RCA Whirlpool Miracle Kitchen In Russia (1959)
1959 · Short film · 15 min
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For the first time in 2K, restored from original 16mm footage..... See what the Muscovites think of Whirlpool's Kitchen of Tomorrow as shown at the American National Exhibition in Russia, 1959. As part of a cultural understanding program, the Soviets exhibited in NYC just a few months prior. Shown are futuristic gadgets, like a dishwasher that comes to the table, and a robot vacuum cleaner. But some of these appliances were readily available, such as the WP combination washer/dryer, and in-built "electronic oven" (not shown)
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★★★ · Nyet to Commies · Dodsworth the Cat · 2026-10-08
NBC's Mel Brandt opens the film with pure American propaganda, praising free-enterprise in Moscow wherever it can be found, and taking time to point out the dearth of cars, shortage of dry goods, food turned over to state by "peasants," women doing (gasp!) manual labour, and drab apartment buildings (except where the commissars live). A peace tower is dismissed as being a "symbol of the Soviets' war cry." With that out of the way, we arrive at an exhibition of Whirlpool kitchen appliances. Well, not exactly. Only one of them was actually available, a washer-drier. Dan Doherty's script takes a…