[4k, 60fps](1959) The Total Electric Home. The Home of the future.

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Back in the late 1950s, Westinghouse offered promotional material for sixteen different all-electric home floor plans designed by five different architects, which sold for $10 each and spanned 900-2000 square feet. The architects were also contracted to design model homes in different regions of the country. The Westinghouse Total Electric Home officially opened for public tours on Sunday, April 24, 1960.
Measuring 1,604-square-feet, the house boasted two courtyard areas, called “Outdoor Living Centers,” three bedrooms, a living room, entertainment center and food preparation center located in the middle of a large open area. Visitors were asked to note the built-in appliances, as Westinghouse wanted them to think of it as a home manager who has a great number of electrical assistants, rather than using traditional methods.

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[@coatzinr]

Every minute the first thing I thought about was the maintenance cost of all those devices. However, it is a beautiful utopia.

[@NovahLia]

Honestly, I would love a home like this today!

[@frankytrevor7]

selfish polluter

[@magnetistars3344]

☝☝☝☝ Ага... и мне тоже☝

[@Valspartame_Maelstrom]

honestly?

[@AMPProf]

except you'd loos the ability to breath pollen or polluted air

[@AMPProf]

i mean trade offs

[@OnizukaSenseSay]

An oven that can cook in 6 seconds!? Microwaves can't even do that now. 😂

[@matthewcole4753]

Yes, that's extremely fast. That statement in the video took my breath for a second.

[@aagc-olc]

i assume is a not safe for home industrial microwave oven, since if you see the video the food is ready but frozen. the microwave should heat it on 6 seconds apparently.

[@ArimaSenne1]

you'd need a time machine because it'd really mess up whatever you are cooking by cooking it differently

[@deborahcunningham1026]

No not even cook all the way

[@Riboshom]

If you like your food charred outside and frozen inside, I guess that can work. They also just remove the plate from this hellfire oven with no gloves, which strikes me as probably unsafe.

[@MrEjidorie]

I wonder how many American families could afford to have such amazing total electric homes in 1959 and even today.

[@AMPProf]

0.01%. Basically that one dued whats his name

[@mr_k_games]

Most Americans already have 90% of what's mentioned in this video.

[@AMPProf]

@@mr_k_games what rightttt 90% dont live-in a closet app

[@jaf8771]

There must be a service man at their home 7-days a week to fix all this unnecessary crap.

[@friedrichjunzt]

They assumed that everyone would have a small nuclear reactor in their basement, so even the sidewalk could be heated 😁

[@guguigugu]

im down for it

[@juancarlosmontes]

It's beautiful. That 1950s style they call "atomic." It seems like almost anything we can dream up we can invent and manifest.

[@markwest1963]

Without exception, every single item in the universe that is not from nature, first started as an idea in someone’s mind!

[@davidh9844]

Yes and no. "Star Trek" is still 7 years in the future, complete with hand held communicators. The few phones in the background shots all have land lines and rotary dials. As for "Microfilm" recipe files? Who threw that dud in?

[@_SurferGeek_]

On one hand... very, very few of the appliances shown ever made it to market. On the other... almost all of the concepts were or have been realized in everyday products.

[@stanksalvala]

That's what I was noticing. It just took digital technology rather than analog.

[@_SurferGeek_]

@@stanksalvala That and miniaturization of technology or development of these concepts into real-world things that can be mass produced on a economical scale. Has to be profitable before anyone will invest and make it.

[@thepayne7862]

Okay this concept home fron 1959 has some features I wouldn't mind having in my house today.

[@never_give_up90]

Then go and get it. Most of this is now more advanced, available and a lot is affordable. What exactly do you think we still don't have, besides stuff that "cooks" in seconds.

[@chellekeogh1605]

I’m guessing they’d never have guests a second time for dinner? They’d have alienated friends with all that bragging and one upmanship😂

[@enlightenedlight4017]

😂

[@tempemm]

We have all the tech today but no humble, beautiful and romantic retro soul

[@Barbarosich]

Я бы и сейчас от такой кухни не отказался бы)

[@never_give_up90]

It's not advanced anymore. I guess to Slavs it would seem like it. I'm a slave and I get it. We have most of this.

