America Embraced Oil Dependency Once Upon a Time in 50s!

Published 16 months ago

Oil dependency is an increasingly important topic and this film, Oil for Aladdins Lamp, is a powerful example of how oil dependency was embraced and encouraged in 1950s America. An educational and unabashedly promotion film, Oil for Aladdins Lamp... more

Oil dependency is an increasingly important topic and this film, Oil for Aladdins Lamp, is a powerful example of how oil dependency was embraced and encouraged in 1950s America. An educational and unabashedly promotion film, Oil for Aladdins Lamp contains colorful narration and vivid imagery to demonstrate petroleums prevalence in everyday American life. The film also provides a basic chemical understanding of oil but never gets too technical. Overall, Oil for Aladdins Lamp is a fun look at the history of an industry that now dominates geopolitical interest. less

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