It Happened in the Kitchen
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A short 1940s sponsored film encourages American families to update their kitchens. It shows how modern appliances and design can improve daily life at home.
educationalpromotionaloptimisticinformativeperiodhome-focuseddated
What happens
It Happened in the Kitchen (1941) is a 40-minute Kodachrome consumer-facing film sponsored by The Modern Kitchen Bureau to promote the importance of having a modern kitchen and how modernizing can benefit the average American family. In 2024, the National Film Preservation Foundation, an organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America's film heritage, awarded the Hagley Museum and Library a grant to preserve the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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