Freedom and Power

Freedom and Power

Rejissyor: Wolff (Raphael G.) Studios, Inc.. 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 route Shots of heavy industry Radio announcer, transmission tower, man and woman watching television, LIFE magazines being bound Newspapers coming off press Cars on street Electric utility dispatchers at work Power plants Appliances, domestic and industrial uses of electricity Generators and generating plants Transmission lines Surprise birthday party for old man, family singing "Happy Birthday to You" Scenes of earlier days before electricity Electricity on the farm Tracking shot past typist working on typewriter and clerk working on adding machine Kitchen appliances Electric heater in suburban home Animated atomic nucleus superimposed over suburban home Rural areas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. Interiors of home MCU television set built into fireplace with TV image showing Various interior shots of appliances Animated 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 freedom: courage, faith, and the creative spirit. And we have the tool that built our way of life -- productivity. America, with only 6% of the world's population, produces over 40% of the world's goods." Animated products flying out from map of the United States Great animation of productivity and increasing horsepower Guided missile launching "to preserve our freedoms for the greater world to come" Animated sky brightening over power transmission lines "But we are not

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