" A GREAT NAME IN OIL " 1950s SINCLAIR OIL CORP. GASOLINE & OIL PRODUCTS PROMO FILM XD59924

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“Sinclair - A Great Name In Oil” is a color, 1950s-era promotional film produced by Wilding Picture Production, Inc. for Sinclair Oil Corporation. Directed by Edward Grabill and featuring photography by John Niklasch, the film depicts the ins and outs of the Sinclair Oil Corporation from operations at the New York City headquarters to oil exploration across the country.
New York City (0:51). Sinclair Oil HQ 600 Fifth Avenue at 48th Street (1:09). Sinclair employees at HQ: Row women at perhaps telex machines (1:59). Telephone operators (2:12). Map room (2:30). Men on phone at their desks (3:12). Typists (3:35). Steam billows out smokestacks at industrial plant (4:01). Perhaps Eastern Airlines DC-7B (4:13). New York Central's "Knickerbocker," led by EMD E8 Locomotive (4:23). FDR Drive (4:29). Delivery trucks at intersection (4:32). Crane clears dirt from construction site (4:40). Towboats, cruise ships in NYC Harbor (4:57). Combine harvesters in wheat field (5:06). Oil derricks (5:18). Oil pumpjack (5:37). Map USA: expansion of Sinclair oil holdings 1916 to “present” (5:47). Modern technologies for mapping underground; seismograph in field of cleared cacti (6:51). Liquid shoots out drilled hole (7:22). Field crew studies findings (7:40). Sinclair Exploration and Production HQ Tulsa, Oklahoma (7:53). Employee inside the seismic magnetic playback unit (8:12). Sinclair drill lowers within oil derrick, drilling crew members in adjust equipment (8:47). Man in hard hat operates gear-driven drawworks machine (9:57). Operator assesses consistency of drill mud (10:24). Offshore drilling rig Gulf of Mexico (10:32). Illustration oil, gas sources below ground, types of wells (12:51). Christmas tree oil well (13:27). Pumpjack (13:30). Secondary recovery (13:42). Crude oil storage tanks, natural gas pipeline (14:16). Sinclair Gas Product Plant - tall slender towers; batteries cylindrical storage tanks “like scene from mars” (14:37). Snow-covered Sinclair Pumping Station (15:48). Interior pumping station - tangle of pipes, control board (15:55). Exterior Sinclair Pipeline HQ Independence, Kansas (16:03). Pipeline dispatch room - board displaying types, amounts of crude moving (16:28). Oil carrying super tankers at dock; men aboard set pipes up for shipment (16:53). Sinclair barges, towboats on Mississippi River (17:45). Map: Sinclair pipeline network, domestic refinery locations (18:24). Exterior Sinclair Research Laboratories Harvey, Illinois (18:36). Scientist and lab technicians conduct experiments (18:54). Scientist writes on chalkboard explaining r&d (19:46). Various experiment set-ups and lab equipment for deriving higher octane gasoline - scenes of scientists, technicians, glass blowers at work (19:58). Company cafeteria (20:26). Employee inspects meters and dials (21:39). Camera pans Sinclair Refinery (22:02). Female, male inspectors repair, carry out quality control of plant machinery (22:34). Processing equipment with scaffolding (23:08). Delivery trick trailers attached to loading zone of barrel house (23:23). Beige colored lubricating oil churned in industrial mixer (23:42). Sinclair commercial products pass through mechanized assembly line, packaged for delivery (23:49). Safety training for employees (25:30). Company locker room (25:55). Facility chapel (26:14). Camera pans refinery structures, storage tanks Sinclair Chelsea Tank Farm (26:39). Construction site - expanding pipeline network (27:44). Employee reads meter at commercial pumping station, diverts flow to another station where product needed (28:26). Rail yard workers hang on to side of black 1917-model Sinclair Refining Company tank cars (28:48). Sinclair distribution center - Green Sinclair fuel tanker trucks filled with product (28:55). Sinclair Overhaul and Repair Shop (29:48). Mechanics repaint, repair service station equipment (30:12). Secretary in red dress answers phones and sits under Sinclair logo at NY HQ at Auto Tour Bureau branch (30:35). Advertising meeting, new logo ideas, advertising theme presented in board room (31:04). Eastern Airlines DC-7B pumped with Sinclair avgas (32:19). Salesman pitches manufacturer in ventilation room of factory (33:01). Train locomotives pass each other on railway, skyscrapers tower in the background (33:31). Salesman strikes deal with Dalzell Tugboat operator (33:48). Cars pull into Sinclair service station (34:28).
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[@vagrantdancer3880]

1956 These films are precious. Thank you so much for preserving them this way so that people can watch them again.

[@crazytexan7532]

I absolutely love these videos, for some reason every time I watch these clips I feel bad for the garbage that gets produced today.

[@Sennmut]

Well, even garbage can be recycled into oil. ;)

[@C0d3munk3y117]

That map room is wild!

[@Sennmut]

And the map readers aren't too shabby, either.

[@keithstegall1961]

Keep preserving these films, it's our history and the young people today need this.

[@renatoamaral8259]

Great video with educational value, it is not just a publicity film. 💯👍🌟

[@kennethjohnson9370]

A great educational episode of how Sinclair get it's oils from the ground to the pumps and by the people in the field we used to get gas from the Sinclair gas station in the early sixties

[@johnq.customer8027]

Awesome! I (almost retired) worked in the oilfield all my life. Some of it around Sinclair, Wyoming. (Yes, there is a town named Sinclair) Before that I remember the gas stations and road maps od the 60' with the dinosaur logos. Looks like the dinosaur was added after this film was made.

