Series: Truck

Internationals on the Job: IH, circa 1935
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 380 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: IH trucks are put to work in the mining, hauling, utility service, delivery, and logging industries. Featuring dual drive 6 wheel trucks, half-ton panel trucks. Form/genre: Advertising

To Market and Home Again: IH, 1936
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 383 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Shows advantages of using IH trucks for speedy delivery of farm products. Shows period harvesting of ag products. Form/genre: Advertising

Jungle Yachts in the Belgian Congo: IH/Courier, circa 1938
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 730 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Follows Gatti expedition in the Congo, featuring the DS-30 truck. Narration by Chester Santon. Form/genre: Adventure (Non-Fiction); Sponsored

Heavy Duty Truck Leadership: Wilding, circa 1940s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 300 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: One dealer shows another a film on destructive testing on truck testing grounds. Four and six wheel trucks shown. Form/genre: Training; Industrial; Advertising

Masters Among Trucks: IHC, 1940s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 360 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Shows how IHC trucks are involved in the oil well servicing, road building and maintenance, concrete mixing, strip mining, limestone, and silica sand industries. Film in poor condition. Form/genre: Advertising

School Days: IH, circa 1940s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 400 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Argues for the use of IH chassis for school bus service. Shows brakes, engine, etc. Gives sample argument to convince school boards to use IH buses and consolidate school bus routes. Form/genre: Advertising

Singing Wheels and IH Presents: Tested Performance: IH/Wilding, 1940s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 1120 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: IH, along with the Automobile Manufacturing Association, presents a look at the importance of trucks and the trucking industry to the “growing American population.” The film illustrates this importance with (lip-synching) singing truck drivers and an apocalyptic sequence about the mass disappearance of trucks. Director: H.L. Roberts. Story by Morgan Gibney and James Prindle. Photo: Orlando Lippert and George Hoover. Music: Edwin E. Ludwig. Lyrics: Maurice H. Stoller. At about 23 and a half minutes (850') in, reel also includes “Tested Performance,” an advertisement for the Green Diamond engine. Form/genre: Sponsored; Educational; Advertising

Tooling Up for Modern Truck Production: IH, undated
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 1673 feet; silent; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film shows IH truck engine production from rough casting to shipment, includes machining, assembly, testing. Major parts shows are the block, crankshaft, oil pump, head. Director: Bob Chevalier, Stan O'Haver.

Tested Performance: Wilding Pictures Productions
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 331 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Sales film for K-series trucks includes testing and uses. Form/genre: Advertising

An African Adventure...with Attilio Gatti (The Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition): Calvin, 1947
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 810 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Attilio Gatti on his 11th expedition to Africa, thanks to IH trucks and equipment. Wildlife and local celebrations in East Africa are captured on film; shortwave radio connections are tested. Director: Gatti, photographed by Errol C. Prince. Form/genre: Adventure (Non-Fiction); Sponsored

A Way of Life: IH, 1947
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 882 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Shows advantages of consolidated rural school districts in Beaverton, Mich. Shows IH equipment, mainly school busses. Form/genre: Educational; Sponsored

New Champions of Transportation: IH, circa 1949
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 928 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film shows the long process of engineering the new L line series of trucks. Includes testing.

Desert Whipping Post: Dowling/IH, circa 1950s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 950 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: In-depth look at International Harvester's Arizona proving ground, including its natural and man-made history and construction, the engineering department, the grueling conditions (heat), and trucks tested. Sound quality is not good. Form/genre: Industrial; Advertising

USA Today: Pat Dowling (?), circa 1950s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 573 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film shows how IH trucks fit into the nation's transportation system. Film shows wide range of IH trucks, mostly larger. Shows engineering and testing. Form/genre: Advertising

Hill Drivers: IH Springfield Works, 1950
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 575 feet; silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: A small group of Springfield Works staff take five IH trucks on a drive through the Ohio countryside, the rolling hills of Hocking State Forest, Vinton County, and back home to Springfield Works again. Along the way they stop at a diner for breakfast, a truck stop for lunch, and a gas station, and pass a rural homestead and the Opekasit Center (an IH dealership) in Jeffersonville. Form/genre: Amateur

A Professional Portrait: Wilding Pictures Production, 1950
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 887 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: A newspaper reporter, anxious to blast the trucking industry, discovers that truck drivers are very safety conscious. Many old trucks in film, including IH. Director: O.P. Lippert. Form/genre: Sponsored; Educational

