"TANKERS AWEIGH!" 1950s STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA OIL TANKER DOCUMENTARY GG12695

Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films on Patreon:   / periscopefilm   Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @periscopefilm   Website: https://PeriscopeFilm.com Dating to the mid-1950s, "Tankers Aweigh! Oil Moves Around The World" was produced by Paul Hoefler productions. This educational film follows the global operations of the tanker fleet of the Standard Oil Company of California, showing how petroleum is transported from oil fields and refineries to markets around the world. The film shows how tankers operate continuously, keeping oil moving around the globe and supplying the energy that powers modern industry and everyday life. 00:00 Main titles. – Opening shots of the sea and tanker operations accompanied by music. 1:15 – A modern tanker gets underway under bridge commands. The tanker fleet of the Standard Oil Company of California, which transports oil around the world. 2:10 – Early oil transport by sailing ships and the steamship Lumis, launched in 1895 as the first steel tanker built on the Pacific Coast. 2:43 – The tanker R.C. Stoner, capable of carrying more than six million gallons of petroleum products worldwide. 3:02 – Giant supertankers, including the Universe Challenger and Universe Leader, are shown carrying crude oil to refineries and meeting growing global fuel demands. 3:48 – The film explains that tankers are one of the most economical and often the only practical method of transporting petroleum products. 4:12 – A tanker prepares to depart the Long Wharf at Richmond in San Francisco Bay. Tugboats and dock workers assist in casting off lines and maneuvering the vessel away from the dock. 5:29 – The tanker J.L. Hannah departs for Alaska carrying gasoline, jet fuel, lubricants, solvents, kerosene, and diesel fuel. 5:50 – The tanker endures rough seas. Loaded tankers are designed to ride low in the water. 6:17 – After a five-day voyage, the J.L. Hannah reaches Alaska. 6:47 – Delivering petroleum products to South America, including ports in Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. 7:41 – Saudi Arabia, where American oil operations have developed vast petroleum resources that help supply global energy markets. 8:16 – A tanker loaded with crude oil departs Saudi Arabia and crosses the Persian Gulf bound for refineries in the USA. 8:33 – Papeete, Tahiti. Oil tankers supply island communities with fuel. 9:16 – The Long Wharf at Richmond is a massive industrial complex. 10:08 – The captain and officers of the R.C. Stoner. 10:58 – An empty tanker sails to Estero Bay to load crude oil. 11:33 – Modern navigational equipment, including charts, gyrocompasses, fathometers, radar, and radio direction finders. 13:04 – Radio communications and emergency equipment including systems capable of receiving SOS distress signals. 13:41 – Weekly fire and lifeboat drills. The fleet's outstanding safety record. 14:36 – Crew perform maintenance tasks. 15:49 – The galley and dining facilities. 16:51 – The tanker reaches submarine moorings off the central California coast, where a mooring master directs the complex operation of securing the vessel offshore. 18:16 – Divers and crew retrieve a flexible hose from an undersea pipeline and connect it to the tanker for loading crude oil. 19:08 – Ballast water is pumped ashore while crude oil from California's San Joaquin Valley oil fields flows by pipeline to shore storage tanks and then to the ship. 20:14 – In approximately eight hours, the tanker is fully loaded with millions of gallons of crude oil, demonstrating the efficiency and cleanliness of modern loading operations. 20:43 – The fully loaded R.C. Stoner returns through the Golden Gate to the Richmond refinery. 21:07 – Crude oil can be refined into more than one thousand products. 22:45 – Drums of lubricating oils and other products prepared for shipment 23:02 – Explains load line markings and final pre-departure checks before another voyage begins. 23:32 – Tankers operate continuously, moving crude oil and refined products around the globe and supplying the energy needs of modern civilization. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit https://www.PeriscopeFilm.com