COUBRAY [SHELL OIL TRACTOR TEST]

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Year
1929
Reference
F39870
Media type
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Year
1929
Reference
F39870
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Advertisement
Duration
0:03:59

An advertisement for Shell Oil.

Shell symbol, title - “Use cross power kerosene the ideal fuel for tractors”, shot of a tractor in a muddy field.
“‘Cross’ kerosene will pull you out of any ‘hole’”; close up of tractor wheel in the mud.
“The mud didn’t stop her so into the dam she went”; a small gathering of people watch the tractor pull a trailor (with people sitting on it) across a shallow pond.
“After a convivial Saturday afternoon - as seen by one who did not ‘use’ Shell spirit’; shots of revolving street scenes.
“He would of course insist on a front seat on the tram”; shot of a busy street Flinders Street, Melbourne, with trams and cars rushing at the camera.
“Shell for quick starting for grown-ups - and babies too”; shot of a young girl getting into the driver’s seat of a car and presumably driving away.
“Shell maintains ‘service’ under all conditions. A test to prove the efficiency of the ‘six wheel’ type lorry”; scenes of a truck driving down a muddy road, and towing a stranded car.
“The excellent characteristics of Shell Motor Oil Oil (sic) have been convincingly proved on speedways throughout the world, maintaining perfect lubrication under gruelling conditions”; motorcycles racing on a cinder
“Bucking Bertha refuses to be put to those silly track races”; shots of a trick bike being ridden.
“Use Shell products and note the difference”; a short animation about Shell products.