[@shermangriffin4668]

Oil, the best and secure means of energy!!!

[@d.e.b.b5788]

As a child, I had a stuffed dinosaur animal that I suppose my dad bought me from the local Sinclair station. It was my favorite toy for a few years.

[@Rezin_8]

I have a bar of Sinclair Handsoap from a gas station 🧐🤣 so wild....dinosaur shaped

[@johncashwell1024]

Periscope Film These films are pure history and their value as historical artifacts cannot be overstated. Sure, many present an idealized present (from the past), but there are far, far more valuable tidbits from even the most idealistic advertising films of the past than may evident at first glance. Especially, if you can "read between the lines" in some of the films, you can even get an idea of social situation at that time. Anyway, most of their value is in seeing history itself when it was new. Thank you! Your efforts are appreciated as much as they are of immense importance to future researchers ❤

[@CarsandCats]

Great video! I love Big Oil.

[@curtislowe4577]

There was a Sinclair gasoline station not far from my folks' house in 60s. There was fiberglass dino maybe 6 to 8 feet long. It usually had a couple of arrows sticking out of it.

[@KingSlimjeezy]

It’s wild how every job at headquarters has been downsized replaced by computers but the roughnecks are still doing it the same way

[@parkpunk2]

Sun Valley

[@davestvwatching2408]

Never had Sinclair where I am in my life (New York, born in the late 60s) We've had Exxon and Mobil forever, both when they were separate companies and now either or. Getty, Texaco, Shell, Amoco (all gone now) Gulf, BP? The BP name went away but came back in the 2000s

[@pony053]

sinclair "super dino" Drive a car that alive! as old commercial jingles stated

[@HM2SGT]

Huh. Whatever happened to Sinclair? I really enjoy the Radio Classics channel on SiriusXM, and I remember hearing some adverts for Sinclair but I can't remember which program they were sponsoring. The man with the action-packed expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (perhaps?)

[@talon262]

They're still around, after being purchased by ARCO (which itself was later bought by BP, then later sold to Tesoro, then Tesoro was bought by Marathon) in 1969 and parts of the former Sinclair being spun back off from ARCO in 1976; quoth the Wiki: "In 1976, ARCO spun off Sinclair by selling certain assets to Robert (Earl) Holding. Assets divested in the spin-off included ARCO's retail operations in the region bounded by the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, and the rights to the Sinclair brand and logo, resulting in many stations along Interstate 80 keeping the dinosaur logo. The ARCO stations in Texas, New Mexico, Illinois, and some portions of Oklahoma were not affected by the divestiture. They continued as part of ARCO until ARCO pulled out of those states in the 1980s. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Sinclair was the 94th-largest private company in the United States.[26] There were 2,607 Sinclair filling stations in 20 states in the Western and Midwestern United States. As of 2010, the corporation operated two refineries-one in Casper, Wyoming, and one in Sinclair, Wyoming. Sinclair operated a third refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, until it was sold to Holly Corporation on December 1, 2009. Sinclair's other operations included 1,000 miles of pipeline. In the mid-2010s, Sinclair fuel stations began actively spreading across southern California, including Los Angeles, San Diego, and Fresno with holders offering attractive deals for potential clients to make the switch from a private brand to the Sinclair name brand.[27] [...] In August 2021, HollyFrontier announced the acquisition of Sinclair Oil. A new company named HF Sinclair Corporation would be formed in 2022. Under the agreements, Sinclair Oil’s branded marketing business and all related commercial activities and its refineries and related operations and assets in Casper and Sinclair, Wyoming, would be combined with HollyFrontier. Sinclair Oil’s logistics and storage assets, including approximately 1,200 miles of pipelines, two crude oil terminals and eight light product terminals, would be combined with Holly Energy Partners (HEP). It was expected that the vast majority of Sinclair Oil employees would be invited to continue in their positions following the combination. The transaction did not include exploration and production assets owned by Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.[29]"

[@richburnham7326]

There's a Sinclair just outside of Duluth, MN. It even has the green dinosaur out in front. Check for photos online.

[@cowcomrade648]

Sinclair is still around, they are a big chain in colorado and the midwest. They aren't huge anymore but you can Still special order their oils

[@KingfishStevens-di9ji]

Most of Sinclair in the east was bought out by ARCO, Atlantic Richfield Company.

[@curtislowe4577]

What process was occurring in the background at 33:15?

[@KingfishStevens-di9ji]

Textile mill probably.

[@Sennmut]

Back when we weren't hip-deep in environut whjackjobs, who boo-hooed at the very mention of an oil well. Ah, them days!

[@KingSlimjeezy]

Too cold for them in North Dakota 😉🗼👶🗼

[@lestersabados1306]

Thank you Xiden, You destroyed my way of life. My entire family members are Wildcatters and the moment that skum Xiden was installed my family was "put to sleep"...😢😢😢

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

Neetoo

[@kc4cvh]

4:24 We would have been in a better position for the Energy Crisis if the government had encouraged, rather than discouraged railroad electrification.

[@KingfishStevens-di9ji]

Electricity to run the trains requires energy too and lots of it. Henry Ford and Edison tried an electric train between Detroit and Toledo, it was cheaper to run it on coal and diesel.

[@kc4cvh]

@@KingfishStevens-di9ji An electrified railroad can derive its energy from a variety of sources, whereas for Diesel locomotives the only practical choice is oil, scarce and costly from 1974 to 1983. General Electric experimented with a Diesel engine which burned pulverized coal, but had no success and the project was dropped.