Oil is the power behind the modern world, no other natural resource has had greater impact on man or his endeavors... and it is about to run out. Oil trades on the world stock markets and fuels its industries. It generates immense wealth and causes massive ecological damage. It’s been a reason for war and the inspiration for new discoveries. OIL: Black Gold is a one hour documentary looking at the power and influence of this energy source, the changes it brought and its possible future. Utilizing archive footage from the last century, we track the course of this influential resource from its earliest use through the mechanical revolution to today’s economy and peak oil.

Originally released by Big Media Holdings LLC, 2011. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 10, 2017.

Oil: Black Gold—Introduction (3:27); --Harvesting Oil (5:13); -- Oil Magnates: 19th Century (4:53); -- Automobiles and Oil Production (2:11); -- Conflict in Europe over Oil (3:43); -- World War I (2:08); -- New Oil Reserve Search (4:27); -- World War II (2:04); -- Post World War II (2:57); -- Oil Expansion (3:01); -- OPEC (4:04); -- Oil Spills (2:26); -- Oil Drives the Modern World (5:03); -- Climate Change (2:45); -- Credits: Oil: Black Gold (0:30);.