| Trailer: PEAK LOAD ELECTRICITY asking people to limit domestic use of electricity. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5702 | |
| Catalog #: | 320130 | |
| Clip Number: | 320130-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 43/28 | |
| Timecode: | 01:01:50 - 01:03:12 | |
| Location: | UK | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMATION: Cel/Cartoon COMMERCIALS: Public Service INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Conservation LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: Rationing & Shortages | |
| Description: | Trailer: PEAK LOAD ELECTRICITY asking people to limit domestic use of electricity. VS Animated cartoons showing the effects of using power electricity etc. between the peak hours of 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Animated Cartoon. Illustration of last straw breaking camel's back. Cartoonish illustration of electric motor getting over worked. Load meter displaying electricity consumption - electricity courses around machine in shape of camel. Narration in verse urging people not to use electricity between 8AM and 1PM. Narrator explains that the biggest load on the country's electric system is in the morning. Little robot men appear on electric camel's back, they represent electricity consumption by canteens, public transport, RAF planes, factories and telephones. Interesting animated illustrations of people in their homes, vacuuming, cooking. Women seen taking burnt food out of oven. Another woman seen leaning out of window while iron burns a hole in clothes on ironing board. Woman using vacuum cleaner. Man reading by electric light. We see the electric camel again, a light bulb (representing domestic consumption) appears above the overloaded electric camel. More shots last straw breaking camel's back. End title: "Go slow on electricity between 8 am and 1 pm when war factories need it most". | |
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