You're the Doctor: Audio Productions Inc., 1951
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 1093 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film shows proper technique for valve jobs. Form/genre: Training

Bonanza at Great Bear: Victory Film, circa 1960s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 978 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film about fishing at Canada's Great Bear Lake; IH Scout used by fishing lodge. Form/genre: Sponsored; Adventure (Non-fiction)

Just Out the Scout!: IH, circa 1960s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 163 feet; silent(?); color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: David Brinkley and Chet Huntley discuss the development of the Scout but there's no sound. Also featuring Stu Erwin and Fahey Flynn. Form/genre: Advertising

“Loadstar Epilogue”: IH, 1960s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 255 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: In this training short, a Mr. Garroway [Dave Garroway?] pretends to answer questions from an audience of IH dealers about Loadstar and Scout promotions. Likely an “interactive” feature, where someone at each viewing “interacted” with Mr. Garroway by reading questions to him from a script distributed to dealerships along with the movie. Mr. Garroway's answers become increasingly ribald. Form/genre: Industrial; Training

M.T. Dealer Meeting - Diesel & Final: Wilding, circa 1960s
Physical Description: unknown number of reels; 459 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Narrator introduces new diesel engine line and explains how they will meet customers' needs. Form/genre: Training

The New Internationals: IH, circa 1960
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 425 feet; sound; b&w; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film explains what goes into the design and testing of new IH line of trucks. Includes scale and full size wooden models and 'undercover' highway tests. Form/genre: Advertising

There's More to Cooling (Positive Flow Deaerating Cooling System): Calvin/Cummins Engine Company Training Department, circa 1960s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 739 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: The operation, maintenance, issues, and problems with the modern cooling system of trucks is discussed in detail. Form/genre: Industrial; Training

Trucks and Data Processing: IH and Springfield Works, circa 1960s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 240 feet; silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: As workers build and inspect truck chassis, they enter data onto worksheets and machines. An IBM 024 key punch and IBM 1403 printer are featured. Form/genre: Industrial

The Big News: IH, 1961
Physical Description: 1 reel of unknown number of reels; 1410 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Chet Huntley and David Brinkley star in this training film introducing the new C-line, the Travelette, the Travelall, and the Scout. Chet and David discuss the coming “family boom” and forecast that by the 1980s there will be 14 gigantic “strip cities”, including one that ranges from New York City to Chicago. Good footage of 1950s IH trucks as well as the new lines. Ribald humor and harsh sexual stereotypes appear mostly in segments with television and film personalities Carmelita Pope, Stu Erwin, and Harry Elders. Possibly reel two of two. Form/genre: Training; Advertising

1964 Dealer Meeting “Morning”: IH Hickory Hills Advertising Center, 1964
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 1689 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film for 1964 IH truck dealership meeting. Young son joins father's dealership, modernizes it. Shows many trucks, discusses baby boom.

1964 Dealer Meeting “Afternoon”: IH Hickory Hills Advertising Center, 1964
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 1635 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Continuation of 1964 IH truck dealership meeting, this film concentrates on product line. Bizarre psychedelic dream sequence involving Ringling Bros. Circus and possibly Rowan & Martin.

1965 Dealer Announcement Section I: Wilding Business Communications, 1964
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 1185 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Truck drivers and maintenance men examine new IH truck. Also shows testing procedures.

1965 Dealer Announcement Section II: Wilding Business Communications, 1964
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 1227 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Concentrates on light truck sales development. Actors interview dealers.

1965 Dealer Announcement Section III: Wilding Business Communications, 1964
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 855 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: First segment shows changes in IH's light duty trucks. Second segment shows IH's new metro.

CO Cab Assembly IH Springfield Works, 5 OCT 1966: IH Springfield Works, 1966
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 1230 feet; silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Workers at the IH Springfield Works construct cabover cabs before transfer to Chatham works. Names and numbers of processes given. Construction does not seem to be filmed as a cumulative process. Two moments near the beginning catch the workers performing hijinks for the camera: one man does a flip, another two kiss. Form/genre: Industrial

DAF: Made in Holland [Van Doorne's Autobielfabrieken N.V. Presenteert]: Multiform, circa 1970s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 950 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: The making of DAF automobiles in Holland. Music, no narration. Shows different processes involved in automobile manufacture. Also features dream sequences of individuals touring the factory, usually involving taking DAF vehicles on holiday. At 350' into the movie, one of these sequences involves a half-naked woman voluntarily being sprayed with car paint.

