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This film urges New Zealanders to support the war effort by conserving electricity in the home. A couple is wasteful with their power and as a result, production in factories is threatened.
000:06 “Mrs Hopkins prepares dinner” - pops it in the oven and checks the time.
000:26 “HAD POWER FAILED Dinner Would Be Spoilt”.
000:35 “See How To CONSERVE POWER!”
000:44 “You Don’t Require All Those Lights”
000:58 “THATS BETTER!”
001:23 “CLEANER HUMMING - Can’t Hear Radio!”
001:49 “Cleaner + Radio = WASTE!”
002:03 “STILL TOO MANY LIGHTS”
002:32 “COMFORTABLE but WASTEFUL! at this hour”
002:59 “FAMILY WASHING!”
003:04 “NOT Just a single garment”
003:14 “WHY NOT THIS WAY?”
003:59 “Fills Jug To Brim With COLD Water Thoughtless!”
004:46 “Could have used HOT tap AN JUST COVERED ELEMENT”
004:57 “Where POWER is essential”
005:12 WAR production must be kept at white heat.
005:53 “DON’T let down these men by WASTING Electricity”
006:25 “Heedless waste MIGHT CAUSE THIS”
006:52 “FUNNY? not if you HAD to do it because of Rationing”
007:11 “ALL THIS LIGHT IN ONE SMALL BULB”
007:23 “Switch off!”
007:33 “Neuline film AUCKLAND”