WWII ERA HOME MOVIES SAN ANTONIO TEXAS OIL EXPLORATION THEODORE KOCH TEXACO 97124
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Dating to the 1940s and most likely during WWII, this 16mm silent home movie shows scenes from the Texas oil fields. It begins with men shaking hands at a plot of The Texas Co. leased from Theodore F. Koch. Koch was a famous oil pioneer in the Port Arthur, Beaumont and Riviera. The Texas Co. or Texaco was founded in 1901 in Beaumont by Joseph S. Cullinan, Thomas J. Donoghue, Walter Benona Sharp, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindletop.
At :33 an oil drill tower is seen on the horizon. At :56, children form a small Army unit and play soldier. At 1:28 a rattlesnake is pushed off the road by a man with a big stick. At 3:10 a man picks flowers. At 3;13 two men in suits stand near an oil rig. At 3:51 a supply area for the oil field is seen. At 4:11 the men handle a map of the oil field. At 4:23 a woman poses in a green jacket. At 4:38 the San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas is seen. At 4:54 a man walks towards the camera in an Army uniform. At 5:43 a man works in his Victory Garden. At 6:40 family members pose for the camera in their best clothes.
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