Day in the Life of a Kitchen, A (ca. 1960s)

we are at B minus 30 seconds here in the block house uh that's Mr Block behind the morning paper can't do a thing until he gets that first cup of coffee Jim's thoughts are pretty far away about 10,000 light years away mother as operations Chief makes a final check of the instrumentation water boiling ready for the cereal bacon sizzling bread toasting b - 10 seconds now B that's breakfast of course 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 reakfast breakfast [Music] a time for traditional scurrying in many homes but here's one Homemaker who has everything under perfect control yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] late as usual for launching but youth will always be served of course we know that families don't have a countdown for breakfast but so many Space Age Marvels have been incorporated into today's modern kitchens the Homemaker could follow such exacting time schedules if she chose free to perform a more relaxed role as home man manager while many of the routine matters function automatically The Coffee started automatically at a preset time now while she goes about her normal Day activities she will clean the oven automatically she merely moves a lever and turns one knob the oven will lock itself during the cleaning and cannot be reopened until the temperature inside the oven returns to normal temperature now to put the finishing touches on the dessert for Susan's party this afternoon not too surprising for this day and age little space capsules of ice cream and cookies topped with a cherry and a little candle they'll keep frozen until ready for the party in the freezer portion of her refrigerator No frost ever here now out to play young lady one moment when you might say she had her handsful but frider design Engineers have anticipated such occasions for this new new refrigerator has an electric door just a touch is all that's needed cleaning the dishes is no problem anymore both upper and lower racks are designed so odd-shaped items will fit in they say the space Voyager will create his own environment of carefully determined temperature but even those who stay at home on Earth can select their favorite indoor weather all year round in space they keep the subzero temperatures outside the capsules but here in this new food freezer cold temperature is welcome and the Zero Zone inside keeps the frozen food safe until they're needed objects are moved in a weightless state in outer space but here is a refrigerator mother could have selected for her kitchen that rides on a cushion of air which forms between a pad and the floor air from a blower is directed through openings in the pad in the bottom of the refrigerator she is able to move it about the room with the greatest of ease a lot of exciting developments are taking place way out in space but today's Appliance designers are putting many equally amazing principles to work in the home 3 hours after she started to clean the oven the job is done automatically dessert time at the party next door all right Susan you can be the delivery lady from Mars with a cargo of ice cream capsules [Music] capsules you can eat and space music with a beat for the Young Generation home from a far out party of their own but mother has learned to keep plenty of Refreshments on hand to meet their Earthly needs fortunately at a time like this there is an adequate supply of ice cubes and a automatic ice maker keeps the supply replenished fingertip server right in the door and the ice maker is so compact there's plenty of room for storing Frozen packages right under it now mother will get a head start on tomorrow's family dinner this chuck roast will be cooked under scientifically controlled temperatures for 14 hours [Music] these controls automatically tenderize the meat while it roasts [Music] they've just invented a new dance it's called walk in space very appropriate too he