Ida Tarbell's Our Pl Film Review

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The first video of the documentary is “Our Plan” which takes place in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. It starts with the beginning and discovery of oil, also called petroleum back in those times. The tone was very reflective for me due to all the information that the video supplied the viewers with. It goes into detail about how the industry started and what came about it once everyone realized how valuable oil really was. There was so much that I really took in and really enjoyed learning about. Ida Tarbell and her journalism journey to expose a very powerful man who is known as the oil king himself, John D. Rockefeller. I also really liked learning about how Ida grew up in an oil town, she talks about the disadvantages and advantages she

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