Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (1954)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1954-03-29
  • Runtime: 0h 30min
  • Production Company: Film Counselors Inc.
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Arthur Pierson

Summary

In 1857 Edwin L. Drake is sent to investigate an oil seep in a creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Overcoming many other obstacles, Drake's innovation to shield the well from water entry by using a drive pipe finally allows drilling to proceed until striking oil in August, 1859. His perseverance yields many barrels of oil a day, and immediately brings about the start of the oil industry.

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  • Vincent Price

    as Colonel Edwin L. Drake

  • Andy Clyde

    as Uncle Billy Smith

  • Alan Hale Jr.

    as Crew Foreman

  • Thurston Hall

    as James M. Townsend

  • Lloyd Corrigan

    as Doctor Brewer

  • Will Wright

    as Joel D. Angier

  • Keith Richards

    as George Henry Bissell

  • Al Bridge

    as Hotel Desk Clerk

  • William Phillips

    as Sam Brown

  • William Haade

    as Salt Driller

  • Jack Ingram

    as Man on Horseback

  • Frank Hagney

    as Farmer
Production Roland D. Reed Producer
Editing Thomas Neff Editor
Production Guy V. Thayer Jr. Executive Producer
Art Eugène Lourié Production Design
Directing Arthur Pierson Director
Visual Effects Jack R. Glass Visual Effects
Writing Norman Reilly Raine Writer
Camera Charles P. Boyle Director of Photography
Sound Alexander Laszlo Original Music Composer

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