"SO POWERFUL SO STRONG" 1958 FORD 861 DIESEL TRACTOR PROMOTIONAL FILM with RED FOLEY 10294

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“Red Foley in So Powerful Strong” is presented by Ford Motor Company’s Tractor and Implement Division. This is a promotional film highlighting the new Ford 861 Diesel Tractor circa 1958. The film opens with a close-up of an “on air” button in a recording studio (0:14). Red Foley is playing his guitar and singing “Alabama Jubilee.” He finishes the song and says goodnight to the audience over the radio. As he plays an outro, the announcer thanks the sponsors of the Red Foley Show, including Jim Hanks, the local Ford Tractor dealer (0:28). Everyone in the station says goodnight to one another, and a producer sticks around to tell Red Foley that Jim Hanks, the Ford dealer, is interested in meeting with him to discuss a jingle for a new Ford tractor and Foley agrees.

Viewers see a new Ford 861 Diesel Tractor inside a warehouse (1:28), and Jim Hanks sits at his desk, reading a binder, when he hears a knock at the door. Red Foley enters and sits across the desk from Hanks, guitar in hand. The two talk about Ford releasing a new diesel tractor. Hanks tells Foley that diesel burns fuel, which is cheaper than gas and gets more power out of each gallon. Hanks finally reveals that Ford has developed a light, powerful diesel, and that he’d like Red Foley to sing a song about it. Together, they walk over to the new tractor.

Jim Hanks shows Red Foley the new Ford 861 Diesel (4:52). They discuss the price, Hanks saying it’s only slightly more expensive than gas tractors, about half as much as most other diesels. Hanks and Foley walk over to a display explaining the schematic view of a Ford 861 Diesel Tractor’s fuel injection system (7:00). The gas ignition system is substituted with twice as much compression. The carburetor is substituted with a fuel injector pump and a set of injectors that spray the diesel directly into the cylinder. Hanks takes Red over to examine the injector and other parts (7:48). He shows him the pump, then they take a look at the injectors. Hanks explains that they’re spring-loaded plungers that release under pressure, which sprays diesel fuel into the cylinder. Hanks explains that with proper care, both the pump and injector will last the life of a tractor.

Red Foley thanks Jim Hanks for the information and begins to leave (8:50). Hanks stops him, and they walk back over to the Diesel 861 Tractor to discuss the jingle (9:00). Hanks wants Foley to focus on the tractor’s two main benefits: fuel economy and tremendous lugging power adding up to a big cut in operating costs. Foley reaches for his guitar and shares the tune he’s been working on in his head (10:20).

The film cuts to Foley singing his jingle for the Ford 861 Diesel Tractor in the recording studio (10:45). The screen fades to show the tractor in action in a montage of farmers plowing fields. Viewers see a farmer starting the engine on a cold winter day, in the snow, then moves forward effortlessly (11:24). The film closes with Red Foley in the studio as he finishes the jingle and winks at the camera (11:51).

Clyde Julian Foley (June 17, 1910 – September 19, 1968), known professionally as Red Foley, was an American singer, musician, and radio and TV personality who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II.

For more than two decades, Foley was one of the biggest stars of the genre, selling more than 25 million records. His 1951 hit, "Peace in the Valley", was among the first million-selling gospel records. A Grand Ole Opry veteran until his death, Foley also hosted the first popular country music series on network television, Ozark Jubilee, from 1955 to 1960.

He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, which called him "one of the most versatile and moving performers of all time" and "a giant influence during the formative years of contemporary Country music."

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