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Finding Aid of the Milwaukee Journal Stations Records > Subject Guide
Allis Chalmers
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Month/Day/Year: November 1, 1950
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Staff from
Fortune magazine
visit Allis-Chalmers in Milwaukee. The group admires a tractor and turbine
while they tour the plant. The visitors eat at Gimbel's with Wisconsin
business and government leaders.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 1.
Month/Day/Year: November 1, 1950
Segment Number: 17
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Allis-Chalmers is honored by the American
Legion for its employment of disabled veterans. American Legion State
Commander Jerome Host presents the award to company president Walter Geist. W. C. Van Cleaf of
Allis-Chalmers and Frank Greenya of the Legion are also
present.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 1.
Month/Day/Year: January 10, 1951
Segment Number: 7, 15, & 17
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of the new boring and
milling tool recently installed at the Allis-Chalmers plant. The base and
machinery extend 11 feet into the ground and 37 feet above the floor.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 3.
Month/Day/Year: February 7, 1951
Segment Number: 15
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of the crowd outside
Ascension Lutheran Church for the funeral of Walter Geist,
president of Allis-Chalmers. Mayor Frank Zeidler is in attendance. Footage of the
casket being brought out of the church.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 3.
Month/Day/Year: February 14, 1951
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. William A. Roberts is named the
new president of Allis-Chalmers while William C. Johnson is named the new vice-president. Other vice- presidents include Robert Stevenson and Fred Mackey.
Mildred Jackson is Johnson's secretary.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 3.
Month/Day/Year: April 25, 1951
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Students
from West Allis Central hold their post-prom party at the Allis-Chalmers
clubhouse. Footage of the students arriving and of the king and queen being
crowned. See script for names.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 5.
Month/Day/Year: June 6, 1951
Segment Number: 12
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Members
of the Rural Youth Leaders visit Allis-Chalmers. This group is comprised of 23
young men and women from western European and Asian countries. Several of them
look at and sit on some tractors. See script for names.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #
17.
Month/Day/Year: July 4, 1951
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Members
of the Association of Commerce look at large piles of scrap metal at Allis-Chalmers.
The Association is encouraging businesses to "clean house" and save
scrap metal because of the shortage of scrap metal. See script for names.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #
17.
Month/Day/Year: September 26, 1951
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Louis Will, Joseph Detlaff,
Edward Lohmann, A. H. Weiss, and A. Anderson are honored for each working 50
years at Allis-Chalmers.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 19.
Month/Day/Year: October 22, 1952
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program.
Farmers and their wives tour 25 Milwaukee firms as part of the first
Business-Agriculture Day. The event is sponsored by the Milwaukee Association
of Commerce. This group tours the Allis-Chalmers' plant.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 8.
Month/Day/Year: May 12, 1954
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program.
Milwaukee teachers visit Allis-Chalmers and get a guided tour through the
plant. The first group meets with Allis-Chalmers President William Roberts.
Then, Leon Decker and Anthony Lebesch guide a group through the plant.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 16.
Month/Day/Year: 1959
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: 1959 Year Ender. A 77 day strike at Allis-Chalmers
in West Allis ended in April with the approval of a new contract.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #
10.
Month/Day/Year: July 7, 1961
Segment Description: Special Assignment. The segment examines
the modern day foundry, with special emphasis on the Allis-Chalmers Company in
West Allis. New advances in welding technology are
featured.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: December 4, 1962
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one
of a two-part series. Allis-Chalmers is flying farmers, who bought tractors during the
last three months, to Milwaukee for a tour of the plant. The first group
included 900 farmers from seven states.
Notes: The film black and white and does have sound; there is a
script.
Month/Day/Year: December 5, 1962
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two
of a two-part series. Farmers visiting from seven states get to see an
exhibition of tractors
manufactured by Allis-Chalmers. Included in this show are tractors from 1869,
1914, 1919, and 1932.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: May 3, 1963
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Allis-Chalmers
hosts a post prom party, with the theme of "Hawaii Calls," as a means of
providing students an organized and supervised party. Footage includes interior scenes
of the event and the people in attendance.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: May 27, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one of
a two-part series. Dr.
