The Prize - The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power

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  • Premiered: Jan 1993
  • Episodes: 8
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Our Plan
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Air date
Jan 11, 1993
Trace the turbulent, rapid rise of the worlds biggest business, how a visionary but ruthless John D. Rockefeller controlled it - and how reporter Ida Tarbell took him on in one of the .. show full overview
1x2
Empires of Oil
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Air date
Jan 11, 1993
Witness capitalism on a grand scale: how Shell Oil and Royal Dutch merged, and then challenged the supremacy of Rockefeller's Standard Oil. A compelling tale of how oil transformed .. show full overview
1x3
The Black Giant
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Air date
Jan 12, 1993
It's the roaring twenties, and the magic of oil touches everyone, from millions of new car owners to hopeful Texas wildcatters. The American oil industry wrestles with shortages and .. show full overview
1x4
War and Oil
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Air date
Jan 12, 1993
The untold story of World War II unfolds: how oil dictated strategy to Hitler; how lack of oil slowed Japan's war machine; how ultimately oil determined victory or defeat. Features rare .. show full overview
1x5
Crude Diplomacy
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Jan 13, 1993
Post WWII America awakens to the strategic importance of oil, and witnesses a key moment in history when oil production shifts from the U.S. to the Middle East. An extraordinary cast of .. show full overview
1x6
Power to the Producers
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Air date
Jan 13, 1993
It's the heyday of cheap oil, the dawn of the Hydrocarbon Society and the introduction of a prosperous new automobile culture for Americans. Follow the heroes and antiheroes, plots and .. show full overview
1x7
The Tinderbox
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Air date
Jan 14, 1993
Relive two decades of upheaval that shook the world and changed our lives as power shifted, and nations and companies jockeyed for position ñ midst embargoes, shortages and surpluses. A .. show full overview
1x8
The New Order of Oil
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Air date
Jan 14, 1993
The Gulf War marked the beginning of a new era for the Hydrocarbon Society. This program explores the relation of oil and environmental conscience, and the technological race to balance energy, economic and ecological needs in the Information Age.

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