1946 - Educational Film: Flow of Electricity (Main title missing)

Main title missing Night-time city & suburban shots, skyscrapers & houses lit up. 11:43:24 INT family house - uses of electricity - father turns on lamp; mother uses vacuum cleaner; power drill; toaster; clothes presser iron; CU radio switched on, wider shot showing father listening in armchair. Son Bobby & daughter Betty turn on table lamp & electric fan; Betty can’t get lamp to work, Bobby plugs it into the wall socket; but can’t explain where electricity comes from; kids go to ask father. 11:44:41 Father folds paper, in kitchen father holds large battery marked ‘Electric Cell’ - attaches wires from lamp bulb to cell. CU & MS. Discussing, father writes, Electrons, on notepad. 11:45:57 CU word electrons animated w/ cartoon character appearing on drawing of oversize battery & shows animated circuit w/ electrons moving; flowing circuit when hooked up. Character pushes electrons. 11:47:07 Father points to closed circuit formed by lamp, wires & cell. Switch mechanism shown - breaking circuit. Betty wants to know why wall lamp only has one wire - father explains using several electric cords - two wires within cord. Summary of how electricity works w/ animated diagrams. Looking at wall light. 11:51:50 Animated diagram showing wires leading out of house; tracking shot along country road past transmission towers; INT Dam & turbine room, power station w/ generator. 11:52:28 Family in house. Boy turns on light for dad. The End Science; Electronics; 1940s Americana; Family; Gender Roles; Ironing; Educational Films; Children; Appliances; 1946; NOTE: Any continuous one minute sold at per reel rate.