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

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[@dee-smart]

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[@rytbeard]

Sorry, but the quality of the video conversion isn't impressive at all. So much detail appears washed out. I have to say that a 4K conversion from this source is pointless.

[@acaring2440]

😊

[@brandonhill4197]

On my LG G4 the faces morph like I'm waiting an AI fast food commercial.

[@_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.

[@Sprizys]

Yeah, that doorbell TV camera is basically a Ring Doorbell.

[@Cola_BB]

The weather station is literally the same as my Nest at home!

[@deletdis6173]

Facts

[@coatzinr]

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

[@FrancescaBouvier]

You could repair your own things back then. It wasn’t until the late 80s that things shifted

[@CTSega]

yes 2 minutes in my first thought was "that is a maintenance nightmare"

[@irina-ogi]

А в чем проблема? Они что, должны ломаться постоянно?

[@irina-ogi]

​@@FrancescaBouvierвы не ремонтируете свои вещи? А кто их за вас должен ремонтировать?

[@SlavicUnionGaming]

the thing is stuff from the 1950s rarely broke. refrigerators practically last to this day. my parents have one in my grandparent's old house, that thing still works to this day and it's from the 50s. so maintenance nightmare is less likely, they would hardly break

[@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

[@MichaelSuperbacker]

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

[@christopherdonnell8859]

Yeah and I bet there was no subscription fee either.

[@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.

[@aagc1988]

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.

[@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

[@olaguna2]

The idea was for zero point energy to take over. If anyone who’s not paying attention, check out what congress is up to in the ufo phenomenon. We have been hiding this tech, ZPE.

[@NuyoricanJoseph]

They didn't take into account lobbyists working on behalf of greedy corporations that would pay government workers to ensure this could never be a thing. We need more coal and oil! MAGA 🇺🇸😅

[@zillio]

Shoulda coulda woulda

[@slowanddeliberate6893]

LOL

[@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]

😂

[@GameChanger597]

Right!?! LOL

[@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?

[@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.

[@dasiro]

@@mr_k_games lots of Americans can barely afford a roof over their head and healthy food on a daily basis

[@jnf1270]

I love that midcentury furniture

[@kck9742]

I don't, I think it's ugly. The only reason it's so popular, IMO, is nostalgia... it's the time period we want, not necessarily the decor.

[@leonorchavs5235]

I want the decor. ​@@kck9742

[@GodLovesUs.LoveOurGod]

Yea so nice and stylish:) Midcentury is getting popular now❤

[@holymelon8011]

​@kck9742 most people have taste, its sad ya lack it uwu

[@GodLovesUs.LoveOurGod]

@@holymelon8011 People have different tastes, some like vintage, or retro, some modern. :)

[@ajspice]

I legit just installed an electric, no fog mirror a month ago in my bathroom. Westinghouse really nailed a lot of these!

[@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.

[@WaffleCake-q7d]

​@@never_give_up90 I think he could be referring to affordability of all of these things. Laundromats are doing great business today - not everyone can even afford a washer and dryer. Food banks globally are seeing record numbers etc etc.

[@martinabsolom2231]

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

[@DanteTimberwolf]

The past seems more futuristic than the future does now sometimes.

[@Dude-oh8vq]

Very relaxing.

[@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.

[@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.)

[@angelicamaria9148]

because they was lying. Half of the stuff shown never made it to the market.

[@AKBrechin]

Remarkably prescient. And I’m drooling over the MCM interiors, fixtures and fittings. Great film!

[@TBaggerBob]

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

[@daviddalessio2504]

Exactly what I was thinking, we have so much of what’s in this video today it’s crazy

[@alaricabercrombie2692]

@@daviddalessio2504 Me too 😁

[@NuyoricanJoseph]

It was literally just a CCTV tho

[@Deciheximal]

But they still had the actors putting records on to play manually.

[@KeepingOnTheWatch]

Wow! The future will be amazing!

[@Yourfavbroomstick]

I love how most of the things said in this video we actually have 😊

[@RedHuntsman]

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

[@NuyoricanJoseph]

How else is our President supposed to shit talk like a high school kid?