[Desert Testing footage]: IH, circa 1970s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 700 feet; silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Close-up footage of man filling out data sheets, a stopwatch, a boot hitting a brake pedal, a man driving a truck and lighting a cigarette, windshield washer, cab controls. Shots of desert road from cab, road sign. Form/genre: Unedited

Driving to Keep Our Nation on the Move: IH for ATA foundation, circa 1970s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 616 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film surveys lifestyles of truckers. Good overview of different drivers with interviews. Form/genre: Sponsored; Educational

[Exhaust Lab Testing]: IH, Griffith and Harrold, circa 1970s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 595 feet; silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Exhaust lab testing footage, footage of Scouts and Travelalls. a man presumably talking about reducing exhaust emissions sits in front of a chalkboard in what could be a lab or a classroom. Lots of header between footage. Form/genre: Unedited

It Makes Sense: IH, circa 1970s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 430 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film advertising the V-280 and V-800 engines, for 4370 Transtar, Paystar, and other trucks. Form/genre: Advertising

Scout Ad Living Room (Rev. 1): IH, circa 1970s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 27 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Spot for Scouts features one being driven out of a couple's living room. Form/genre: Advertising

Scout Ad Stairs (Rev 1): IH, circa 1970s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 23 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: After having a Scout driven down his mansion's front stairs, a wealthy man and his butler drive down dirt road, presumably toward a fishing and/or hunting spot, and discuss the truck's various qualities. Form/genre: Advertising

The Seddon-Atkinson 300: Clearwater Ltd. Film Co, circa 1970s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 725 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Detailed advertising film about the 6-wheel S-A 300. Fairly technical information given. Form/genre: Advertising

That's Pride (The Transtar 4200 and 4300 Conventionals): IH Photo Center, circa 1970s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 740 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Shows workers building, painting, and inspecting IH trucks. Workers are interviewed about the personal pride they build into the Transtar Line. Good detail, but repetitive. Form/genre: Advertising

Tomorrow Begins with You: IH, circa 1970s
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 1720 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: A consecutive series of detailed ads covers many features of the 9370 conventional, from computer-aided design to custom paint job options to the clutch system. Last spot features Johnny Unitas. Form/genre: Advertising

Engineering: From Plans to Designs [Ft. Wayne Board Presentation]: IH/Hickory Hill, circa 1972
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 300 feet; silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Silent film, possibly meant to be shown at a Ft. Wayne board presentation. Shows efforts at exhaust emissions lab, as well as destructive and crash testing, to improve elements of design applicable to federal safety standards. Transtar 4200, Scout, Cargostar, other trucks. Form/genre: Industrial

The “WOW” Wagon: Scout II: IH, circa 1972
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 385 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Charlie Baxter wants a rugged vehicle built for his fishing trips, but his wife Velma isn't so sure. Junior wants a “groovy car” and convinces them that the Scout II will fit all their needs. Campy. Form/genre: Advertising

Trucking Is a Five Letter Word: IHPC, circa 1972
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 280 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Advertising film features mechanized building and tooling of carbureted and diesel truck and construction engines. Form/genre: Advertising

A Day with the Paystar: IH Photo Center, 1973
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 324 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Footage of Paystars being used to move heavy-duty drilling equipment. Features 210, 5000. A presentation by IH Export Company (possibly for Russian export). Form/genre: Advertising; Stock shot

Fiftieth Anniversary in Fort Wayne: IH Photo Center, circa 1973
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 278 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Shows the festivities at the Ft. Wayne plant, in honor of the plant's 50th year in that community. Families tour the factory and grounds. Featuring Transtar 4200, Scout II, 1907 auto buggy, ERTL truck, and payline toys. Form/genre: Unedited

From Artichokes to Zanesville: Concert Films Inc., 1973
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 924 feet; silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Shows importance of trucks to nation's industry, including Zanesville Pottery. Sequential direction by Robert Anderson, Scott Anderson, Joe Phipps, and Ed Kean. Form/genre: Sponsored; Educational

IH Con Expo (Holland): IH, 1973
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 436 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: IH truck sales film for metric countries. Shows wide variety of IH trucks in wide variety of applications.

