This classic collection takes us back in time when new electrical appliances, like the dishwashing machine, electric irons, and toasters were all the rage. A rare chance to see some of the early American appliances being promoted and sold to American society.
Included Films:
Home Electrical Appliances
Home Electrical Appliances
Produced: 1944
Length: 11 Minutes
Home electrical appliances looks at electronics scientifically, explaining how machines work, and the effortlessness required on the part of the user. From irons to vacuum cleaners, there are plenty of appliances that are observed under the narrator’s attentive eye. The film provides an endless array of what electricity can do. Repairs are given to ever-day apparatus, establishing electricity’s adaptability. A man wishes to install electrical appliances in his own home, and stops by a friend’s house to see how electricity will work. With the nonchalant advertising of General Electric, this film resonates a time when the dishwasher wasn’t taken for granted!
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Young Man’s Fancy
Produced: 1952
Length: 30 Minutes
Using sex to sell is nothing new, but Young Mans Fancy finds a new use of the timeless strategy. When a schoolgirls crush ignores her for electric appliances she learns the hard way that boys think electricity is sexy too. The bizarre plot makes this otherwise standard energy use propaganda film a special treat.
The Home Electrical
The Home Electrical
Produced: 1950s
Length: 11 Minutes
Victorian era meets electricity for the first time in this silent film by General Electric. It was an exciting meeting which sparked a new dawn for technology and mankind alike. All at once, people had amenities that before were unimaginable, like a vacuum cleaner and an automatic sewing machine. Serving as a fun look into the early 1900s culture and mannerisms, we look into the excitement surrounding electrical technology. New devices were being created to take advantage of electricity. Many of the devices were not practical – such as the electrical cup, but nonetheless, became a novelty to a people used to doing everything by hand. Other devices, like the electrical car, were more practical and extremely valuable as a technological ideas, even today. The Home Electrical is a neat look at the origins of electrical appliances and luxuries such as electric heat and the power outlet.
