American Experience

American Experience

Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil (season 3 episode. do not add back to season 2) (3x15)


Ausstrahlung: Okt 31, 1989

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.

  • Premiere: Okt 1988
  • Episoden: 494
  • Anhänger: 74
  • Laufend
  • PBS
  • Dienstag um 21