Melroe Bobcat History Tape #1 (circa 1970s)
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 / 10.1: Corporate documentation
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: ¾ inch U-Matic, 63 minutes

A compilation of silent films transferred to U-matic. 

1. Melroe People (office): shows Melroe employees at work at the office. Men and women are seen copying, typing on typewriters, filing, sorting mail, working at desks, making and drinking coffee, smoking, goofing off in front of the camera, and shining shoes.

2. Sales Meeting in San Diego, California, 1977: shows the Bobcat Rodeo and people in cowboy outfits. A demonstration of the Bobtach system is shown.

3. Sales Meeting in Chandler, Arizona, 1970: shows Bobcat demonstration against competitors' models, Bobcats square dancing, and large models lifting smaller ones. Attendees are also shown.

4. 970 Bobcat Roll Over Test, undated: shows Bobcats being pushed off the ledge of dirt mounds and rolling over in order to test their safety.

5. Sales Meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi (part 1), 1973: shows attendees, tents, and demonstration of Bobcats. Bobcats are seen tied together in a "Follow the Leader" display.