File:Desert Venture 1.ogv

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Desert_Venture_1.ogv(Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 13 min 54 s, 400 × 300 pixels, 570 kbps overall, file size: 56.6 MB)

Summary

Description "This is a story of a venture by American capital in a strange and ancient land," says the narrator. Shows the search and extraction of oil in Saudi Arabia, necessary to power the American "nation on wheels."
Date circa 1948
date QS:P,+1948-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://archive.org/details/DesertVe1958
Author
Robert Yarnall Richie  (1908–1984)  wikidata:Q17403696
 
Robert Yarnall Richie
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 20 July 1908 Edit this at Wikidata 10 August 1984 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dallas
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q17403696
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Producer: Richie (Robert Yarnall)

Sponsor: Aramco (Arab-American Oil Company) / Standard Oil Company of California

Licensing

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current19:52, 16 April 201213 min 54 s, 400 × 300 (56.6 MB)FunkMonk{{Information |Description="This is a story of a venture by American capital in a strange and ancient land," says the narrator. Shows the search and extraction of oil in Saudi Arabia, necessary to power the American "nation on wheels." |Source=http://a...
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