Allis Chalmers Construction Equipment Promotional Film "This Town Sure Has Changed" 88604 (1961)

Synopsis

This 1961 color documentary is a long advertisement for Allis-Chalmers and how using its products helps cities to develop and grow. It is produced by Rudy Swanson Productions, and narrated by radio actor Carlton Kadell. The film opens on a busy street following a 1950s green Oldsmobile. It passes many 1950s cars and busses (:40-:52). Two construction works move girders and two others look at a large blueprint. An old downtown building is being torn down. Construction crews use a transit, bulldozer, and cranes (:53- 1:28 ). A family climbs the steps of a church. The two females wear 1950s white gloves ( 1:29 - 1:45 ). A 1960s portable television and a clock radio are shown ( 1:50 ). A 1950s Allis-Chalmers bulldozer and motor scraper move dirt on a vacant piece of land, followed by one of its pipelayers ( 2:15 - 3:40 ). A man waters his lawn outside a 1950s house as bicyclists and a woman pushing a baby carriage pass by on the sidewalk ( 3:58 - 4:10 ). Ozark Airlines DC-3 (N136D) taxis in ( 4:15 - 4:28 ). Water pumps, motors, dials, and a giant roll of paper are shown at a paper mill ( 4:32 - 5:08 ). The inside of a large bakery is shown ( 5:32 ). Ozark (N4301F) Fairchild F-27 taxis and a stewardess gets off ahead of passengers ( 5:43 - 6:10 ). An Allis-Chambers motor scraper and road scraper approaches the camera head-on and dirt is shown being pushed from multiple angles ( 6:12 - 7:07 ). A farmer puts gas into his Allis-Chalmers 1960 D-14 tractor ( 8:15 - 8:35 ). A pink…

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Running time

19 minutes

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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