Ford Tractors | 1960s Ford Motor Company Promotional Film | ca. 1965

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Created in ca. 1965, this vintage Ford Motor Company promotional film is a salute to Ford tractors. The film features various tractor models such as the Ford Dexta 2000, the Ford 3000 Super Dexta, the Ford 5000 Super Major and the Ford Commander 6000.
The film shows the 60,000 dollars worth of experiments and testing performed on the tractors, the details of their assembly and construction, and the international importance of these agricultural machineries. With "traditional" music of different geographical locations, the film, for the final 10 minutes, flips between the images of various farmers working with their tractors and seemingly simultaneously breaking to enjoy a meal with their women and children and their traditional beverage.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
Fordson was a brand name of tractors and trucks. It was used on a range of mass-produced general-purpose tractors manufactured by Henry Ford & Son Inc from 1917 to 1920, by Ford Motor Company (US) and Ford Motor Company Ltd (UK) from 1920 to 1928, and by Ford Motor Company Ltd (UK) from 1929 to 1964.
American engineer, inventor, and businessman Henry Ford built experimental tractors from automobile components during the early 20th century, and launched a prototype known as the Model B in August 1915. Further prototypes, with a dedicated tractor design, followed in 1916. The first regular-production Henry Ford & Son tractors were exported to the UK in 1917 to expand British agriculture. In 1918, exports continued, the tractors began to be labeled as Fordsons, and US domestic sales began. Sales boomed in 1918 and 1919.
Between 1917 and 1922, the Fordson was for tractors somewhat like the Ford Model T was for automobiles - it captured the public's imagination and widely popularized the machine, with a reliable design, a low price affordable for workers and farmers, a widespread dealership network, and a production capacity for large numbers. Just as the Model T helped the public to appreciate how soon cars and trucks might replace most horses in transport, the Fordson helped people to appreciate how soon tractors might replace most horses in farming (advancing the mechanization of agriculture). As with cars, Ford never had the market to itself, but it dominated the market for a time (for cars, roughly 1910-1925; for tractors, roughly 1917-1925). Ford was the only automotive firm to sell cars, trucks and tractors simultaneously from 1917 to 1928.
For a decade between 1928 and 1939, Ford of the US left the tractor business. During that decade, Ford of Britain continued to build Fordsons and to develop new variants, which it exported widely. In 1939 Ford of the US reentered the tractor market with an all-new model, this time with the Ford brand. Ford of Britain continued to use the Fordson brand until 1964. After 1964, the Fordson name was dropped and all Ford tractors were simply badged as Fords in both the UK and the US.
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Ford Tractors | 1960s Ford Motor Company Promotional Film | ca. 1965
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