400 Years in 4 Minutes (1945)

★★★★★ · My Mom · Nancy Liz · 2023-05-09

This movie was made in 1945. My mom is the baker in it from General Mills. She comes on around 7 minutes/50 seconds. She was a phenomenal baker. We grew up with her homemade rolls, breads, cakes, cookies, desserts and great dinners. She was a patient teacher. She was also a professor in Home Ec at the U OF MN. We presented it to her after we found it online when she was in her late 90’s. She had dementia but had vivid stories of making it.

★★★★ · How To Make A Cake · JayKay49 · 2012-02-29

Step by step (but sound and picture are out of step) "how to" demonstration film on cake preparation and baking. The final scenes will make your mouth water - but now you'll be able to bake a cake from scratch. Very informaative and detailed....and soooo unlike anything you'll see on the Food Channel (which only shows ya how to jiggle a camera around and call it a show). Nice film and very nostalgic even though the sync is way off - which subtracts a star.

★★★ · 1945 infommerial from Betty Crocker/General Mills · ERD. · 2009-12-31

This color film was made back in 1945 for the new cake mixes from General Mills. Well made, but dated by today's standards, it probably encouraged a lot of homemakers at the end of W.W.II to try the product.