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This week's release is a fun one from Whirlpool, touting their IceMagic automatic ice maker, circa 1972. This is another one that had shifted almost entirely to red, but came out okay with some heavy color correction.

It's Wednesday, and you know what that means... This week we take a peek behind the curtain at WP's washing machine production at their original St. Joe, MI plant, circa 1969.

This week, no 20 minute documentary or assembly line footage, instead, it’s short and sweet (and most of all, entertaining). This 60 second TV spot for the new 1965 Frigidaire “Jet Action” washer line comes to us by way of Swestoyz. And my offer still stands, if anyone has a 16mm film they’d...

This week’s film comes early… Ever wonder what office life was like behind the doors of RCA WP-Seeger Corp? Wonder no more! For a low-budget effort, these guys knew what they were doing. And those electrical visual aids are, well, something else. Presenting “Work Simplification” 1956.

We return to our regularly scheduled program with a visit to those fine folks in Newton to see what they've been up to. This week we have "New Days - New Ways", all-fabric washing in their latest machine featuring 2-speeds.

This week I’ve been offline, so couldn’t share the usual appliance film over in Imperial. However, I did have a new release scheduled this week that was more appropriate for Super. Fans of RCA’s 1960’s electronics will like this one. I attempted to salvage what color I could, but this print...

We've already looked at GE's trash compactor entry, so why not stop over to Whirlpool and see their Trash Masher model? You can tell the ad agency had a little fun putting this together.

Here's one I know you guys have been waiting for. RCA-Whirlpool introduces The Last Word in combination washer-dryers...the 1961 Ultimatic.

With all the compactor talk lately it seemed fitting to get this one on the film scan list. GE makes a pitch for their version of the trash compactor, circa 1969. Note, this film had gone completely red but I was able to pull a little color out. Still fun to watch, though.

While it's still Maytag month, we take a look at the endless possibilities of where to install your new Maytag Combination washer/dryer.

This week, we go Back to The Future to see what life might be like in 1985 from the vantage of Whirlpool's 1964 World's Fair exhibit. Not just appliances, WP had numerous government contracts at the time in other interests, such as defense, space and even ag. Their Tectrol division was...

I’m needing to make a little room, so this 1961 GE Combo must go. Figured I’d offer it here before the usual places. I bought this from Kevin almost 10 years ago now and in that time replaced hoses and brought it up to snuff. It has not had a mechanical restoration but does wash and dry as it...

Being May is Maytag Month, it seemed only fitting to track down the oldest working Maytag washer in Canada...(if it were 1960). Wonder whatever happened to it?

Here's a fun one! Follow along with the production of the last dryer produced at Whirlpool's St. Joseph, MI factory. Dec 1956.

This week's special is “The Los Angeles Story”. This marketing film was put together to give Maytag dealers’ a little shot in the arm on the rollout of the new Highlander models in glamorous LA. Wouldn’t it be great to find one of those motorized displays stashed in a store attic?

I just scanned some fun 30 second TV ads for KitchenAid's new KD-14 series, with "king size capacity". Sorry for the corner watermark, my vids have been growing legs lately. Despite the rather avante garde control panel (let's work a rhombus in here), I actually really like these. Get the...

This week's film is from Maytag, pushing the advantages of *fully-automatic* clothes drying with their new Halo of Heat model with electronic sensing. I believe that puts this film right around 1960. Run time is approximately 5 minutes.

What to do with those commercial shorts that don't warrant a "major release"? Friday Film Bonus! Here's a fun ad from 1970 for the GE folks...

New this week from The Appliance Archive, it's the story of the 1957 Kenmore Turbo-Matic washer/dryer. I have a hunch Whirlpool wasn't waiting around for Sears to pitch the idea to them, but it's still a fun plot. If you're a Kenmore fan, it doesn't get much better than this.

Well, it looks like last week’s film fizzled, so how about a crossover: classic television -and- Maytag. We’ve got a clip from the Today Show with Dave Garroway and Fred II touting Maytag’s automatic with Gyrafoam action. This was a kinescope print but transferred pretty well.