Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
(1954)
Categoría Documental
Estreno 29 de marzo de 1954
Duración 0h 30 minutos
Director Arthur Pierson
Guíonista
Producción Roland D. Reed
Sinopsis
In 1857 Edwin L. Drake is sent to investigate an oil seep in a creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Overcoming many other obstacles, Drake's innovation to shield the well from water entry by using a drive pipe finally allows drilling to proceed until striking oil in August, 1859. His perseverance yields many barrels of oil a day, and immediately brings about the start of the oil industry.