[@kimjongoof5000]

Still plenty of TV screen

[@80sForever29]

I'm pretty sure you are watching the video on a smartphone.

[@irina-ogi]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@ssaraccoii]

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

[@aagc1988]

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]

@@aagc1988 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.

[@aagc1988]

@@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]

@@aagc1988 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

[@JustLouns]

Wow! Going on the wishlist 😮

[@deborahcunningham1026]

I would love to have this home now

[@StarLordJim]

What a wonderful vision of the future.

[@seandelap8587]

Thats an amazing home

[@tazzywazzywoowoo]

Camera doorbells were great back then 😂😂

[@MicroClases_Ciencia]

The weather control is a freaking metrologic Center

[@selfmadesm2068]

Probably better than 99% of the metologists today

[@Jace0036]

But according to the narrator it was for, "the man of the house." Apparently women are not allowed to know the temperature.

[@rytbeard]

Yes. I especially like the recording barometer.

[@PH-vv1ky]

​@@Jace0036please don't man-splain. It is annoying. We all know the past mistakes ...

[@TedEhioghae]

​@@Jace0036Then, stop saying that the kitchen is yours.

[@tempemm]

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

[@aagc1988]

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.

[@Ih8liarsandusers]

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

[@InteriorDesignStudent]

@@Ih8liarsandusers Who doesn't dream of barbecuing ribs in the living room? Carpet be damned.

[@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. 😀

[@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

[@aagc1988]

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").

[@aagc1988]

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.

[@michaelsouthward8802]

Wow this is incredible, over 65 years ago and looks an amazing home America was very much ahead of our time in Australia. Thanks for posting.

[@Springamatul]

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

[@LDV8Foax]

70+ years later and the envy I feel for that workshop is immense. Lathe, drill press, dedicated child workshop... a paint booth? Holy crap.

[@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.

[@ChadQuick270W]

I want a home like this. Gotta love that “modern” furniture including (gasp!) ashtrays.

[@guldenaydin9918]

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

[@jovaneron]

Everything came true wow!

[@cappuccino_please]

This is exactly how my home looks like

[@janleslie7163]

Lol I bet 😅😂

[@rositafresita4169]

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

[@88Kimberly888]

Cooks in 6 seconds?!? Gawdamn!!

[@DSC800]

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

[@holymelon8011]

Get solar panels and a wind turbine, thatll fix it

[@jasonfreddie1276]

Sounds like a poor problem

[@DSC800]

@@jasonfreddie1276 yup, we used to be called middle class.

[@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.

[@FierceIntellect]

Yes! We have heated driveways for the winter months, fridges that have compartments at the bottom and top, music and tv on demand ! I love how most of these things came to fruition 😊

[@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

[@holymelon8011]

I see it all the same, just different flavors or modernism

[@williampaz2092]

I would love to have a home like that!

[@johnbehneman1546]

I LOVE EVERYTHING.

[@Dave-if5qj]

Better times in so many ways

[@ornleifs]

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

[@Super-J10]

Exterior looks pretty spot on

[@braydenwallski152]

I need more of this immediately

[@pie5950]

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

[@angelicamaria9148]

Te mandan a hacer brujeria al otro dia.

[@b.beninaltte1871]

fridge door opens both sides. So cool.

[@Albert-xy5py]

That concept I actually really liked.

[@deborahlarive7711]

I would so like one of these homes

[@waynesharp1690]

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

[@honesto4696]

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

[@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 😂

[@DanteTimberwolf]

And it's still that way to this day lmao 🤣

[@ilovetacos210]

Kinda cool this came up in my suggested videos. I looked at one of these houses in an estate sale years ago with the medallion on the front door. It still felt quirky, utopian, and futuristic even 70 years later. It also needed all the work you can imagine one of these homes would need all these years later. It wasn't built to last.

[@PrinceKitClark]

Take a shot everytime you hear "Total Electric Home" Lmao😂

[@joebidens_touchyhands9477]

They had RING doorbell back then. 😮 Cool.

