International Harvester "Roots of Power" film

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International Harvester "Roots of Power" film

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One of my favorite International Harvester promotional films. The IH film Roots of Power really captures the vast product line of the company.
This film was from 1974 but was later modified and re-released in 1978 with the 2+2 tractor and Axial Flow combines in place of the IH pickups and earlier combines. That later film is on one of the DVDs put together by Farmington Implement, available for purchase on their website.
This film was posted by a KZfaq channel that is now gone. So I can't take credit for finding this one.
Some cool IH products and facilities featured on this film such as the Fort Wayne Indiana truck plant, Springfield Ohio truck plant, Liberty Illinois Hough and Payline plant, Wisconsin Steel, Farmall Works in Rock Island Illinois, Melrose Park Illinois plant, Solar Turbines in San Diego California, and one of the IH ore ships on the great lakes. And lots of great International AG, Construction, and Truck products!

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@boatbound3300 Жыл бұрын

Another great American Company thats gone 😢

@williamcartledge8641 2 ай бұрын

And to be honest, it's never been the same since.

@candhgaming6985 8 ай бұрын

In our hearts forever rip international harvester🚜

@GSF1935 4 ай бұрын

The opening music was incredible

@danhuttinger5040 2 ай бұрын

Me and my family were I H fans through and through I was truck and equipment mechanic about 50 years I don't think the average person new how big a corporation IH was.

@scottrayhons2537 3 ай бұрын

The M's, H's, C's, B's A's, Super M's and Super H's were all great tractors that last forever! Great video. Thank you!

@GSF1935 2 ай бұрын

I find the numbered tractors (we have a 200) to be better all around although less popular

@michaeldietrich475 7 ай бұрын

Read the book "A Corporate Tragedy "...Management, Unions, and a bad economy with high interest rates took IH down. Many farms and other businesses did not survive these hard times. 18 percent loan rates were not at all uncommon.

@tomreisinger6220 5 ай бұрын

It's scary, the younger folks don't think it can happen again.

@scottrayhons2537 3 ай бұрын

I remember those days, I was 24, 25 yrs old and borrowing money to farm. Best economic lesson I was ever taught about the crooked money system.

@MitzvosGolem1 Жыл бұрын

Awesome IHC 👍

@OldRedTractors Жыл бұрын

IH was way head. Sad they are gone

@tammiebreth4391 7 ай бұрын

We had a 1967 1600 348 5spd international truck on our farm out haul and out pulled the fl70 freight liner best truck ever

@kellyb.mcdonald1863 Жыл бұрын

A incredible find!!! Thank You!!! A Real Gem!!!

@scottberry5266 Жыл бұрын

Navistar took a great company and turned it into shot.

@scottcurry479 10 ай бұрын

If they could have run their "great company", Navistar wouldn't have gotten them.

@scottberry5266 10 ай бұрын

@@scottcurry479 : ok.

@glenmallory9982 9 ай бұрын

IH made good products but the last generation of managers in the 1970s ruined the company. Ex dealers kid here. Blows my mind to see 66 and 86 series tractors still in use around this area. 40 to 50 years old still running. Many restored to farm use because they are serviceable. Now I’m seeing the same trend with JD 20 series. Scout prices are through the roof. Guys on you tube buying and restoring S series and Loadstars.

@glenmallory9982 9 ай бұрын

JD needs to improve how they treat customers or they will face the same fate as IH. Once a trust is lost it’s hard to get it back. So many companies got fat and forgot who made them.

@user-ij3op9dw3u 8 ай бұрын

I remember when the S series hit the market, they were and still the best styled International Harvester trucks,now they are nothing but Naviturds especially the Prostars and 9400i

@mattcraztex9940 10 ай бұрын

It's amazing that such a HUGE company that was based in the US that stretched so many markets and was able to provide a true quality product went out of business. Shame that most of the factory work is now outsourced to third world countries where the "environment" never seems to matter there and the human rights record is horrendous.

@Beauxtrux 4 ай бұрын

At one time, the IH Ft. Wayne truck plant was state of the art, building a quality truck product. When they started to build their own HD diesel engines, though, it was a big mistake trying to compete with Cat, Cummins, and Detroit Diesel with a sub-par engine and they lost millions. Bad management basically started their downfall...

@C_CEQUIPMENT Жыл бұрын

Great video

@CelebrityStuntman Жыл бұрын

Love this video!!!

@mochonpullon Жыл бұрын

Excelente vídeo de cuando se hacían equipos de calidad americana. IH Mucho mejor y mas duradero que los caterpillar

@markward6076 8 ай бұрын

The narrator sounds like Rod Sterling.

@williame.portman4026 9 ай бұрын

Greatest company in the world. INTERNATIONAL.

@MrLuckytrucker21 Жыл бұрын

Sadly, being in all those different markets would pull the company down, with only the truck division (NAVISTAR) left to carry on!

@matthewwilliams9028 Жыл бұрын

Now owned by Volkswagen .

@favorit926vario5 Жыл бұрын

@@matthewwilliams9028Owned by Traton. Volkswagen have sold their truck division, whose name is now Traton.

@mochonpullon Жыл бұрын

Case, Dressta representan a IHC

@MrLuckytrucker21 8 ай бұрын

Those divisions were sold off, Navistar is the last remnant of old ihc!

@J-1410 4 ай бұрын

@@MrLuckytrucker21 not any more. July 1st, 2021, 190 years after Cyrus McCormick demonstrated the reaper, Volkswagen ended the last independent part of IHC.