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Nice vid! That polished up very well, and it still has that classic sound too.   In my book, that's a REAL Hoover!

"A picture is worth a thousand...." Welcome to the forum!   Please post some photos of your attachments and someone here will likely be able to identify them.   It could be a game of "name that vacuum!"

Here is a link to the archived thread about fixing leaky hoses.  Scroll down to reply #9 from aeoliandave for a thorough, step by step description of the process. http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?8695

I'm still in shock... ...that I finally found this after 50-some years of cherished memories.  Friends of my parents had one and whenever we went to their house I kept myself happily entertained with it while the adults had their "coffee talk." 

A statement-making emblem "MW"

not a good "edge cleaner" The bumper has some serious dry-rot but the brush roll still has lots of life left.  I'm bowled-over by how clean the whole thing is.  This was either trapped between coats in a closet for decades or the seller did a great job of cleaning it up before shipping.

an early "swivel-glide" The rear castor-wheel and the height adjustment knob

Bag The bag is very faded from its original dark brown color but only minimally frayed and the MW emblem is still intact.

Soft, supple cord ...with the original plug and clip.  Even the UL paper stickers are still wrapped around the cord!

The last time I saw one of these I was a wee little fella, 3 or 4 years old.  The memory of the brown color, side-mounted bag and front-mounted rocker switch has stuck with me for over 50 years.  Thanks to ebay, this Christmas I'm feeling like a little kid again.

Congratulations Scott! I was thinking about you the other day, knowing what you were getting.  After the convention your mom emailed me saying you were so excited about my Henry that she was going to get you one.  Merry Christmas!   Neil

Did Zenith actually make these or are they a rebadged version of something else?

Separate toggle switches for headlight and ?

ID plate

Wooden "acorn" cap on the handle

Except for a replacement plug it's all original.

The silkscreening on the bag is remarkably intact.

This showed up on craigslist and I couldn't pass it up.

That hose is for an upright and would take some jury-rigging to make it work.  You would need to find something to make a transition between the cuff on the hose and the coupling unless by a stroke of luck the outside diameter of the hose cuff matches the inside diameter of the metal coupling. ...

Ben, that Retrobrite treatment is an absolute miracle cure.  The difference is stunning.  I'm in awe.