The One Man Gang, Towmotor Corporation (1949)

Film about materials handling and internal transportation produced by Caravel Films in 1949 for the Towmotor Corporation, manufacturers of industrial hauling equipment.
Includes footage of a coffee bean processing and packing facility in Brooklyn, New York; a Lily paper products facility in Long Island, New York; a Pepsi bottling plant in East Chicago, Indiana; a Ferro Machine & Foundry manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Ohio; a metal working operation in Canton, Ohio; a sheet and tubing steelmaker in Youngstown, Ohio; and a Cleveland building supply company's concrete block plant.
This film is from the Industrial and sponsored motion picture film collection at the Hagley Library. For more information: digital.hagley.org/FILM_20182...

[@rsmith3033]

i have one, its an lt40 an even n 2023 it still works an runs perfectly i’m just amazed @ 80 years it is still working 😎

[@BiffsEquipment]

That’s awesome. I have an LT-35, still runs but needs some work. But I have a Clark Car Loader forklift from the late 1930s that still runs, drives, brakes, and lifts perfectly after over 80 years! They just don’t build things like they use to!

[@henrychubbs2823]

That was outstanding. The selling was low key and the information extensive. My father fixed forklifts for over 20 years and I learned about applications that I never saw before. The video shows the transitional period between manpower and full automation.

[@BluFlame3712]

A colorized version would be a treat!

[@zinnstigertownmowers780]

Yes my dad’s friend has one that is 65 years old. It’s got its issues but it works we used it to lift a steel beam up to his garage celling

[@keroncoleman1294]

Stop lying

[@zinnstigertownmowers780]

@@keroncoleman1294 i have no reason to