CREOSOTE

Directed by Jean Dréville, Joris Ivens

1932 / 59min

Commissioned film for the Continental Commission for the Propagation of Creosote Oil about extraction and application of creosote oil (carboleum), a preservative distilled from coal tar that protects wood from fungi and insects. Footage was shot in Poland, the Port of Danzig, in Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands.