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The Fossil Story (1953)

ALL 12/16/1953 (en) Documentary 19 Min
  • Release
    12/16/1953
  • Production
    Shell Oil Company
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  • Original title
    The Fossil Story
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

In this film, Shell Oil situates its extractive process as an episode within geologic time, naturalizing its products even as it inspires wonder. It contrasts the impatience of the suburban husband wanting to drive his car against the expansive scale of fossil history. According to Shell, with the drilling of oil, “The cycle is complete. Nature’s plan is quite perfect” – the question of where we might fall within such a purported cycle, and what nature may have in store for us, remains an open one.

  1. Ted Robinson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Pat McGeehan

    Narrator (voice)

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The Fossil Story (1953) 19 Min

ALL 12/16/1953 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 12/16/1953
  • Production
    Shell Oil Company
  • Original title The Fossil Story
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In this film, Shell Oil situates its extractive process as an episode within geologic time, naturalizing its products even as it inspires wonder. It contrasts the impatience of the suburban husband wanting to drive his car against the expansive scale of fossil history. According to Shell, with the drilling of oil, “The cycle is complete. Nature’s plan is quite perfect” – the question of where we might fall within such a purported cycle, and what nature may have in store for us, remains an open one.

  1. Ted Robinson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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