Melroe Bobcat (1973)
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Nelson, Scott
label: Collection Creator
content: Bobcat Company
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content: Bobcat Company Records
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content: Bobcat Company Records / Series 10: Audiovisual Materials / 10.2: Promotional
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: 16 mm composite optical track print, 525 feet, 15 minutes 

Explains the operation and controls of the Bobcat and its patented clutch drive system, in addition to demonstrating its many uses and attachments. Cyril Keller operates the Bobcat throughout the film. Footage shows the Bobcat spreading dirt, driving over rough terrain, maneuvering in tight spaces, loading trucks and trailers, working in box cars, moving snow and gravel, performing roof work, and being lifted to and working on a barge. The attachments shown include the backhoe, for trench digging, and scarifier, for sidewalk construction.