. 06:22 Fractionating tower graphic demonstrates differentiation of molecules into groups inside tower. 06:45 A graphic demonstrates the thermal cracking (a process that breaks down hydrocarbon molecules) from thermal cracking furnace, to flash tower, to condenser, to fractionating tower. 08:07 Exterior shot of an oil processing facility. 08:15 Shots of two beakers containing bead and powder catalyst. 08:31 Graphic demonstrates oil flow in catalytic cracking process from furnace, to catalyst tower, to condenser, to fractionating tower. Differentiation into cracked fuel oil, catalytically cracked gasoline, and gases. 09:45 Graphic of gas flow demonstrates polymerization process. 09:55 Molecules moving upward across screen. 10:09 Graphic of polymerization set up from furnace, to catalyst tower, to fractionating tower. Polymer gasoline and fuel gas are drawn out of fractionating tower. 10:42 Graphic of four main types of gasoline refining processes: straight-run, thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, and polymer process. 11:37 Cars travel down road in city. 11:43 Montage: Cars and pedestrians in city. 12:00 Two engineers examine machinery. 12:07 Montage: Ethyl research engineers work with various machinery and tools to test gasoline. 12:28 Workers make cars on an assembly line. 12:31 Cars on drive on highway. 12:42 Man drives tractor. 12:45 plane takes off. 12:47 Motorboat sails across water. 12:52 Three cars drive towards camera. 12:57 Exterior shot of oil refinery.

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