[@RedHuntsman]

Ever thing but smart phones and social media . . . perfect.

[@Dude-oh8vq]

Very relaxing.

[@jnf1270]

I love that midcentury furniture

[@ssaraccoii]

I lived in a Golden Medallion apartment. Everything was electric. No gas bill, but the power bill was a bit high.

[@aagc-olc]

i assume if you replace all the original equipment by modern A+ energy saving devices that bill will drop heavily. in the 1960's you could need a personal nuclear power plant to run your home and it will be a few bucks per month. the electricity became expensive when it became popular.

[@SlothGuru]

@@aagc-olc True, but instead of an expensive electricity bill you now have to replace each electronic device every year and become economically broken due to product planned obsolescence.

[@aagc-olc]

@@SlothGuru not entirely true. if you get decent brands you may get 5 to 10 years per appliance. for example a washer and dryer combo from LG usually lasts between 7 to 10 years long and the water and energy consumtion for front load washer/dryer is like 10 times less than original 1960 westinghouse washers and dryers. plus you dont need to "get rid" of the devices, you can storage them and use them from time to time. not a washer but for example a coffe maker, etc.

[@krisstopher8259]

@@aagc-olc my microwave is from 1999 (almost 25 yrs old lol). it's stainless steel and it still looks brand new and everything works. i got other stuff the same age that still work, that i bought brand new back then or almost new, like my first laptop with XP. i even got stuff that i bought used later, like a white kitchen tv from 1985 that works, and tons of radios/stereos even 50+ years old that are still operational (well, more or less). some things could literally outlive us. especially the older things that were of good quality that was made to last. stuff these days (at least the chinese crap) won't last even a decade. you're lucky if you get 3 years, lol

[@AMPProf]

Naww really

[@TBaggerBob]

Ummm ..did anyone notice they show the Ring doorbell and Alexa 50 years before it was invented?

[@FoxRacingGaming]

3:49 APPETIZERS IN 6 SECONDS?!?! 😳Whatta we runnin a 6000 watt oven?! Also, I cant imagine food cooked in 6 seconds would taste any good. 😀

[@marionky]

My parents had a Westinghouse Electric Home of the Future in Royal Oak Michigan 1955. It didn't have this many features.

[@walterroma7368]

Cool!

[@lada3264]

What did it have ?

[@InteriorDesignStudent]

Is it still standing?

[@NWinnVR]

Doesn't sound very "total" lmao (Also nice! I used to live in Royal Oak, comfy area.)

[@MichaelSuperbacker]

0:59 Hmm 🤔 I was unaware they had the Ring DoorBell in 1959 😮

[@blogattacker]

The weather control is a freaking metrologic Center

[@selfmadesm2068]

Probably better than 99% of the metologists today

[@deborahcunningham1026]

I would love to have this home now

[@seandelap8587]

Thats an amazing home

[@tazzywazzywoowoo]

Camera doorbells were great back then 😂😂

[@dmtsza]

While some of the ideas may sound absurd for today's standards, such as using microfilm for recipes, it is the forward-thinking mindset behind these concepts that fuels innovation. Today, we have access to sophisticated technologies but we lack an optimistic vision of the future. What do you think our homes will have in 50 years? (internet connected fridges do not count... :) )

[@kodoyama]

In 50 years we will probably be scratching a living in the rubble of our collapsed civilisation

[@aagc-olc]

the microfilm was the tablets with internet recipes from the day. remember computers where not a thing back then. remember the NASA servers from that time needed a whole foolball field to have the same computing power a barebones 1980's DOS running pc would do in 1980.

[@dmtsza]

@silvertip185 @jerryrigeverything may have some insights regarding making home designs more accessible to wheelchair users. Perhaps he could create a project about using the current technology to make home appliances and furniture more accessible! :)

[@simonbone]

They knew we'd want recipes (and music, and movies, and home video, etc.) on demand. They just didn't know how it would be implemented. Many people thought microfilm would be the storage medium of the future back then. Vannevar Bush described something very similar to the Web, but using microfilm, back in 1945 ("Memex").

