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[Father] Welcome to the General
Electric Carousel of Progress.
Now most carousels just go 'round and
'round without getting anywhere.
But on this one, at every turn we'll be
making progress. And progress
is not just moving ahead. It's dreaming and
working and building a better way of life. Progress
is the sound of a motor,
the hum of a turbine, the heartbeat of a factory,
the sound of a symphony,
the roar of a rocket.
Progress is people getting release from drudgery,
gaining more time to enjoy themselves and
live richer lives. And as long as man dreams and
works and builds, this progress will go on...in your life and mine.
[Theme Song/Carousel
Turn to Next Scene] There's a great, big,
beautiful tomorrow Shining at the end of
every day There's a great, big,
beautiful tomorrow And tomorrow's just a
dream away Man has a dream and
that's the start He follows his dream
with mind and heart When it becomes a
reality It's a dream come true
for you and me So there's a great,
big, beautiful tomorrow Shining at the end of
every day There's a great, big,
beautiful tomorrow Just a dream
away [Father]
Oh, just before the
turn of the century. And
believe me, things couldn't be any better then
they are today. Yes sir, we've got all
the latest things. Gas lamps,
a telephone, and the latest design in cast
iron stoves. That reservoir
keeps five gallons of water hot all day, on
just three buckets of coal.
Sure beats choppin' wood. And isn't our new
icebox a beauty? Holds fifty
pounds of ice. Milk
doesn't sour as quick as it
used to. Our dog Rover here,
keeps the water in the drip pan from
overflowing. Ya know, it wasn't too
long ago we had to carry water from a well. But thanks to
progress, we've got a pump right here in the kitchen.
'Course we keep a bucket of
water handy to prime it with. Yes sir, we've got
everything to make life easier. Mother? I was reading about a fellow named
Tom Edison who's working on an idea for snap-on
electric lights. [Mother] I'll believe that when
I see it. [Father] Huh. That's my wife
Sarah. [Mother] But with my new wash
day marvel, it takes only five hours to do the
wash. Imagine! [Father] That's right,
folks. Now Mother has time
for recreations like, uh... [Mother] Like canning, and
polishing the stove? [Father] Okay mother. You just iron the wrinkles out of
my shirts. [Mother] Yes,
dear. [Father] But no one can improve
on nature for dryin' clothes.
[Thunder] Oh well, the cistern
was low on rainwater anyway. [Dog] Growwwl! [Father} Rover! Mind your
manners! You know spring
cleaning is a lot easier than it used to be. Our
new air suction vacuum
cleaner operates on one boy power.
Sure an improvement over the old carpet
beater. Folks, we don't have
an opera house in our town, but right here in our
own home we got the next
best thing, a talking machine. [Talking Machine
Music] There's a great, big,
beautiful tomorrow, Shining at the end of
every day [Parrot] Roc! She keeps that thing going all day
long, roc! That tenor is
driving me nuts. Roc! Progress. Roc! [Father] You know, the young
folks have their own ideas about entertainment. For instance, Jane, our
teenage daughter, is getting ready to go to a
trolley party on one of those
new electric streetcars. She
says hayrides are old
fashioned. [Jane] Oh! [Father] Don't be upset
daughter, they're friends. [Jane] Oh. [Father] Huh, huh. It's hard to imagine how life
could be any easier. But
there's a new company, uh,
General Electric they call it, who are trying to
bring the same power that
runs the trolley into folk's homes.
I don't know, but if those fellows work
that out, one thing is certain... [Theme Song/Carousel
Turn to Next Scene] There's a great, big,
beautiful tomorrow Shining at the end of
every day There's a great, big,
beautiful tomorrow And tomorrow's just a
dream away Man has a dream and
that's the start He follows his dream
with mind and heart When it becomes a
reality It's a dream come true
for you and me So there's a great,
big, beautiful tomorrow Shining at the end of
every day There's a great, big,
beautiful tomorrow Just a dream
away
[Father]
way since the turn of
the century, twenty years ago.
But no one realized then that this would
be the age of electricity.
Everyone's using it; farmers, factories,
whole towns. With electric street
lights, we don't worry so much about the
youngsters being out after
dark. And what a difference
in our home. We can run
as many wires as we need,
in any direction for Mother's new electrical servants; electric
sewing machine, coffee percolator, toaster,
waffle iron, refrigerator;
and they all go to work at the flick of a
switch. Take it easy...you'll
blow a fuse! [Dog] Growwwl! [Father] Buster, leave 'em
alone. Well, the days of
lugging heavy, hot irons from an old stove to an
ironing board are gone
forever. And with an electric
iron and electric lights, Mother has something
to do to fill in her evenings.
Now it's no problem at all to get my collars
smooth, right Mother? [Mother] Yes,
dear. [Father] Oh, by the way, we've
got a phonograph now. And
there's a new kind of music called jazz that all
the youngsters go for. With
his crystal set, Grandpa can get big-time
entertainment from distances up to a hundred miles
away. Now that's called
static. You know, there's
something progress can't improve on; it's
called romance. [Mother] Jane, it's after
nine-thirty. [Jane] Yes,
Mother. [Father] Huh, Huh. Mother broadcast the time signals
long before radio got the idea. [Dog] Growwwl! [Father} Cut that out,
Buster! Well, we've got indoor
plumbing now, saves a lot of walking. In our
new bathroom, we've got
a... a houseguest...Cousin Orville.
And as usual, he's taken up the coolest
spot in the house. I will say
one thing for him though, Orville's
rigged up something pretty clever.
He calls it air cooling. Too bad he's not reading the help
wanted ads. [Orville] No privacy at all
around this place. [Father] Sorry, Orville. You know, considering all the
conveniences we have, it looks as though we've
progressed about as far as we can.
But when we read about the things those
research people at General Electric are working
on, well we can be sure of
one thing...
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General Electric's
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