https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/8f3aa003-78ab-4324-abe2-295a65585217 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This animated and live action General Electric film "Freedom and Power" was produced by Raphael Wolf Studios in 1952 to commemorate the company's 75th anniversary. It explores the history and impact of electricity, starting with the American Revolution and the pursuit of freedoms, through the innovations of Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Morse, and Thomas Edison. It describes the rise of electric power systems, central stations, and motors, transforming society and raising living standards. It reflects on a family’s generational shift, showing electricity’s role in revolutionizing farms, factories, and daily life. The narrative looks ahead to innovations like heat pumps and atomic energy, emphasizing freedom and productivity as keys to prosperity, and concludes with a vision of ongoing innovation for a freer world. 0:00 Intro: the start of the Revolutionary War 0:56 Farmers form a line in Lexington, not plowing. Order to disperse and drop arms. 1:43 Choice to stand and fight if attacked. Revolutionary War begins, April 19, 1775. 2:26 Fight for self-governance and liberty. 2:46 Drive to build in freedom’s air. Expansion past frontiers, tapping resources. 3:30 Water and steam power emerge. 4:02 New power reshapes the nation. Post-Lexington, pioneering thought done. 5:16 Pioneering persists, including electricity. 5:27 Franklin’s electrical experiments. Morse and Edison advance the field. 7:20 Electric power systems born. 8:04 Central stations and networks established. Motors and power spread widely. 9:57 Electricity transforms society. 10:03 Power’s versatile uses grow. A GG1 electric locomotive, machinery in a factory, molten metal poured in a foundry, engraving of metal parts. 11:10 Radio tower, light bulbs, power stations. Electrification boosts freedoms, living standards. 11:25 A couple watches television set / watching TV. LIFE magazines roll off a printing press, followed by newspapers. People shop for new appliances. Automobiles at a traffic light. Public Service Co. building. 12:01 Dispatchers manage power needs. Electric toaster pops. Surgeons in an operating room. 12:30 A waffle is cooked on an electric waffle iron. Hydroelectric and other plants generate power. 13:02 Electricity transformed, sent to homes and factories. Store window with a display, lights going on in a big city. 13:42 A surprise birthday party. Grandpa recalls coal lamps, rise of electricity. 14:33 Fred studied by kerosene; farms used muscle power. Farmer hooks plow to horse. 15:22 Grandpa’s farm got early electric power for chores. Electric iron turned on. 15:51 Power ramps up production, jobs. Lot full of International Harvester tractors. Bottling plant. Meat packing plant with cold cuts. 16:32 Better conditions, pay, output. Lathes at a factory. Jimmy aims for college, unlike past generations. 17:31 IBM electric typewriters and adding machines in use. Electricity changes homes, schools, commerce. Passengers board a GM bus. 18:01 Homes use power for light, heat, utilities. Cooking in a kitchen with modern electric appliances. Power costs less than in 1920, altering lives. 19:06 Electric heat pumps, atomic energy on horizon. 20:01 Sunlight offers limitless power potential. Flowers open in slow motion. 20:20 Coal, water store sunlight’s energy. Jefferson Memorial. Photosynthesis unlocks light’s secrets. 20:44 Solar energy’s future in power. Electrical innovations ready now. 21:04 Modern electric powered house with a TV set as the center of the living room. 21:30 Light-controlled rooms, remote systems. Coffee brewed on a stove. 22:07 Electric kitchens, laundry ease life. Freedom from drudgery grows. 22:39 Heat pumps control indoor climate. Future life tied to freedom to build. 23:04 Freedoms face threats to liberty. Courage, faith, creativity as weapons. 23:35 America produces 40% of world goods. Electric power aids every worker. 24:19 Productivity doubles, 1940-1950. Output defends freedoms. 24:43 Build productivity to stop tyranny. More electric power possible. 25:17 Teacher in a classroom, assembly line, rocket launch. Safeguard liberties for the future. 25:53 New freedoms, power for a new age. Pioneering spirit builds a freer world. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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