American Experience
Season 2 Episode 5 - Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
The tale of mavericks whose risk-taking, sweat and dreams changed an American industry. Starting with Spindletop, the first Texas gusher in 1902, rare archival film and interviews with pioneering oilmen are set against a contemporary story of a modern "wildcatter," gambling to find his fortune in yet another narrow hole in the Texas earth.
Episodes in Season 2
1
The Great Air Race of 1924
55 min
2
Demon Rum
55 min
3
A Family Gathering
55 min
4
The Great War: 1918
55 min
5
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
55 min
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