• 1992
  • PG-13
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

Summary The globe-spanning story of the oil industry from the first strikes of the 19th century through the Gulf War. The industry's colorful characters and oil's key role in 20th century history are brought to life by participants and historians. View more details

  • 1992
  • PG-13

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Donald Sutherland Daniel Yergin Norman Cooley Stephanie Cran

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8.4

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 6, 1992

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Summary The globe-spanning story of the oil industry from the first strikes of the 19th century through the Gulf War. The industry's colorful characters and oil's key role in 20th century history are brought to life by participants and historians. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 6, 1992

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992) The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992) The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
Our Plan
The discovery of petroleum gives rise to a new global industry. John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil grows into a monopoly. Muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell pulls back the curtain and reveals inconvenient truths about the robber baron.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
Empires of Oil
Oil is struck in Sumatra. Henri Deterding of Royal Dutch Petroleum and Marcus Samuel of Shell join forces and compete against Standard Oil. Oil is struck in Texas. Winston Churchill recognizes the strategic value of oil on the eve of World War I.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
The Black Giant
Standard Oil's Walter 'The Boss' Teagle squares off against Calouste 'Mr. Five Percent' Gulbenkian, gatekeeper to Mideast oil. C.M. 'Dad' Joiner and Doc Lloyd strike oil in east Texas, sparking a boom that brings government regulation to the industry.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
War and Oil
The key but often overlooked role that oil played in World War II is examined and discussed by war veterans and military historians.
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
Crude Diplomacy
Mideast oil is declared the greatest prize in history, but a prize not easily won. Participants and historians discuss the wooing of Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud, the creation of Aramco, and the postwar reality that petroleum is political.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
Power to the Producers
The story of oil in the 1950s and '60s. Italy's Enrico Mattei challenges the 'Seven Sisters.' Oil diplomacy in an increasingly volatile Middle East. The creation of OPEC in 1960. Cheap oil fuels America's car culture and suburban sprawl.
Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969
The Tinderbox
The tumultuous years 1971 through 1991 saw shifting power in the oil industry as OPEC commandeered the driver's seat, sparking a global search for new oil sources. 'Oil as a weapon' results in the gas shortages of 1973 and '79.
Episode 8 • Dec 31, 1969
The New Order of Oil
Is oil a 'sunset industry'? A galvanized environmentalist movement and government regulation pose challenges to the oil industry. The oil industry presses ahead trusting in its customers' continuing love affair with their automobiles.
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