Manuscripts

Pacific Electric Railway Training Film, 1914

Description

Pacific Electric Railway film made 1913-1914 to instruct trainmen in operating interurban trains. Opening titles read: "The right and wrong procedures are illustrated throughout." Shows an automobile coming to a train crossing, with a train coming, and the "automatic flagman" is not working; trainmen filling out train orders; train approaching a man walking on trestle; people getting on and off train. Shows train at the San Gabriel River; the Glendale line train going down the tracks, other footage.

Format of original: Reel

Type

Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)

Production date

approximately 1914-1996.

Call number

SCE MP 074

Creator

Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Edison International, December 2005.

Restrictions

California Electric Power Co. c. 1950, Interstate Tel. Co

Manuscripts

Format of original: U-Matic (See DVD copy) Run time: 7:35 1950s footage of the California Electric Power Company and the Interstate Telephone Company, featuring men working on telephone poles, streets, trains, and construction footage. No audio.

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Electricity for the Modern Farm; Thomas Alva Edison at General Electric; Herbert Hoover at Greenfield Village, Michigan, 1919-1929

Manuscripts

Compilation reel. First film is "Electricity for the Modern Farm" (c. 1919), contemporary references available online. Followed by Thomas Alva Edison as he tours the General Electric Company lamp laboratories in Schenectady, New York in 1922. Part 1: 15:01-21:03 Footage of Edison with photometer and illuminated lamps; Part 2: 21:59-34:26 Mr. Edison and Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz ride in a car and are greeted by 20,000 employees, footage of Dr. Coolidge explaining process of ductile tungsten, 31:07 women at work in plant with lamps; beginning 34:41-39:16 President Herbert Hoover and dedication of Edison Institute of Technology at Greenfield Village, Michigan, 1929. Format of original: negative

SCE MP 515

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Southern California Edison motion picture film

Manuscripts

The collection primarily chronicles the history and development of Southern California Edison, including the construction of Edison plants, advertising footage, the search for alternative energy sources, and employee news videos featuring updates on Edison projects. Historical footage and advertising spots date from the 1930s forward, while the majority of the VHS and U-Matic material covers the 1970s through 1990s.The motion picture film consists of a variety of media formats, including film reels, VHS, U-Matic, and cassette tapes. The majority of the VHS and U-Matic tapes have been transferred to DVD and are available for paging. Many of the reels, some U-Matic tapes, and materials of other formats have not been reformatted and may not be available for paging. Over 100 films have been digitized and are available to view on the California Revealed website and the Internet Archive. See links in the finding aid. Two films are also available on the Huntington Digital Library: "Kilowatt the Conqueror" (SCE MP 031), and "Mrs. Mortimer Jones prepares 'Dinner for Eight'" (SCE MP 608).

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Films and audio recordings

Manuscripts

The collection primarily chronicles the history and development of Southern California Edison, including the construction of Edison power plants, advertising footage, the search for alternative energy sources, and employee news videos featuring updates on Edison projects. Historical footage and advertising spots date chiefly from the 1930s forward, while the majority of the VHS and U-Matic material covers the 1970s through 1990s. The motion picture film consists of a variety of media formats, including film reels, VHS, U-Matic, and cassette tapes. The majority of the VHS and U-Matic tapes have been transferred to DVD and are available for paging. Many of the reels, some U-Matic tapes, and materials of other formats have not been reformatted and may not be available for paging. Over 100 films have been digitized and are available to view on the California Revealed website and the Internet Archive. See links in the finding aid. Two films from the collection are available on the HDL: SCE MP 031: "Kilowatt the Conqueror," and SCE MP 608: "Mrs. Mortimer Jones prepares 'Dinner for Eight.'"

mssSCE MP

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California Electric Power [misc. scenes, working]

Manuscripts

Format of original: Reel. [Note: slight vinegar odor] Promotional film and survey of California Electric Power terrain and infrastructure, aerial footage of snow in Sierras, workers checking equipment in deep snow. 11:51 scenes of California cities and towns with emphasis on neon signs and including steel foundry, agriculture, and household appliances in use. 30:00 mark shifts to SCE workers in the field, pouring concrete, work camps, inside a power station. Includes narration of a power line blow out filmed in slow motion.

SCE MP 036

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Cool Water Coal Gasification News Release 1984

Manuscripts

Format of original: U-Matic (See DVD copy) Run time: 9:05 SCE news release showing footage of the Cool Water Coal Gastrification Plant in the Mojave Desert at Daggett, California. Footage log with VHS.

SCE MP 290

Pacific Electric Railway Training Film, 1914

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