Model Automat Aka The Age Of The Robot (1968)

A fully automatic hotel room in London. There is a dispenser that provides you with everything that you need.
M/Ss on a wintery day as a red sports car drives in to the Master Robert Motel near London Airport; a young couple get out of the car and check in at the reception inside; the receptionist flicks a switch on a board to turn on the room service automat.
In the hotel room a man is filling a kind of vending machine with packets and bottles of food and drink; he leaves as the couple come in. Various shots show the man putting a red key into the 'Quickmaid' and pressing buttons to receive some cans of drink and a packet of peanuts from a flap at the base of the machine. He takes some ice from a little fridge and takes the drinks and nuts to the girl on the sofa.
At bedtime the girl (in a white nightie and negligee) gets some Colgate toothpaste from the machine; the man gets some cigarettes and a book, 'The Dirty Dozen' from the Quickmaid, then settles down in bed to smoke and read.
Note: great story for illustrating modern automation and the "serve yourself movement". Good for illustrating businessmen and honeymoon couples in hotels / motels. Good stuff about the "mini bar" - narrator observes: "just sit and think about the things you'd like - and forget you have to pay at the end." I know the feeling!
Cuts exist - see separate record.
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[@helloeverybody9675]

Happy honeymoon baby, I'm gonna sleep in this separate bed here, smoke my cigarette, and read this vending machine book. Goodnight!

[@Envinite]

Real King never lose his virginity, stay winning 💯💯

[@ThaWhiteKnight777]

lol nice.

[@DMTHOTH]

Ah, you didn't notice that he is a gay man and this 'marriage' is for the benefit of the both parties.

[@wyattpeterson6286]

Simpler times. Sometimes I wish I could have experienced them. Just for a day would be enough.

[@markusdead96]

@@Envinite Sigma mentality

[@Roodosutaa]

They made a film about a vending machine in a hotel room...

[@MsLila44]

Oh but it’s the “future’..technology....sell, sell, sell to you that last cigarette in bed, gross!

[@JohnSmith-4U]

@@MsLila44 AAAARRRGGGHHHHHH

[@Kimberly-cx9uv]

@@JohnSmith-4U exactly my thought NARHGUHGGHG

[@dieseldragon6756]

@@MsLila44 It's a British technological innovation. Of course it's going to be done purely for profit... 😉

[@Krawurxus]

"Honeymoon couple" Dude ends up with a smoke and a book in a single bed. Sure, 1960s, sure.

[@salmandekkari5523]

that's what a real honeymoon couple should look like

[@donwright3427]

Newly weds and he's settling down to read a book.

[@solowomanyudachi8202]

Ahaha wondering why they didn’t clue in the condos in the machine lol

[@wrblue08]

How very British.

[@obroni]

Not newlyweds. Clearly prostitution: she left quickly afterwards and he settled-down for a nice smoke and a read.

[@donwright3427]

@@obroni Yeah,and it only cost him three shillings and six pence old money

[@davesstuff1599]

Agree, that fox needs to be satisfied.

[@deefdragon]

I love the "you still have to read it yourself" bit, cause that actually got more automated than the hotel vending machine.

[@tonyc.4392]

1:27 - My man pouring cashews all haphazardly like they didn't just cost him twenty bucks.

[@danduong1445]

"You still have to read it yourself" Now: *audio book with Morgan Freeman narrating*

[@garethjudd5840]

"And when the time is right, Condoms. Just one push of a button away"

[@Kaynos]

2:00 the guy just pull out his socks and throw them on the girl's bed lol.

[@mipmipmipmipmip]

Clearly this honeymoon will lay the foundation of decades of happy marriage

[@1973Washu]

The ways of the KZbin recommendation algorithm are mysterious.

[@BBOYWORLD]

Lol true

[@Trund27]

1973Washu I kinda love the surprise, haha!

[@a2pha]

They want to wash your brain.

[@intillzah6160]

I don't think that even KZbin knows how the algorithm works...

