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This week we have some fun vintage Whirlpool TV spots covering everything from washers to window A/Cs. This dates from around 1972 and had a terrible magenta-shift; I did what I could to try and pull a little color out.

We shift gears this week to see what the good folks at Hobart have been working on. Turns out, they've corrected the sins of the model 19 with the new 20-series lineup. And what better place to debut them, than the moon!

This week's feature comes early. While automatic production was featured in an "Industry on Parade" YouTube vid provided by CircleW back in Feb, this footage puts the spotlight on the employees, labor-relations and leisure activities, no doubt shot at the same time for this later episode. A real...

This week, it's "Keep 'em Moving", a delightfully catchy little film shot at Whirlpool's new Findlay, OH factory showing off their portable line. Nice to work with a film that hasn't totally lost all its color for once.

This week we re-visit The Today Show with Dave Garroway, only this time it's to see what Whirlpool has been up to with their Space Kitchen contract for manned space flight. While this kitchen idea never got off the ground, some of these concepts for food storage and packaging did influence what...

New this week from The Appliance Archive, we take a trip up north to see Inglis' new refrigerator plant. From drafting-board to reality, watch as these fridges take shape from raw steel to finished product. Posted in Imperial for visibility, mods please move if necessary.

This week we drop in on the Whirlpool laundry lab to check the cleaning effectiveness of their Double-Duty Super-Surgilator on a bevy of baby bibs. The second half is an alternate version that takes a dig at Maytag. Sure to cause a fuss, haha. Can anyone ID the year of these machines? Looks...

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?