Synopsis
Depicts the development and importance of electric power from Benjamin Franklin's experiment with a kite to the contributions of Thomas Edison. First ten-minute sequence, showing history of American independence territorial expansion and electrical development, is animated.Commemorates General Electric's 75th anniversary (1878-1953).Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 electric locomotive pulling passenger train on Northeast Corridor routeShots of heavy industryRadio announcer, transmission tower, man and woman watching television, LIFE magazines being boundNewspapers coming off pressCars on streetElectric utility dispatchers at workPower plantsAppliances, domestic and industrial uses of electricityGenerators and generating plantsTransmission linesSurprise birthday party for old man, family singing "Happy Birthday to You"Scenes of earlier days before electricityElectricity on the farmTracking shot past typist working on typewriter and clerk working on adding machineKitchen appliancesElectric heater in suburban homeAnimated atomic nucleus superimposed over suburban homeRural areasJefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.Interiors of homeMCU television set built into fireplace with TV image showingVarious interior shots of appliancesAnimated view of suburban houses turning red -- as neighborhood turns red, anti-communist narration:Narrator: "But now our freedoms are threatened by forces that would crush our liberties and tyrannize the minds of men. Against these forces we have the weapons of…
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Details
- Running time
- 26 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0789_Freedom_and_Power_22_29_01_09
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · FREEEEEEEEDOM!! and POWERRRRRRRR!! · Spuzz · 2016-01-06
Commie paranoia-hinting epic movie about the history of electricity, it's modern usage, and it's uses for the future. It's all ok, the look into the future is pretty interesting. Though I'm not too sure how the light switch for every room in the house was something new, or maybe I'm missing something. But! Our freedom to have electricity is being threatened by foreign powers! (read: Commies), how or why is not explained, BUT IT'S THERE.