Taking a break from planes today. Let’s go back in history. Way back. To the beginning.
First, the dinosaurs came. Then they died off and turned into oil. Then the Arabs got all the oil and started driving around in Mercedes-Benzes.
Bonus video #1: “Birth of an Oilfield”. Once again, not to be confused with “Birth of a Nation”.
This was produced by George Pal.
Bonus video #2: a promo film for the 1964 World’s Fair, with Lowell Thomas. Thing that pushes my button: he talks with Robert Moses.