[@JulioSanchez-wm2lt]

Lovely ❤

[@cybersiku6846]

It can make food in 6 seconds and it doesn’t heat up the plate?! Genious lol I was worried when she grabbed the plate out of the oven with her bare hands.

[@boosterhikes1841]

Take a shot every time she says “electric.”

[@nancymanuel8536]

Fidelity the good ol days i love it

[@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 😹

[@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.

[@sodality3970]

I have memories of her from my youth .

[@A1FAHx]

You, too?

[@alaricabercrombie2692]

She did a great Westinghouse infomercial on refrigerators with the cast of I LOVE LUCY (including little Ricky) in 1959.

[@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

[@FierceIntellect]

We actually do have heated/anti fog mirrors! I have one in my bathroom! 😊

[@madmanmapper]

@@FierceIntellect hax

[@Lord9Genesis]

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

[@ericanthony1982]

"and this right here? this my priiiiide and joy, said no man ever about the thermostat

[@horizontalblanking]

Great content.. but the upscale looked horrible when cast to my 4K TV.

[@madamrockford]

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

[@WaffleCake-q7d]

This house is still more advanced than alot of houses today and was far more affordable. We have gone BACKWARDS as a species but we've been convinced that we're doing well.

[@natthews]

the ai upscaling looks horrendous

[@youresinningtoo3996]

this one isn't AI it's a vintage commercial, you're getting confused with the AI Panavision videos

[@natthews]

@ no they used ai to improve the quality of the video beyond what it originally was produced as. it looks bad

[@jimmjamme3067]

I was looking for someone who acknowledged this. as someone who appreciates a good upscale, this is the worst upscale I've ever seen

[@juniorcosta6356]

Good times, when everyone was thin and happy❤

[@femaleKCRoyalsFan]

Some of these ideas in the kitchen remind me of the Jetsons cartoon

[@alphonsocarioti512]

I'm happy to see how well dressed the entire family will be in the future!

[@Der_San]

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

[@stillnotaphase]

The only thing that isn’t commercially available today is the 6 second microwave, though it’s not the norm in north America at least, it’s still refreshing to see how spot on they were about the future.

[@theswede5402]

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

[@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

[@Somewhereintime22]

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.

[@alaricabercrombie2692]

@@NachaBeez You're right. They were either "The WW2 generation" or "The Silent Generation"

[@DanteTimberwolf]

​@@alaricabercrombie2692 something I've noticed is that the elderly folks from those generations are always so kind and grateful. Very respectable people with a lot of integrity. Boomers however? Yeah all they do is complain about the younger generations and blame the problems they caused on us. I live in Florida so all of them are down here too. 💀

[@everlasting9292]

I mean, it seems like all these things have been realized in some way. It’s even possible to put heating in your walkways to keep them thawed. They may not be regularly available to everyone (in this economy?!) but they’re doable!

[@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?!

[@TheDeviIDogg]

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

[@augustogarcia2415]

How did she even get the plate out of the oven without burning her hands? 😮

[@3DVids]

They got the video doorbell right.

[@burningMalarkey]

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

[@barcodenosebleed5485]

I love the island fridge thing. They've gotten much more efficient over the years, but they've all just been a boring, tall rectangle for like 60 years.

[@MsLaurelwreath1]

Discussion on the way home: "Jesus H Christ Janet, why didn't you tell me what tools these two are? What a brag-fest!" "Well Jim, maybe if you had gotten that promotion, we could live like that too"

[@theshadow-]

I love it!

[@cs371212]

the Eames chair is a timeless piece anyway

[@dma124]

I liked the style, but it was one of the most UNCOMFORTABLE chairs I ever experienced!

[@reportevents]

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

[@cornstar1253]

A vibrating chair to prevent hysteria.

[@ericf7063]

I'm old enough to get the joke.

[@Emper0rH0rde]

1959. The year my father was born.

[@rloredo2348]

This all looks so wonderful! Now, what model do you have for the black and brown families??

[@ajspice]

I'm starting to watch this like I can buy one. 😂

[@tabbykitty994]

1950s smart house

[@sapphir8]

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