Original archive films from the Ford Motor Co Ltd
Volume One - 'Pioneering with Power'

Eighty years of Ford tractor history, shown in chronological order, are featured in this new series of DVD programmes.  Using original colour and black & white promotional and information films professionally made by the Ford Motor Company over a number of decades, this series brings the story of the Ford tractor back to life!   

The new series starts with the original Model F of 1917, moving through the Standard models of the 1930s and early 40s.  It includes a fascinating film called 'Harness Your Horsepower' dating from the early 1940s which demonstrates how to maintain the Model N.  The Major and New Major machines from the late 1940s and 1950s are seen working on numerous tasks including sugar beet harvesting, bog drainage, and post hole digging.  Some feature wrap-around tracks and there's even one being tested with Roadless half-tracks, along with some ingenious inventions such as the robot tractor and the rabbit catcher!

With machines from 1917 up to the 1990s, this series will feature something for everyone interested in Ford tractors and brings a completely new perspective to the machines that helped revolutionise farming the world over.

Approx 80 mins