[@aagc-olc]

probably all devices with AI. you just take your bread maker put the ingredients in and tell the bread maker "bread maker make me american style bread and to be ready for consumtion at 8 o' clock tomorrow" and the bread will be served next to the device by 8 o'clock. same way the microwave, washed and dryed clothes on a washer dryer combo, etc.

[@martinabsolom2231]

Fantastic Eames style. I’ve always wanted a home like this.

[@bobbysands6923]

There are a lot of things in that house we have today. I have an air purifier, and a microwave, and there are surveillance cameras everywhere. How great would it be to be able to control the temperature in each one of your rooms? Ah, the 1950s...the most optimistic of all decades.

[@pszczolka80]

I mean, you can't control every single room individually, but there are heating and cooling systems that are zoned, which is pretty close.

[@JustLouns]

Wow! Going on the wishlist 😮

[@NewMateo]

fun fact - in 1959 this was all affordable with only a single parent working part time as a local mechanic.

[@joeshmoe9978]

And they only needed one car.

[@RedLineShortFilms]

​@@joeshmoe9978Yes, and then the trickle down economy happened thanks to Reagan. But the money never trickled down and the 1% kept all the money the workers made for them.

[@AMPProf]

SON IT WAS NOT NOW BE QUIET!

[@never_give_up90]

That's not true at all. More than 95% of the population could only dream to have all that. Most of it was hypothetical as well.

[@RevLeigh55]

One person would need more than a part-time job. And I’m sure my one-income family in 1960 could not have afforded that home. My dad had a college degree and did well but not that well.

[@Lord9Genesis]

Love the sliding walls... though that screened in wall that falls down looks a bit dangerous.

[@ChristopherBonis]

The MCM interior design is gorgeous (even without all those fancy appliances), much better than that awful minimalist style we have today.

[@ChristopherBonis]

@@silvertip185 Mid-century modern.

[@AMPProf]

idk man Prison greaybis nice when the Yellow lamp hits it right as The neon lights are shining through

[@Springamatul]

They were well prepared for the future and so advanced in technology and style.

[@cappuccino_please]

This is exactly how my home looks like

[@janleslie7163]

Lol I bet 😅😂

[@aagc-olc]

amazing restoration. and amazing in 1959 they predicted how we could live in 2023 aldo we dont have 3 kitchens per home (all those "bars" looked like extra kitchens to me) and we dont depend on fireplaces anymore. it was a lovely time to be living in many regards.

[@ironnads7975]

They didn't depend on one either in this depiction. It was just for leisure

[@InteriorDesignStudent]

@@ironnads7975 Who doesn't dream of barbecuing ribs in the living room? Carpet be damned.

[@DSC800]

Now, here in San Diego, electricity is too expensive so we gotta sit around wearing wool booties and double up on blankets.

[@88Kimberly888]

Cooks in 6 seconds?!? Gawdamn!!

[@StarLordJim]

What a wonderful vision of the future.

[@jeffhistoryrogers5544]

Lot better to be a Boomer than us Millennials. Y’all’s economy and housing markets were better.

[@AlexandriaMorgan]

they ruined for us and then act like it’s our fault

[@karenlindsey9967]

We had 12% interest on a mortgage and runaway inflation when we were young and trying to buy homes and raise kids. The economy wasn’t our “fault” anymore than the current economy is your generation’s “fault.

[@NachaBeez]

The adults in this video weren’t Boomers. They were the generation before.

[@waynesharp1690]

This is how I thought every American lived watching from England in the 70s/80s.

[@guldenaydin9918]

Keşke o yıllarda yaşanmaya devam edilebilseydi.. Mutluyduk...

