# 1940s HISTORY OF ATLANTIC PETROLEUM COMPANY PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA 71402

“The Atlantic Story,” is a 1950s-era film that, through animation and live action sequences, tells the history of the Atlantic Refining Company (Atlantic Petroleum) - its growth from a handful of oil marketing pioneers to a large organization. Atlantic was a direct descendant of the Standard Oil Trust and one of the companies that merged with Richfield Oil to form ARCO, now part of BP. After an unsuccessful spinoff from ARCO, Atlantic was acquired by Sunoco in 1988. Title page, Atlantic Refining Company refinery (0:06). Atlantic Refining Company headquarters at 260 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia (0:24). Vehicle pulls into red, white, and blue Atlantic service station (0:43). Historical reenactment footage of Philadelphia 1860, first oil well built by Colonel Edwin Drake Titusville, Pennsylvania (1:03). Illustrated sequence history of Atlantic Refining Company beginning as Warden Frew & Company petroleum export firm to Atlantic Petroleum Storage Co. in Point Breeze, Philadelphia; Joins Standard Oil Organization; Rapid expansion across Pennsylvania (1:15). Painting 19th century Atlantic Refining Company wharves (2:25). Image 19th century commercial oil vehicle, horse-drawn wagon (2:49). Standard Oil Trust dissolves (3:01). Mass production of automobile, illustration of man driving 1903 Ford Model A (3:38). Early model Atlantic drive-in service gas station Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1915 (3:51). Atlantic begins operating its own oil wells beginning in Kentucky 1916 then central…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: History, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/71402TheAtlanticStory)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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