Sponsored Films

24 Hours of Progress (1950)
Sponsor: Oil Industry Information Committee, American Petroleum Institute. Production Cos.: L de R Corp.; Film Counselors Inc. Directors: John Barnwell, Victor J. Jurgens. Producer: Louis deRochemont. Writer: E.R. Murkland. Camera: Joseph Brun, Boris Kaufman, Roy E. Phelps. Music: Jack Shaindlin. Narrator: Ralph Bellamy. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 28 minutes.

Wide-ranging film explaining the role of oil companies in advancing America and securing the nation’s high standard of living. Linking free enterprise with freedom and democracy, 24 Hours of Progress shows the oil industry at work and Americans using oil-based products.

Note: Also distributed in 16mm.

Resources
“Life Can Be Beautiful—with Oil,” Modern Industry 20 (Oct. 15, 1950): 108.