Watch American City Giant Parade for Oil Business [expanded version] 

You'll see vintage 1959 parade in downtown Tulsa Oklahoma during the International Petroleum Exposition (IPE). These oil shows were an economic boom for Tulsa and Oklahoma as thousands would come in from across the world. The biggest oil companies displayed their products and services. This film is an expanded version of previous one, and shows the actual trade show on the Fairgrounds, followed by the parade in downtown. Washington High School, Edison High School, Brown Dunkin department store, Vandever's store, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, National Bank of Tulsa, First National, and University of Tulsa were all represented.
This shows the charm of middle American in the 1950s and 1960s.