| EMETT'S IDEAL HOME Comic strip style inventor presents totally insane construction - automatic home. Excellent! | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6010 |
| Catalog #: | 38120 | |
| Clip Number: | 38120-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 113 | |
| Timecode: | 01:50:29 - 01:52:28 | |
| Location: | Croydon, Surrey. | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | DOMESTIC LIFE: Various INVENTIONS: Domestic INVENTIONS: Novelty LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Surrey | |
| Description: | EMETT'S IDEAL HOME Comic strip style inventor presents totally insane construction - automatic home. Excellent! (futuristic, fantasy) Croydon, Surrey. L/S of a large room with very unusual construction in the middle. People are walking around it, wondering. Construction is a model of totally mechanized home - invention of Mr Rowland Emett. The construction is on show in a Croydon store. In the middle of the construction is a man with glasses - a dummy. He is sitting in front of a fire place, reading a newspaper. M/S of a dummy from behind shows an old gramophone horn coming out of the fire place. There is a small fire lit at the bottom of the horn while a miniature TV set comes from its middle. C/U shot of a dummy moving his head back as the TV 'attacks' him. This is called TV set for the short-sighted with its own coal fire!? Next to it is a cat chair. A cat (toy) is sitting on a stool 'playing' with several toys hanging over its head from a 'wire tree'. C/U shot of the face of a little girl looking at a spectacle. A picture splits in half to let the dummy inspect washed dishes tied to a circling wheel. M/S of 'automatic dishwasher' - looks more like 'dishbreaker'. A large 'pool' is full of dishes, which are rhythmically splashed with water. M/S of rotisserie (with half a turkey on) flying around. Camera tilts down to M/S of Mr Emett changing a light bulb on, what appears to be the main body of the apparatus. C/U shot of Mr Emett's face as he inspects the apparatus. C/U shot of a quirky clock with kettle on top. M/S of Mr Emett's garden construction. Roses are circling around while big scissors are cutting the grass. There is a little bird in the middle of the construction, trying to pull a worm out of earth. C/U shot of scissors cutting the grass. C/U shot of an elderly man looking at the weird garden construction - he looks puzzled. A bunch of roses jumps out of nowhere dangerously close to man's face. C/U shot of flowers circling. M/S of Emett attempting to have a cup of tea but he is being attacked by flying objects from all sides. | |
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