Power to Serve, The

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Power to Serve, The is a short film from 1957 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

movie about electricity

Power to Serve, The
Produced byHandy (Jam) Organization
Production
company
Handy (Jam) Organization
Distributed byHandy (Jam) Organization
Release date
1957
Running time
20:56
LanguageEnglish
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21:48:44:23 CU typewriter ribbon printing list of numbers and equations.

21:49:16:12 CU disembodied hand turns switch labeled Governor

21:49:19:27 Electricity generators inside a power plant; man on phone in control room, large panel of gauges beside him; CU technician inspects generator with a flashlight.

21:49:56:19 MS VS 1950s female customer service telephone operators wearing headsets answering phones and sifting through files; woman places pink card on conveyor line; pink card flies out end of shoot, disembodied hand picks up card from wood basket; VS CU women answering phones on headset and taking down customers information.

21:50:23:26 Troubleshooter at power plant works on large board with layout of power plant and distribution, pan over to radio dispatcher smoking cigarette sitting at desk makes calls on radio.

21:50:51:25 Low-angle CU electrician wearing yellow hard hat talks into radio in truck then closes truck door to drive off, logo for The Illuminating Co. on door of yellow truck, logo is of a man made of bolts of electricity; 1950s yellow truck pulls up in front of suburban house, VS workers fixing power lines.