[@pie5950]

Lindo. Ahora le muestras tu casa genial a tu " amig@" y se enojan de envidia. Esos eran amigos. Hoy está difícil 😊

[@TheDeviIDogg]

They're not that far off from what life actually became

[@gabyfields3235]

This was a concept home, most of that stuff never came to fruition. Everything was done "by the touch of a button", and the household virtually ran itself, lol (in your dreams!)

[@folksurvival]

Obviously.

[@Shanngab]

I wonder why this didn’t catch on. 60 years later and most people still live like they did in the 1930’s in America

[@xScream]

Probably will use too much electricity.

[@blmyoubigot581]

The sexual revolution destroyed the family.

[@guguigugu]

my apartment is fully electric - stove, heat pump, water heater

[@folksurvival]

No they don't.

[@RevLeigh55]

Really? You think most people today don’t have televisions, microwaves and internet like in the 1930’s?!

[@OLBeefcat1992]

I live in a Gold Medallion Home, built in 1960. Only thing it had to qualify as a GMH, is the electric baseboard heating 🤣

[@DSC800]

I had a friend who bought a GMH in Inglewood. He redid the entrance and mounted the original medallion on his fireplace mantel.

[@OLBeefcat1992]

@@DSC800 mines in the front sidewalk entrance. I've been thinking of digging it out for years now 😹

[@Tis_I_SirJames]

That was groovy.

[@madmanmapper]

Shame some of these things never took off. Like the heated mirror in the bathroom... why isn't that a thing?! Even the lawn moisture meter would make a lot of sense if you have a sprinkler system.

[@AMPProf]

Mostly fire due to safty.. Wonder if we fixed the fire issues

[@isulki]

Rainbird has a lawn moisture sensor

[@boosterhikes1841]

Take a shot every time she says “electric.”

[@theshadow-]

I love it!

[@Dave-if5qj]

Better times in so many ways

[@MrSupernova111]

Pretty cool!

[@rositafresita4169]

This explains why homes are looking more and more like this. Retro is back Retro did it right.

[@3DVids]

They got the video doorbell right.

[@clex2005]

The "man" of the house gets to check out the Weather Control Center.

[@adazawadzka4054]

He always says that you don't need it to be so hot 😂

[@ornleifs]

Those modern people in the Total Electric Home have a real fondness for ancient string instruments and not an Electric Guitar in sight.

[@joebidens_touchyhands9477]

They had RING doorbell back then. 😮 Cool.

[@Abdulellahis300]

Great Beautiful old ❤

[@honesto4696]

After watching this, I'm now torn as whether I want to watch The Jetsons, or the original Star Trek. 🖖

[@b.beninaltte1871]

fridge door opens both sides. So cool.

[@mikistokes4427]

USA was so much more advanced than any other countries in 50’s 😢

[@madamrockford2508]

Reminded me of the New Home Ma & Pa Kettle won.

[@ZeroChannelZero]

Very cool, although they kinda overshot the runway with the Child's Education Center. No ceiling planetariums and wall maps today, kids learn everything from a 6" screen and Tiktok.

[@chablaugbzan8853]

"learn"

[@Xoxotho]

Sad lol 😢

[@legion1791]

Wow they got it pretty right!! Other than the wall moving!

[@vivialves7119]

Só queria um vestido desse 😍

[@user-sy6lc6hv7e]

какое прекрасное было время...

[@reportevents]

Imagine we couldn't even put together a video like this today

[@unsalvadorenodecorazon1709]

esos eran tiempos de bonanza y oro para el mundo

[@resiliencewithin]

People looked normal.

[@Bruh-jr2ep]

Define normal to me lol😂

[@DPCB01]

@@Bruh-jr2ep Not overweight or obese and well presented.

[@mysticmarble94]

@@DPCB01 Only because back then, overweight people were intentionally kept away from being filmed. It's not like there weren't any 😂

[@folksurvival]

​@@mysticmarble94There were some...in the circus freak shows.

[@AFMMarcelD]

No mammoths 🦣 with tats all over their bodies, people were more wholesome, helpful and sincere. (in general) No Whales (no offense to them) in line for Buffets, sugary drinks and strong foods preservatives didn’t exist. Ladies behave feminine and ladylike everywhere. Women and men were sharp dressers too, no woke education, man was a man a woman a lady.

