Home Electrical, The

Home Electrical, The is a short film from ca. 1915 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

Great old-fashioned silent film with great intertitles.

01:01:58:22 Great shot of electric horseless carriage-style automobile; men drive off in early electric car. Great interitle about the charm of electricity as part of modern civilized life. Men pull up in electric car in front of house.

01:03:29:24 CU disembodied hand inserts and turns key in wall outlet; MS motor turns on in cellar.

01:03:54:05 Husband and wife walk man over to electric sewing machine that emerges out of the table attached to an ironing board, CU the Electric King sewing machine, CU GE logo on sewing machine. Woman demonstrates sewing fabric on electric sewing machine then demonstrates the electric iron.

01:05:33:00 VS antique electrical appliances in the kitchen; CU electric water boiler, CU electric Oven with GE logo on oven door.

01:06:20:27 Woman shows men antique electric washing machine.

01:06:46:08 Two men and woman watch house maid using electric iron.

01:07:01:01 VS man demonstrates for another man electric soldering iron.

01:08:07:02 CU antique electric toaster oven; disembodied hand flips bread. CU antique electric coffee pot; CU cup of coffee poured from shiny silver antique coffee pot.

01:08:57:13 Two men sit down to smoke cigars, men light cigars with large electric cigarette lighter that looks like an antique phone; CU man lighting cigar on large electric cigarette lighter.

01:09:29:25 Mother tends to sick daughter in bed; CU disembodied woman s hand presses down towel on electric hot plate.

01:09:45:26 Woman sits down at desk in home office, small American flag sits on top of desk. Woman turns on antique electric heater beside her desk.

01:10:07:10 CU disembodied women s hand holding pen writes letter on paper:

Betty is much improved. We owe much to our electrical devices. They are so convenient- just a turn of the switch and they are ready  

01:11:48:15 Husband and wife enter living room, man sits down in chair, and woman looks down at fire place but man shakes his head no; man pulls out large antique electric heater with large GE logo on it and places it in front of he and his wife sitting on the couch.

Home Electrical, The
Produced by	General Electric Co.
Production company	General Electric Co.
Distributed by	General Electric Co.
Release date	ca. 1915
Running time	317 feet
Language	English

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