“GASOLINE FOR EVERYBODY” 1947 OIL & GASOLINE REFINING PROCESS ETHYL CORP EDUCATIONAL FILM

This 1947 film depicts the process of gasoline production from prospecting / surveying to consumer consumption. Detailed graphics describe the oil refining process down to the molecular level. Ethyl Corporation, a fuel additive company founded in 1923 by General Motors and Standard Oil of New Jersey, presents the film. Ethyl Corp distributed tetraethyllead, an organolead compound used as a petro-fuel additive, at the time of the film’s distribution.