History - Modern Marvels Oil Format:DVD

History - Modern Marvels Oil Format:DVDFrom wildcatters to visionaries, geopoliticians to geologists and capitalists to union organizers, few real life dramas feature such colorful characters, fluctuating fortunes, and worldwide high stakes as the story of oil. Petroleum was used by the ancients to waterproof Noah's Ark and fuel the lamps of the Temple of Jupiter. But it was in Pennsylvania in 1853 that the first oil well was dug, and an industry born. With the mass production of the car

But a few brave people stand up to the town and--without regard to the race of either the victim or the accused--strive to find the startling truth

Nikki stands up for herself but doesn't get to run too far as the detective

yet before their split

Host John Chatterton dives the remains of a ship recently found off Florida whose past is as illustrious as her demise was mysterious

Having initially dismissed them as "part of her grandmother's dementia

inglorious bastards who would do anything

'Free to Love' (1925) and 'My Lady of Whims' (1925)

and hopes in California's Central Valley

A strict adherent to the concept of doing only one take

True is forced to face his choices and the circumstances that led him to his tenuous situation

A flamboyant professional gambler claims to have a foolproof system for winning at blackjack

A young dancer is forced to flee the Mexican desert when her mother is murdered