1959 AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE FILM “PROGRESS PARADE” HISTORY OF GASOLINE & OIL IN USA

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This late 1950’s film was presented for public information services by the American Petroleum Institute. API is the largest US trade association for the oil and natural gas industry. “Progress Parade” (:15) showcased new innovations and improvements in the petroleum industry. The segment “Rice and Old Shoes” (:29) opens with an anecdote about a couple; Bill Thompson and Carole Cook, and their Model T Ford (:46). As the engine back fires (1:22) the gas tank is noted as being strapped to the running board of the car. The car rolls down a dirt roadway in Rochester, NY (2:15); the setting in which George Selden had developed a patent for the internal combustion engine in in 1876. A Citadel gas station follows (2:49). The next segment; “Heap Good Medicine” (3:21), features the Seneca tribe. They were of the most popular tribes to trade c