WWII ERA HOME MOVIES SAN ANTONIO TEXAS OIL EXPLORATION THEODORE KOCH TEXACO 97124

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Dating to the 1940s and most likely during WWII, this 16mm silent home movie shows scenes from the Texas oil fields. It begins with men shaking hands at a plot of The Texas Co. leased from Theodore F. Koch. Koch was a famous oil pioneer in the Port Arthur, Beaumont and Riviera. The Texas Co. or Texaco was founded in 1901 in Beaumont by Joseph S. Cullinan, Thomas J. Donoghue, Walter Benona Sharp, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindletop. At :33 an oil drill tower is seen on the horizon. At :56, children form a small Army unit and play soldier. At 1:28 a rattlesnake is pushed off the road by a man with a big stick. At 3:10 a man picks flowers. At 3;13 two men in suits stand near an oil rig. At 3:51 a supply area for the oil field is seen. At 4:11 the men handle a map of the oil field. At 4:23 a woman poses in a green jacket. At 4:38 the San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas is seen. At 4:54 a man walks towards the camera in an Army uniform. At 5:43 a man works in his Victory Garden. At 6:40 family members pose for the camera in their best clothes. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ 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