International Con Expo 73: Shield Productions, 1973
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 1074 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: IH truck sales film for metric countries. Shows wide variety of IH trucks in wide variety of applications. Same as other version, but in Russian.

Issues and Actions-1975: Fred A. Niles Communications Centers, 1974
Physical Description: 5 reels of 5; 1266, 66, 1028, 606, 1106 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Dealer meeting film for 1975 IH trucks. Discusses effects of economy, labor, and regulations on trucking industry. Many interviews. Form/genre: Industrial

RVs-The Safe, Thrifty Way to Go!: IH/Walter J. Klein Co., Ltd., 1974
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 500 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: A family buys an IH Scout and RV so that they may travel with thrift and safety in mind. Covers safety tips. Director: Chris Cafege. Filmed by Cafege and Robert P. Klein. Script by Klein. Form/genre: Advertising

Color Me Quality: IH Consumer Photographic Center, 1975
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 539 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Shows new production line for gasoline truck engines in Indianapolis, with emphasis on work environment, color (psychology), and automation.

[Desert Testing]: IH, 1975
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 600 feet; silent; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Silent, roughly spliced footage featuring desert testing of IH trucks in desert conditions. Shows brake and water testing. Travelall, Scout pulling RV. “Head-work print.” Form/genre: Unedited

[Fort Wayne Testing]: IH, circa 1975
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 840 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Footage of all manner of testing on IH truck brakes, wheels, cabs, and engines, conducted in laboratories and on tracks and roads. Includes Belgium block test, mud bath, twist course. Features Scouts as well as other vehicles. Form/genre: Unedited

Patton Speech: Sedelmaier, circa 1974
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 478 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: IH uses parody of speech scene from Patton to motivate truck dealers to sell new “Transtar II” trucks. Profane. Form/genre: Training; Industrial

System 400: Price Weber Associates, 1975
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 539 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Shows new production line for gasoline truck engines in Indianapolis, with emphasis on work environment, color (psychology), and automation.

Built to Perform: IH Truck Division, circa 1976
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 569 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film shot at Springfield Plant. Film about International Harvester's compliance with new federal air brake rules. Engineering, testing, training, and production of Loadstar trucks.

[Scout ad film]: IH, circa 1976
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 193 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Members of the press come to International Harvester's Hickory Hill campus to test-drive the new Scout Traveler, Terra, and Scout II. Detailed list of specifications are given. Concludes with the directive to “Scout the America others pass by.” Form/genre: Advertising

Endurance Machine: Creative Establishment, 1978
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 218 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Advertisement for Transtar II. Shows evolution of IH cabover trucks; spends a lot of time talking up the virtues of the Transtar's BBC (bumper-back of cab measurement). Form/genre: Advertising

Scouting Old Sandy with Billy Kidd (A Scout Adventure): IH Photo Center, circa 1979
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 790 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Billy Kidd, professional skier and resident of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, takes Jake Hoeschler and Janet Borden on a ski trip down an out-of-the-way peak called Old Sandy, courtesy of Kidd's Rallye Scout. Form/genre: Adventure; Sponsored

[BBC news story on slumping truck sales]: BBC, 1980
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 165 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: In the midst of slumping truck sales, Seddon-Atkinson introduced the 401, featuring the return of the “Big A” logo. Seddon-Atkinson spokespeople speak of chances for the truck's success despite the odds. The BBC appears to remain skeptical. Form/genre: News

We Build Your Kind of Truck: IH/Creative Establishment, circa 1980
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 320 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Focus on the men who build, design, and sell IH trucks. Shows medium and medium heavy “S” series, including S1900. IH Vocational. Form/genre: Advertising; Company Promotion

Rollover: Film Counselors Associates, 1985
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 758 feet; sound; color; 16 mm print 
Scope and Content Note: Film surveys lifestyles of truckers, shows wide variety of mid-70s IH trucks.

[Stock truck advertising footage]: Detroit Art Services/Allied Film Lab, 1985
Physical Description: 1 reel of 1; 800 feet; silent; color; 16 mm negative 
Scope and Content Note: Footage of International truck advertising. Director: R. Salay; camera by Ed Kukla. Form/genre: Advertising; Stock shots