“SEEING IS BELIEVING” 1940s ALLIS-CHALMERS HD5 CRAWLER TRACTOR SALES FILM BULLDOZER JC10144

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This late 1940s color promotional film for Allis-Chalmers provides a look at the industrial machinery company’s latest HD5 model crawler tractor, using demonstrations from around the country to show its versatility in a variety of agricultural, logging, and construction applications (TRT 16:26). Opening titles: “Seeing is Believing, presented by Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division” (0:08). An excavator dumps dirt into a pickup truck. A continuous track vehicle pushes logs uphill. The Model HD5 is introduced, moving snow, soil, and lime (0:28). Plowing through a heavy snowfall in a rural field (1:19). The base model HD5 tractor is displayed on a rotating base. Half of the engine is exposed, revealing its inner workings (1:30). Closeup on the tractor’s diesel engine (1:42). Closeup on a piston moving up and down. The clutch assembly in a cutaway (2:02). The transmission,