Rockefeller's Oil Empire

Mar 9, 201525 min

A twenty-four year old bookkeeper, John D Rockefeller, is about to bet every penny he has on a fledgling upstart industry. If the accountant is wrong about the budding oil industry, the era of the automobile might not take off.

Directed byLane Stroud

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Joey Pepin

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Lane Stroud

Director

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Episode Summary

"Rockefeller's Oil Empire" is episode 10 of How We Got Here season 1. Directed by Lane Stroud, it aired on March 9, 2015.

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