Farmer Miller Goes Into High Gear
Farmer Miller Goes Into High Gear is a short film from ca. 1920s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
A farmer is convinced that his tractor will do more and better if it rolls on Goodyear tires rather than steel wheels. Includes scenes of tractor tire manufacturing.
Silent film with liberal amount of title cards, all bearing Goodyear corporate logo. Part I:
TC: "Jim Miller, owner of Sunnydale Farms, is hard-headed, but he's keen for more profits, lower costs, more comfort and leisure." MCU man milks cow. (Jim Miller lives in Connellsville, Pennsylvania.) MCU man at desk writing letter; there is a portrait of a man on the desk. LS Bill Allen (editor of the journal Better Farming, with offices in the state of Iowa) seated at his desk. He calls his secretary over to dictate a letter. MS he dictates to her. ECU typewriter platen (cylinder) with paper; we see the keys typing letters on paper (good). This shot will recur throughout the film. LS mule teams pulling farm wagons LS tractors with air-filled rubber tires Runby shot showing tractor pulling cart -- fast Tractor pulling harvesting equipment Tractor pulling plow CU of tractor pulling plow, seen from furrow height at ground level. The plow pulls away from the camera (good shot) VS tractor pulling various implements Tractor pulls hay wagon; farmhands on its top LS parade of tractors following one another in a line (good) ECU typewriter again Tractor in orchard Tractor on grassy lawn Tractor in field; good VS of farming CU hands signing letter and handling bunch of snapshots (photos, photographs) VS inserts of rubber tires and agricultural implements (as seen in snapshots) LS Jim Miller standing on farmhouse porch with wife, showing farm paper to her LS Goodyear tire dealer in suit, hat and tie, greeting and shaking hands with Jim Miller, who is sitting on his tractor Various charts and title cards comparing rubber vs. steel wheels LS young man entering building seen from inside looking down LS man climbing stairs to building, entering door (Goodyear facility in Akron, Ohio) There follows a sequence shot at the Goodyear tire plant in Akron, showing the process by which tractor tires are made.
Tire machine, trimming rubber sheets Setting beads Turning first band around bead Placing second band of Supertwist Cord Plies Turning down second and third bands around bead
Part II:
Centering unit of cushion rubber and cord breaker Placing the tread slab Putting on the sidewall rubber Title card: "An unfamiliar shape but a complete tire." Inflation of this air bag shapes the tire Getting its face lifted Into the mold for curing Shots of the finished tire being lifted out of the mold by four workers How to install tires -- replacing the steel wheel on the tractor A steel-wheeled tractor slipping on the hill, contrasted with the good traction experienced with the rubber tire Tractor in front of country house, driving in driveway hauling a cart Steel-wheeled tractor trying to enter barn; rubber-tired tractor driving right in Title card: "And do the hands like it!" (referring to farmhands) CU hands holding sheet of paper; insert of "Savings" typed sheet Hands holding sheet of figures and snapshot of Jim Miller Tractor with Goodyear Sure-Grip tires at the National Plowing Contest. Its driver waves back to the camera as he drives away. VS driver pats tractor tire, doffs hat to camera. (This is probably Orvis Schroyer, National Champion Plowman). CU tractor tire. The End.
Lots of farm scenes 09:37:28 CU Typewriter with 'sincerely' typed on page
More tractors| Farmer Miller Goes Into High Gear | |
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| Produced by | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company |
Production company | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company |
| Distributed by | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company |
Release date | ca. 1920s |
Running time | 26:51 |
| Language | English |
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