[@SaveThePurpleRhino]

Shhhh... This is the way

[@liukud3246]

recommended after 5 years. well done youtube

[@pinyrx]

even after 10 years will it matter

[@VinylToVideo]

@@pinyrx Exactly.. the video was made in 1968.. what bloody difference does it make when it was posted here and recommended to someone?!

[@thetaboy7254]

6 years for me! :(

[@thetaboy7254]

@@VinylToVideo kkk perfect! Genius! ha ha ha

[@simpleton8554]

Its recommended based on what you've watched. God damn dude grow a brain

[@cipofly]

Bellissimi questi documenti storici 👍

[@monsieur_]

this is gold content

[@xn0gaming]

Seperate Beds....very romantic.

[@dieseldragon6756]

Very British... 🤵‍♂↔🇬🇧↔🤵‍♀😉

[@xn0gaming]

@@dieseldragon6756 No seggs pls, were bri'ish.

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

Interesting ideas from the past.

[@mipmipmipmipmip]

Everything is automated but the motel needs 3 people at the front desk

[@gplusgplus2286]

These are so cool.

[@chachwa9970]

Imagine smoking in a hotel bed

[@mynamejeff785]

What do you mean? Youve never been to a hotel where you were allowed to smoke?

[@chachwa9970]

@@mynamejeff785 it’s just weird to me to just sit in a hotel bad and say before I sleep lemme smoke

[@ThePlatinumEagle]

These are brilliant. My god.

[@jonathanjudd3168]

Nice 1965 MG-B.

[@crocodile2006]

This is so British the guy doesn't even sleep in the same bed as his newly wed wife

[@yap1086]

This vending machine does have it.If you want a drink, just put ice cubes on it.

[@musicalintuition]

My kind of evening

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

A quarter bottle of hard liquor, some cans of beer in the freezer, pack of smokes and a paperback - all without having to talk to anyone. Works for me.

[@dhcwoodcarving.channaamara7226]

The world best videos.. Thanks

[@leofoenerro367]

lol ends with encouraging ppl to smoke in bed while going to sleep

[@HemRaj_S.]

These vending machines couldn't deliver condoms. Rejected.

[@elrey2032]

You got bedtime cigarettes and a 500-page novel as an alternative, no condoms needed clearly.

[@thepoormansguidetothegalax3981]

I’d actually like to have an ice machine in the room.

[@mrhoho]

you can press the wrong button but you can't blame the machine. hahaha

[@VashGames]

Pretty random, but I've been watching quite a few of these.

[@valerieolivares5956]

I honestly feel like the 60s was trying to be what 2015 was suppose to look jn Back to the Future. They wanted to advance ans they did I just dont know what caused such innovations to be stopped and not pursued to be better and who knows what mass amounts of actual useful people helping items and things like this wouldve been today. I feel like we went downhill a bit

[@neverhungryagain2187]

Money

[@Chernochegger]

They seem so optimistic abou treplacing jobs

[@electroprem]

Comparing 19's with 20 makes brains overthinking how technology has advanced still now

[@samuesoeilyoriy6581]

smoking in hotel rooms might catch on though

[@dieseldragon6756]

It did, albeit in very specific ways... 🚬🛏🔥😉

[@tommyhatcher3399]

If these psychos had their way we'd all be wearing fanny packs filled with coins.

[@factnow6235]

Smoking while reading In the bed. Good idea folks.

[@hkn.89]

2:00 Colgate 1968 🤯

[@camelazo]

I want to travel to the past!!!!!

[@danielros7798]

Time has changed...

[@weerobot]

He Paying for more than Nuts...

[@bigskygemsmontana9464]

I miss the food old days.

[@alanrogs3990]

I'll give you a fiver for some food.

[@bigkoala2179]

Did they just dump the car at the front entrance ? 😂

[@mipmipmipmipmip]

Motel with valet service 😂

[@soltam22]

0:42 Excel table haha

[@Srikchik]

I can't find this in my ibis room.

[@murasakiyatsu8833]

First time i see someone sleep while smoking

[@michaelharrison8036]

We're sorry, sir, but due to shortage of rooms you have to double up with two large hungry puffins. But dont worry, they're due to check out tomorrow at noon.

