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The Battle for Oil = Le Bataille du petrole

Item number (ISN):

18276

Series title:

The World in Action = [Canada Carries On]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1942

Item number (ISN):

18276

Link to related resource:

1942

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES

Accession:

1975-0227

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1942

Production company:

United Artists

Production credit:

director/editing, Stuart Legg; producer, Raymond Spottiswoode; photography, Radford Crawley; Donald Fraser; narrator, Lorne Greene

Description:

An account of the importance of oil in modern warfare. This film shows how the struggle for oil influenced the early course of the Second World War. German production of costly synthetic oil, military action around oil fields in Iran and the Dutch East Indies, and the construction of a pipeline to Montreal are described. Included are action shots of the tank battles waged on the Russian front, of the deadly bombing of Germany's synthetic gasoline plants, of the sinking of the Bismarck, emphasizing how the battle for oil has been one the mainsprings of offensive action in the war. Gasoline restriction on the home front plays a key part in the struggle. <18mn 29s>

Language:

English

Original number:

106B 0142 003

Notes:

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1. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.~2. This title is listed in The NFB Film Guide as being in the series CANADA CARRIES ON. Some VSA documentation indicates it being from THE WORLD IN ACTION.~3. This film version differs from the head credit sequence from IDC 17949 (The NFB Presetns). This version; United Artists - The World in Action. Both versions appear to be identical in content.
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8607-0024
V1 7901-0010
V1 2007-04-0013
V1 2016-08-0010

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~For permission for use of NFB productions still under copyright, contact: NFB, P.O. Box 6100, Montreal, Quebec.

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