[@Der_San]

Family from 1959: I wonder where our grandchildren will live? Grandson: lives on Kensington Avenue.

[@TBaggerBob]

Little Jimmy was packing a real gun.

[@PowerInOne22]

where's the robot?

[@retroelectro1190]

My electric bill is high enough!

[@galinafouks3466]

It's very expensive for the majority but you can choose something not all the amenities.

[@AY-xd9rk]

I remember that Cartoon episode showing the electronics from the future.

[@tabthecabbit3354]

"The House of Tomorrow", by either Chuck Jones or Tex Avery?

[@THTSound]

Tex avery

[@sapphir8]

The one thing no one ever saw coming back then, the internet.

[@brocanova]

Jacques Tati’s „Mon Oncle“

[@billytheman]

Did you see the young boys gun and holster ? I'm 75 know and had a toy one like that, got a real one soon after.

[@bapyongukgukguk2352]

How was the cities really back in the 50's/60's ? What type of food was really popular ?

[@Nomad_LA]

First class trouble vibes with the same song!!!

[@burningMalarkey]

They were already doing Ring cams in the 59’!?

[@anoxy23]

At the end of the video, I expected to hear the phrase "war, war never changes" after a nuclear explosion

[@piotrg4454]

szkoda, że prąd taki drogi ... 😢

[@albertr.1185]

If you purchase these house, better be contact too with your more near Vault-Tec seller.

[@Drago1995]

i prefer just a scan instead of a AI remaster it just looks horrible

[@cs371212]

the Eames chair is a timeless piece anyway

[@davidh9844]

And nairy a cell phone complete with video camera and internet connection to be seen! Uhm, where does all that electricity come from? Still, I fell in love with Disney's "House of the Future" in Disneyland LA in 1959. I still remember laughing at the idea of an electric toothbrush.

[@ryearanda]

The lady in white's eye roll at 4:12 is sending me.

[@chiahuiliao2500]

Most of what is shown in this film is indeed achievable, but only in sparsely populated suburbs. It is not cost-effective to maintain the quality of life in the film. In addition, the advancement of modern computer technology has surpassed people's expectations of future life at that time. Perhaps the easiest thing to achieve is that every household can easily own a TV of more than 50 inches.

[@verribarry]

Why do you need a "wall of light" to warm and cool a room... when you have that fancy thermostat that keeps the whole house in the "perfect temperature" year round?

[@Bigjae99]

The outstanding future presented in the past.😢

[@theswede5402]

I need to give Vault Tec a call and order this home.

[@PaulyWally30]

And to think during that time all of this cost an arm and a leg, $50.00 😱😂.

[@mollymm1]

They'd be so sad to see how far we've fallen

[@roseanna4711]

So, it's my smart phone.😅 Guess it really was the house of the future.

[@Emper0rH0rde]

1959. The year my father was born.

[@justaguy5770]

You can see the ideas that stuck, electric heat and air, microwaves, etc. but also you can see the things that were great in idea but not so much in practice, electric sidewalks, and an electric no fog mirror

[@historybuff0393]

Technology changes. All this stuff would become obsolete within a few years (as they did). These are just the homes of the near future. 😅

[@SamuelBlack84]

This seems like a tv ad that would be playing in Rapture The only thing missing is advertising plasmids for the home

[@MrBarlenan]

Всё это конечно классно, но как эту мебель запихнуть в однокомнатную или двухкомнатную квартиру? И кстати, спросите у японцев, которые живут на четырёх квадратных метрах всю жизнь, хотят ли они переехать в бельевой шкаф из этого видео, чтобы расширить своё жизненное пространство. 🤣

[@jimmerhardy]

It appears you used an AI filter. It's super clean. What did you do? Thanks.

[@ironnads7975]

Who the are you talking to?

[@mtlicq]

@@ironnads7975 I guess he was talking to "Bug Bruther19 84"

[@mysticmarble94]

Rich retro people ... sheeeesh