Geronimo1967
This Halas & Batchelor animation gets off to quite a jaunty, sea shanty, type of start as a burgeoning oil sprite kicks us off in Pennsylvania in 1861 where the derricks are already pounding the ground looking for him! Next thing, the place is littered with these steel towers and the days of the horse and carriage are numbered! How to get this stuff to where it's needed, though? There are barrels and barrels of this stuff. Can the whaling ships help? Well let's see but beware these barrels are full of devilish content apt to escape - with a bang, if you're not careful! It's not the oil leaking they fear, it's the gas that could send them all to the bottom! Soon, though, the oil business is thriving and the ships are now being fitted with ir...