[@MrButtonpresser]

Does the machine dispense the Karma Sutre? This guy needs some hints.

[@dieseldragon6756]

In a *British* hotel? Are you kidding?!?! 🤵‍♂↔🇬🇧↔🤵‍♀🤣

[@sinamor77]

que moderno

[@cat_that_dog_likebeer]

高画質！

[@xtalplanet]

Mafia III

[@Abr3200]

I miss the good old times when you can smoke anyware

[@CountrySteve2]

Obviously laziness did not reach epic heights when the days of the machines being automatically filled up didn't quite take off; at least here in the US. 😉🐢🐢🐢cara

[@electroprem]

Ok Google read bedtime stories

[@YapyapMainvideoyap]

A refrigerator made of wood and iron, and ice cubes. What's going on here?

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

Also never seen a hotel room with a refrigerator that has a ice maker. Nowadays you bring the bucket to the get ice from the ice machine at the end of the hallway.

[@mipmipmipmipmip]

Did he just throw his dirty socks on his wife's bed

[@muhammadsuharto2798]

The woman is very beautiful in that century...

[@lazaruscharity1121]

tsk tsk smoking in bed.

[@Mr._POV_]

You got a bedtime cigarette, wow that is new age. Unlike the barbarianism today. XD

[@rondobson1828]

Why did they cut it off before we got to see that guy fall asleep with that cigarette in his mouth, setting the entire hotel ablaze? Fortunately for him, he won't have to worry now about the thousands of dollars he just racked up in minibar purchases.

[@moderadorglobal7912]

Si fumara mientras voy a dormir mi señora me muele a palos

[@housesports000]

It’s sad that it seems nowadays people are thinking less innovatively than before.

[@nevittwoods1730]

Clunk chonk 🚬🚬👍

[@anuradharanasinghe1901]

There's so many things weird with this. First they come into a motel and simply leave their car in front. Second they are simply given keys to a room. Third why is the wending machine guy stocking up before the guest come into the room. Fourth although they came to a motel they never brought clothes with them. Fifth simply out of no where they get changed to PJs. Seriously there's more.

[@Frankybeanselevators]

Third, why is the wending machine guy stocking up before the guest come into the room. ...When else would he stock the machine? After the people arrive.

[@anuradharanasinghe1901]

@@Frankybeanselevators I was asking as to why he was stocking it up in front of the guest. It's not the normal procedure

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

1. Pretty sure they hand the keys to a valet to park the car for them 2. Pretty sure there’s more stuff done off scene like payment 3. Maybe they did this just for the film but maybe the room wasn’t fully ready but just needed to restock the machine 4. Possibly they were staying there for just one night for a rest so they left everything in the car, but again they changed into PJs so there was definitely stuff done off scene

[@geigertec5921]

Now that machine would contain prophylactics, performance pills, CBD Gummies, glass pipes, rolling papers, bud grinders, and ky jelly.

[@cesariojpn]

Funny that today, that vending machine would either be circumvented or (in a more less reputable hotel/motel), it would be vandalized and the entire contents emptied for a dime baggie of heroin.

[@atomstarfireproductions8695]

Nowadays in some more upscale hotels they just have stuff in the cabinet, they bill you for what’s removed

[@crocodile2006]

No now they leave everything in the fridge and if anything is missing they charge your credit card 3 times the price of whatever it is you drank

[@straightpipediesel]

Nothing to do with stealing everything, because then you'll just be billed for it. What people did with the manual mini-bars is to drink the soda then replace it with something they bought off the street before housekeeping notices. The modern electronic sensor system fixes that by instantly billing anything removed.

[@francisdec1615]

I stayed in a Munich hotel in May last year. They had vending machines there. No vandalizing, though it was a very respectable neighbourhood, of course.

[@user-yg8tf9rs2b]

26.03.2023 UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿

[@poordecisionsgarage9834]

Little did they know that immigrant Labour would sink all of this.

[@alanrogs3990]

So Eric Clapton was right!