1941 CARRIER PROMOTIONAL FILM " WEATHER BY CARRIER: THE STORY OF AIR CONDITIONING " XD13154

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This black & white educational film is about Carrier Air conditioning. This was made in 1941.

Opening titles: Weather by Carrier, the Story of Air Conditioning (:08-:18). A disclaimer about air conditioning. The father of air conditioning, Dr. Willis H. Carrier. Willis H. Carrier was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning, he invented the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. People sit in a living room. A modest home. Skyscraper building. Luxury ocean liner. Men leaving a coal mine. Women sit in an office (:19-:55). Canary birds in an enclosure. An office worker sneezes in his office. People lounge on a beach. People walk down stairs and walk down a street. A hand is shown moving food from a bowl to a dish. Water is poured into a glass. A piece of steak is shown as having been usda approved (:56-2:14). Businessmen sit in a living room. People lay about in a park. A woman with a child. Factory workers. Steam pours from tea kettles. An example is shown how steam passes through a coil to become cool air. Goldfish in a tank. Humidity is discussed with an example shown. A woman enters a sealed enclosure. An example of a human furnace is shown. A crowded office and factory. A large group of people dance. A person bowls in a bowling alley. An audience claps and applauds. A woman stands in a sealed enclosure (2:14-6:21). A woman opens a refrigerator. Various Carrier refrigerating machines. Two hands open a bottle and pours water into his hand. An animated diagram shows how a refrigerator is used in extensive detail (6:22-9:06). Dr. Carrier looks at a centrifugal compressor. Snow falls outside of a window. A brutal snowstorm is shown as people flee the snow and cold elements. Ice has coated numerous trees and weighed them down. An example of air going through coils to create heat. Water sprays and turns into mist. Heated air is then pumped out and circulated into the house or office. A secretary takes dictation from her boss. A tall skyscraper in New York City. Water is sprayed in a chamber. A diagram explains clean air (9:07-12:33). Dr. Carrier looks around. A Carrier air conditioning flyer. Cream cheese, gelatin, Seltzer, Ivory soap, Camel cigarettes, Sunkist oranges and more are products that need proper air control (12:34-13:28). End credits, produced by Castle Films (13:29-13:31).

Willis Haviland Carrier (November 26, 1876 – October 7, 1950) was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning. Carrier invented the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. In 1915, he founded Carrier Corporation, a company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.

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