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http://www.filmpreservation.org/…
(excellent site btw)
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The film celebrates one of Marland’s more popular acts as governor. In 1936, when Oklahoma City officials opened to private interests the drilling of oil reserves under the State Capitol from nearby residential property, Marland fumed. He declared martial law, arguing that all Oklahomans deserved a share of the profit. Marland won the stand-off and Oklahoma became the only state with oil wells on the capitol grounds.