1940s SOCONY VACUUM OIL CO. OIL & LUBRICATION PROMOTIONAL FILM "GETTING DOWN TO EARTH AGAIN" 62594

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1940s SOCONY VACUUM OIL CO. OIL & LUBRICATION PROMOTIONAL FILM "GETTING DOWN TO EARTH AGAIN" 62594

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Getting Down to Earth Again, is a black and white motion picture, produced by Caravel Films Inc. for the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., and was about lubricants and proper lubrication of machinery. In 1931, the Socony (Standard Oil Company New York) and the Vacuum Oil Company merged forming the Socony-Vacuum Corp. In 1955, it became the Socony Mobil Oil Company and currently Mobil. Caravel Films Inc. was active in 1932, but no other information was found. This film was probably produced between 1940 and 1942.
Introduction (0:08-0:57). Iron ore materials being dug up and distributed for use in engines (0:58-1:06), Ford Automobiles of the 1930’s (1:07-1:14), 1930’s delivery truck (1:15-1:21), 1930’s tractor’s and implements, such as a plow (1:22-1:38). Steel plant of the United States Steel Corporation, founded in 1901, with blast furnaces (1:39-1:53), Pig iron stream (1:54-1:57), Open Hearth furnace (2:00-2:06), Scenes within the steel mill (2:07-2:21), Blooming mills work the ingot of steel (2:22-3:40), all needing lubrication (3:41-4:08). The world moves on rubber. 1932 Ford Coupe on the road with rubber tires (4:09-4:19). 1930’s John Deere tractor, or “Johnny Popper” (4:20-4:24). B. F. Goodrich Company, 1870-1988, founded by Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, tire making (4:25-5:05). Rolling mill for tire making. They all need lubricating for cost efficiency (5:06-6:17). E.I. DuPont DeNemours & Co. Inc. plant (6:35-6:43). Viscose Process for Rayon manufacturing uses a steeping press (6:44-7:22), viscose from pulp is used to obtain a filament by using a spinneret (7:23-7:42), the many parts need a lubricant. The manufacturing process of viscose rayon cannot be stopped until it is complete (8:05-8:35). Socony-Vacuum produced the needed lubricants (9:07-9:34). Farm machinery: steel wheel John Deere tractor towing a binder (9:36-9:38), a Farmall H cultivating a field (9:39-9:41), pulling a plow (9:46-9:50), John Deere pulling a hay baler (9:51-9:56), tractor and wagon (10:04-10:06), John Deere corn picker (10:07-10:10), steel wheel tractor with cultivator (10:24-10:29), a caterpillar twenty two tractor built between 1932-1939 (10:40-10:47). Harvesting a field of sorghum (11:03-11:53). McCormick Deering steel wheel tractor (12:14-12:20). Harvesting sorghum (12:33-12:40). Illustration of how crank case oil works in engines ((12:41-13:01). A farm ((13:15-13:38). Pigs at the trough (13:40-13:44). Trench silo (13:50-14:23). Illustration of why use high quality engine oil (14:35-15:02). Mobiloil advertising of the 1930’s (15:03-15:34). Steel wheel tractor (16:18-16:35). Field being worked and creating dust in the tractor parts (17:10-18:31). Servicing a gearcase: drain oil while hot, flush gears with kerosene, start up engine, run forward and backward to flush, drain kerosene (18:32-19:34). Gargoyle Mobiloil “C” can (19:41-19:43). Steel wheel tractor (19:50-20:01). International Harvester combine (20:05-20:07). International Harvester drill (20:08-20:13). Farmer cultivating a field (20:14-20:18), and Harvesting crops (20:19-20:28). A farm (20:29-20:47). Mobilgrease #2 demonstration (20:50-22:04). 1930’s Combine (22:05-22:19). Appling grease with grease gun (22:21-22:38). Farmal tractor harvesting crop (22:39-22:56). Proper lubrication of tractor tires with Mobilgrease #5 (23:13-25:53). Gargoyle Mobiloil “C” and “CW” is used for bearings and gears (26:00-26:23). A Flying Red Horse Almanac that was distributes between 1940-1942 (26:57-27:04).
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@rodneyjohnson4794 4 жыл бұрын

i love these films! one grandmother was a rosie the riveter in cincinnati. her husband was a brakeman for b&o railroad.

@mengoingabroad8576 5 жыл бұрын

god i wish companies still did business this way... honest, educational, making the world better

@davidhoekje7842 4 жыл бұрын

lol, Standard Oil had a couple bad habits in the early days....

@markcantemail8018 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Periscope for this Video . Here is Part of the story of Vacume Oil Refinery 1866 . If you look on Google maps aerial view you can see the original site of the Refinery , its a Brownfield with abandoned Buildings . Rochester , N.Y on the west Bank of the Genesee River across the River from Mt Hope cemetery , North of the U of R . It is still there and you can see a Rail road grade that used to cut right thru the site . Prior to the Rail road the Genesse Valley Canal ran thru the Refinery . A rough History about 1899 Standard Oil bought Vacume Oil . Between the 1880s and 1911 the Govt tried to break up the Monopoly of Standard oil . Socony is Standard Oil Co Of New York , a Child of the Break up . Mobil was a company that was bought by Standard Earlier . In 1911 Vacume oil was taken away From Standard by the Govt anti Trust efforts . The companies still may have been owned by Standard but operated as separate outfits ? 1931 Vacume Oil And Socony Oil Merged . 1955 Moibil Oil Company Moved in . Keep in mind all were at one time owned by Standard oil . In The 1960s it all Became Mobil . We still have those Metal Pint Cans with the Mobil Red Flying Horse in the basement and the Garage that held additives . My Old Man Drove Oil trucks in the 60s hauling Mobil Fuel Oil around . He used to make three runs to Buffalo to the Mobil Refinery in Buffalo to Drop ship a Tank load of Fuel Oil to Factories and Dairies . He also Drove a small tanker delivering Heating oil to the houses in the Neighborhoods in the City . The Heating Oil Company ( Langie ) was Located right next to the Huge Mobil Tank Farm That can be seen by the Airport . It is much smaller today than the 1960s Mobil Tank Farm across the Erie Canal from the Airport . I hope this Helps if someone is Curious about the Names ?

@armorybrunotjr.3204 4 жыл бұрын

SOCONY is an acronym for Standard Oil Company of New York.

@fromthesidelines 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. In 1955, they changed the company's name to Socony Mobil, because too many people assumed they manufactured vacuum cleaners instead of refining oil and gasoline (and created a new logo in 1957). In 1966, they dropped the name "Socony", and the company became Mobil Oil Corporation.

@FredPilcher 4 жыл бұрын

A damn shame that Periscope feels the need to display its counter over the film when there's so much room at the sides.

@PeriscopeFilm 4 жыл бұрын

ere's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous KZfaq users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

@Icanhasautomaticcheeseburger 3 жыл бұрын

@@PeriscopeFilm Well, you don't actually own the footage, as it's either orphan works or public domain. So is someone "stealing" it from someone "stealing" it to begin with really that much worse?