- Title: HD-391
- Summary: THE BLACKSMITHS GIFT: HISTORICAL RE-CREATION CIRCA 1937 AMERICANA WITH ACTORS FUZZY KNIGHT, MONTE BLUE, OTIS HARLAN AND OTHERS - PRODUCED BY INDUSTRIAL FILM MAKER WILDING PICTURES OF DETROIT / CHICAGO - THE STORY OF " JOHN DEERE "
- Description:01:01:57 - PIONEERS HEADING WEST IN COVERED WAGONS ( LONG SHOT ) 01:02:05 - ROCKY SLOPES OF ROUGH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND RIVERS 01:02:12 - MONTAGE OF STAGE COACH, WAGON TRAINS AND STEAM PADDLE BOATS - RIVER BOATS AND MULE TRAINS TRAVELING WEST 01:02:47 - PIONEER FAMILY DRIVE THEIR COVERED WAGON 01:03:28 - PIONEER OLD FASHIONED WESTERN TOWN - ESTABLISHING SHOT 01:03:31 - MS TWO OLDER PROSPECTORS SITTING ON PORCH HAVING A CONVERSATION - WHITTLING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW CROWDED THEIR TOWN IS GETTING 01:04:05 - COVERED WAGON PULLS INTO WESTERN TOWN - TOWNSMAN WELCOMES PIONEER FAMILY 01:05:42 - NURSING MOTHER IN ROCKING CHAIR - OLDER WOMAN FOLDS LINENS AND CARES FOR MOTHER AND CHILD - TWO WOMEN IN CONVERSATION ABOUT BABY 01:06:33 - BLACK SMITH SHOES A HORSE 01:07:42 - OLDER MAN AND PIONEER TALK ABOUT TOWNS IN VERMONT - WELCOMING OLDER MAN - TALK ABOUT RUTLAND VERMONT AND BURLINGTON - TALKS ABOUT " JOHN DEERE " VILLAGE BLACKSMITH 01:09:47 - OLD MEN GOSSIPING ON THE PORCH 01:10:52 - FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE DISCUSSION AROUND DINNER TABLE ABOUT LACK OF GOOD PLOWS AND HOW THEY ARE NEEDED TO WORK THE RUGGED LAND - JOHN DEERE HAS AN IDEA! " SOMEONE MUST BUILD A PLOW THAT WILL SCOWER " OR THE PRAIRIES WILL BE LEFT FOR TE INDIANS 01:11:50 - MS - MEN WORKING IN BLACKSMITH SHOP MAKING HORSE SHOES TALKS ABOUT BUILDING A NEW, BETTER PLOW - ORIGINS OF JOHN DEERE 01:14:40 - JOHN DEERE DEVELOPS A STEEL BLADE FOR HIS NEW PLOW - PEOPLE TELL HIM HE CAN'T DO IT - JOHN DEERE HAS HIS REVELATION " THAT'S IT " IT WILL SCOWER IN ANY SOIL ! - JOHN DEERE INVENTS HIS NEW PLOW - WORKS ON THE BLADE IN HIS BLACKSMITH SHOP 01:18:36 - YOUNG PIONEER COUPLE - MOTHER PLAYS WITH CHILD WHILE SEATED ON ROCKING CHAIR, FATHER TENDS TO A LARGE WAGON WHEEL - COUPLE HAVE DISCUSSION - OLD PEOPLE HAVE DISCUSSION ON STREET OF RURAL WESTERN TOWN - PIONEER WOMAN 01:20:13 - JOHN NDEERE AND HIS WIFE - SHE FEEDS HIM IN HIS SHOP AND THEY TALK ABOUT HIS WORKING ON THE NEW PLOW - LADY MAKES HIM EAT - OLD MEN GOSSIP ON PORCH ABOUT JOHN DEERE'S NEW PLOW " IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO THE WEST" MOST LAUGH AT HIM AND DO NOT BELIEVE THE PLOW WILL WORK - PESSIMISTS 01:22:41 - MEN IN BLACKSMITH SHOP FIT NEW BLADE ON PLOW - NEW PLOW INVENTED BY JOHN DEERE 01:24:03 - TOWNS PEOPLE WALK THROUGH FIELD TO VIEW THE TESTING OF JOHN DEERE'S NEW PLOW " I DO HOPE IT WILL WORK " PIONEER WOMEN IN BONNETS 01:25:21 - MEN ADJUST PLOW FOR TRIAL - TOWN WATCHES AS IT IS DEMONSTRATED - PESSIMISTS CRITICIZE IT BUT NEW PLOW IS A SUCCESS CHATTERING SPECTATORS 01:26:43 - MS MEN LAUGH AND EMBRACE EACH OTHER IN VICTORY TOWN'S PEOPLE CHEER AND SHOW JOY AND VICTORY OF SUCCESS OF NEW PLOW - THEY CHEER AS THE NEW PLOW IS DEMONSTRATED - MEN OPERATE PLOW MANUALLY REVOLUTIONARY NEW PLOW 01:29:10 - YOUNG PIONEER FAMILY SAY GOODBYE AND RIDE OFF IN THEIR COVERED WAGON " FINE PEOPLE" PEOPLE WATCH AS WAGON PULLS OUT OF TOWN 01:29:47 - MONTAGE OF FIELDS, CITIES, TOWNS AND CITIES, TRAINS, PLANES, CARS IN TRAFFIC - NARRATION OF HOW JOHN DEERE " GAVE TO THE WORLD THE STEEL PLOW" BLACKSMITH WORKS IN HIS SHOP ANVIL POUNDING STEEL WITH HAMMER ON BLACKSMITH STEEL - STEEL IS PRODUCED IN FOUNDRY, SHOTS OF EARLY PLOW CUTTING THROUGH DIRT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1936
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: HD-391