Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

In 1857 Edwin L. Drake is sent to investigate an oil seep in a creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Overcoming many other obstacles, Drake's innovation to shield the well from water entry by using a drive pipe finally allows drilling to proceed until striking oil in August, 1859. His perseverance yields many barrels of oil a day, and immediately brings about the start of the oil industry.

• Release date
• March 29, 1954
• Runtime
• 30 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Arthur Pierson

Cast

Vincent Price Colonel Edwin L. Drake Andy Clyde Uncle Billy Smith Alan Hale Jr. Crew Foreman Thurston Hall James M. Townsend Lloyd Corrigan Doctor Brewer Will Wright Joel D. Angier Keith Richards George Henry Bissell Al Bridge Hotel Desk Clerk