Carl Zenz, director of medicine at Allis-Chalmers, discusses the
hyperbolic chamber built by Allis-Chalmers. Dr. Zenz and Dr. Walter Thiede
examine the chamber which will be used for treatment and research at St.
Luke's Hospital.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a
script.
Month/Day/Year: May 28, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of
a two-part series. Dr.
Carl Zenz, head of Allis-Chalmers' medical department, discusses Wisconsin's
first human research pressure chamber. The chamber will be used for
practical treatment as well as research.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a
script.
Month/Day/Year: June 29, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. For five
nights, a train containing three rolled steel cylinders for a cement kiln,
crawled over a fifteen mile zig-zag route. The cylinders were built by Allis-Chalmers. They
were shipped at night to avoid traffic and spectators
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: November 9, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Modern farm
equipment, such as Allis-Chalmers' tractors and combines, makes life easier for
the farmer while increasing productivity. Footage of different pieces of equipment.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: November 20, 1965
Segment Number: 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of one of the
high pressure chambers at St. Luke's Hospital being put into place. Allis-Chalmers
built the chambers, which will be used for controlled atmosphere surgery. A
special laboratory is being built to hold the two chambers.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 27.
Month/Day/Year: November 21, 1965
Segment Number: 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of one of the
high pressure chambers being put into place at St. Luke's Hospital. Allis-Chalmers
built the chambers which will be used for controlled atmosphere surgery and
other treatments. The roof for the special lab will be put on later.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound. This
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape # 27.
Month/Day/Year: March 18, 1967
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the USNS Kane. The
ship's main parts were manufactured at the Allis-Chalmers' plant in Wisconsin.
An announcer describes features of the ship in detail.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: August 12, 1967
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Robert Stevenson, chair of
the board at Allis-Chalmers, makes a statement to the press on the proposed
merger with General Dynamics and the recent offer by Ling-Tem Vought Inc. to
buy out Allis-Chalmers stock.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. This film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape # 32.
Month/Day/Year: August 17, 1967
Segment Number: 7 & 11
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage
of the exterior of the Allis-Chalmers building from different angles. A
spokesman for Allis-Chalmers makes a statement on the proposed Ling-Tem Vought
Inc. buyout of stock holders. The second offer by Ling-Tem Vought Inc. has
been rejected.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 7 does not have sound. Segment 11
does have sound. This film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
# 32.
Month/Day/Year: October 31, 1967
Segment Number: 2 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of students at a
local high school receiving a tour of the Allis-Chalmers factory in West
Allis. They walk around the assembly line.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 8, 1968
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Newsreel. A man drives
Allis-Chalmers' new all-terrain-vehicle, the TIGER. It goes 25 mph and sells for $1,400.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 24, 1968
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Exterior footage of
buildings at Allis-Chalmers. Men picket outside of the buildings and carry
signs that read, "Local 248 on Strike," "AC Workers Demand UAW
Pattern" and "No Contract No Work."
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 8, 1968
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage from the
Allis-Chalmers annual stock holders meeting at the Pfister Hotel.
An unidentified man says Allis-Chalmers management assured the stock holders
that Gulf and Western was buying shares for investment purposes only, that they
are not seeking control of
Allis-Chalmers, and that they are not seeking representation on the Allis-Chalmers' board.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 16, 1968
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of unidentified teenagers wearing safety glasses as they tour the
Allis-Chalmers factory.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: August 15, 1968
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. David Scott, the new
president of Allis-Chalmers, says the company he came from doubled in size in
the last 5 years through internal growth, product development, and acquisitions. He says Allis-Chalmers can grow in the same way.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 2, 1968
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a
sign that reads "Allis-Chalmers - We're showing our true colors each
day" over a mural. Children and others take turns painting on the mural.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 4, 1969
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. The annual Allis-Chalmers
stock holders meeting has adjourned because of a court order brought on by threats of a takeover. David Scott of
Allis-Chalmers announces the adjournment to the press.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 22, 1970
Segment Number: 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Cal Holm reports
that Allis-Chalmers has finally been able to hold a stockholders meeting.
The company has tried 18 times since May 1969 to hold a meeting but has been
unable to because of a court order. President David Scott speaks about the
company's financial progress in the past nine months. Footage of a crowd
watching an unidentified man speak at a podium.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 2 does have sound. Segment 3 does
not have sound.
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