Destination Earth

Destination Earth
Directed by	Carl Urbano
Produced by	John Sutherland
Written by	Michael Amestoy; George Gordon
Production; company	John Sutherland Productions
Distributed by	General Electric Company
Release date	1956;
Running time	14 minutes
Language	English

Destination Earth is a 1956 promotional cartoon created by John Sutherland. The short explains the fundamentals of the petroleum industry and how petroleum products enrich everyday life in the United States of America, as well as the benefits of a free market economy.

Plot

Destination Earth begins with the emperor Ogg (reminiscent of Stalin) sending a bumbling subordinate Martian on a mission to Earth to find a better power source for his royal limousine. The Martian sets off and lands in the United States. He ventures into a nearby city and becomes awestruck when he sees average citizens with "powerful and reliable automobiles" that make their daily lives easier. The Martian then enters a library and researches the "secrets" the remarkable power source. The Martian triumphantly returns to Mars with stolen library books on the oil industry. After reading from them the population of Mars deserts Ogg and sets up their own oil companies. The short ends with the slogan "destination unlimited" written across the screen.

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External links

Destination Earth on IMDb
Destination Earth is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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