Destination Earth (1956)

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Mighty Mike

Attention.

Attention.

This is your beloved
leader Ogg The Exalted.

There will be a special
giant joy rally today

at Ogg Memorial Stadium

honoring that intrepid space explorer,

Colonel Cosmic.

Hear the Colonel's first words

since, his return from the planet Earth.

You are all commanded. Er, ah.

Invited to attend.

Please please.

Thank you for this unsolicited testimonial.

And now by special permission
of the commander and chief.

Me.

Here is Mars first space explorer,

Colonel Cosmic.

I can't tell you how happy I am

to see your smiling faces once more.

First let me say that this
trip was made possible

only by our dauntless chief,

Ogg The Magnificent!

Introducer of Ogg Power.

Which, runs most of our industry.

And inventor of Ogg Speed.

Ow!

Which, doubles the original Ogg power.

A short time ago the master was having
trouble with the state limousine.

He had of course, development
the Ogg-plosive charge.

But it was inclined to get
a little out of hand.

Just slightly,

and of course there was always
the problem of friction,

parts rubbing together,

heating up,

and causing all sorts of trouble.

B-but! But our...

Our leader was undaunted.

He immediately ordered our first
expedition into space.

To bring back the secret
of how other planets

got their state limousines to run smoothly.

The target was picked
with painstaking scientific accuracy.

Destination Earth.

You all know with what eagerness
I volunteered for the mission

and with what confidence I took off.

I took careful bearings
and set out for my goal.

It seemed no time till I was approaching
a country of Earth called eh...

the United States of America.

I set her down like a feather.

What's that, pa?

What's all the racket?

Naturally I protected government property

by making the saucer invisible.

They're after the chickens, ma.

And though the natives
showed great interest in me,

I decided to make myself invisible, too.

Seeing moving lights
in the distance, I headed for them.

What phenomenal luck,

I had landed close to what seemed to be
an endless procession of state limousines.

They moved quickly
and yet with fantastic smoothness.

I just had to get a closer look
at one of those Earth mobiles.

Just as I thought,

not only smooth and efficient,

but powerful as well.

I watched them for hours.

Great Ganymede they were superb.

I just couldn't help
comparing them with ours,

if, you call that a comparison.

Surely these vehicles must be
the property of the highest officials.

I was wrong.

It seems that almost everybody in this
country has one of those... uh,

uh,

they call them, Automobiles.

They use them for transportation,

for business,

for pleasure.

They use them for all sorts of things.

I found that these vehicles gather
at places called, Service Stations,

where they are fed,

lubricated, that's how they beat friction

and given the finest care.

The source of their nourishment
was something called Petroleum.

A power source like that must be
a highly prized state secret.

I had to find out about it.

Perhaps the secret lay within this
government archives building.

It was heavily guarded,

but casting discretion to the winds,

I walked boldly inside.

Their code was remarkably easy to break.

They merely substituted
the word oil for petroleum.

And I soon got hold of a veritable
mine of classified information.

I began to assimilate the material.

I soon found out that though petroleum
products are easily found anywhere,

petroleum itself is a very
elusive substance.

Experts have to search for it constantly

in all the most likely and unlikely places,

with all kinds of scientific devices.

When they figure they've found a good spot,

they drill a hole in the
mightymike

they drill a hole in the ground
called an Oil Well,

for almost all oil lies far
beneath the surface of the Earth.

These wells go down thousands of feet
and cost a lot of money to drill.

But that's no guarantee
that they're going to find oil.

Matter of fact, in exploratory drilling,

only one well in nine finds any oil at all.

Only one in forty-four recovers
enough oil to pay for itself.

And only one in almost
a thousand makes a major discovery.

Pretty big odds.

Yet America's crude reserves,

the oil supply still underground

have kept increasing steadily.

I couldn't imagine how this ever-increasing
supply of oil was achieved

until I found
out that there's not just one,

but thousands of oil companies,

all competing with each other to discover
and develop new sources of oil.

For believe it or not,

in the USA, anyone who is willing
to risk it can drill for oil.

But oil discovery
is only part of the story.

Once they get oil out of the ground,

it has to be moved through pipelines,

on ships, or in tank cars

to fantastic processing
plants called refineries.

Crude oil goes in,

and Great Jupiter,
the things that come out.

Gasoline, for example,

the most efficient mobile
power source on Earth.

That was the stuff that powered
all those cars and trucks.

And asphalt, which makes
smooth, durable roads.

It seems that oil not only runs cars,

it even gives 'em something to run on.

Another oil product is the diesel fuel
which runs giant trains across the nation.

In winter, fuel oil made from petroleum

brings warmth and comfort
to millions of homes.

And still other fuels help defend
America's shores and skies.

From refineries also come
the lubricating oils and greases

that keep the wheels turning in America.

But that still isn't all.

Crude oil like everything else is made
up of billions of tiny molecules,

and using the magic of research,

oil companies compete with each other
in taking the petroleum molecule apart,

and rearranging it into,...

Well, you name it!

Fabrics, toothbrushes,

tires, insecticide,

cosmetics, weed K*llers.

A whole galaxy of things to make
a better life on Earth.

And you know, it isn't just oil
companies that try to outdo each other

competing for the customer's dollar.

The same story is true of almost every

successful business enterprise in America.

The result: A higher standard
of living in the USA

then in any other country
on the whole planet.

At last the secret was mine.

And now to get proof of my discovery,
smuggled past the border guard.

Oh!

In spite of my infinite precaution,

one of them became suspicious
and gave the alarm.

Aahhhhh!

Come back for the eggs, didya?

Get 'em, pa.

And so with a fond farewell
to the natives ringing in my ears,

I took off once again for Mars.

My landing was a little bumpy,

but I saved my precious cargo.

Yes, I brought the secrets

back with me,

and here they are.

The big secret is of course oil,

which has brought a better life
to all the people in the USA.

But the key to making oil work
for everybody is competition.

Fellow martians. I thank you.

Mmm... very interesting, colonel.

Oil, eh?

Sounds splendid.

But that eh,... what was it eh,...
Competition,

not our kind of thing at all.

Why competition is downright un-martian.

Why you! We'll have oOil for everybody.

That's what we need.

Oh boy, oil.

Look at them.

You know what this means, Cosmic?

You bet I do, Ogg.

It means that you are through.

So why don't you... get lost.

Yes, the real secret is not
only a great source of energy,

but also the freedom to make
it work for everybody.

And if you have both of these things,

any goal is possible.

It's destination unlimited.

Subtitles By:
Mighty Mike