Dawn Of Better Living

Year Published: 1946

Creator: 15222 Walt Disney Productions

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Presents a brief history of lighting. Describes how man uses electricity for an easier, more pleasant way of living. Provides ideas in home planning.

Complete Record: THE DAWN OF BETTER LIVING (1945, sound, 16 min, color, 35mm) Sponsor: Westinghouse Electric Corp. Production Co.: Walt Disney Productions. Resources: Copyright 13Apr45 MP15998; “Color Movie Sells Appliances,” Mod Ind 12 (Sept. 15, 1946): 108–10; EFG (1948), 358. Holdings: LC, MacDonald. Animated film encouraging homemakers to upgrade home electrical systems after World War II and plan for increased circuit capacity for new appliances. Intended for women’s-club audiences, The Dawn of Better Living shows the evolution of lighting systems from pioneer America to the present and projects a bright “electrified” future. note: Produced in Technicolor and released theatrically; also distributed in 16mm. Westinghouse issued a pamphlet based on the film. For more about the postwar domestic demand for electricity. 


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