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Film, Video A kitchen is a feminine thing

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About this Item

Title

  • A kitchen is a feminine thing

Summary

  • The feminine design of the Frigidaire appliances allow the kitchen to be the center of family life. The capabilities of the refirigirator and freezer are highlighted.

Names

  • Robert Fisher Productions
  • General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division

Created / Published

  • United States : General Motors Corporation, 1960.

Headings

  • -  Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery
  • -  Kitchens--Design and construction

Genre

  • Sponsored films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  This is probably an edited shorter version of the film. Secondary sources list this film as 9 minutes long, and describe it as being about kitchen appliances in general. This version is half the length and only about refrigerators and freezers.
  • -  From opening credits: A Frigidaire idea film
  • -  Sources used: Educational film guide, supplements 1959-1962, accessed via Archive.org; Index to 16mm educational films, 1977, accessed via Archive.org.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (ca. 5 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Prelinger Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020600740

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Robert Fisher Productions, and General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division. A Kitchen Is a Feminine Thing. United States: General Motors Corporation, 1960. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600740/.

APA citation style:

Robert Fisher Productions & General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division. (1960) A Kitchen Is a Feminine Thing. United States: General Motors Corporation. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600740/.

MLA citation style:

Robert Fisher Productions, and General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division. A Kitchen Is a Feminine Thing. United States: General Motors Corporation, 1960. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020600740/>.