# Current Flashes

Producer's synopsis: "A vivid explanation of how the generator and electrical system of the modern automobile work."07:28:21:14 Great title sequence of lightning bolt letters flashing �Current Flashes!� over dark storms clouds. 07:28:28:20 VS dark storm clouds with superimposed flashes of lightning. Narration �The awe inspiring beauty of lightening prompted the ancients to call it, the �hammer of the gods.��07:28:52:25 Great shot of dark mad-science-like laboratory in Roberton, Ohio with huge bolts of electricity shooting off of giant lightning machine of up to 2 million volts; scientist slowly turns dials extinguishing bolts of electricity and simultaneously lighting room. 07:29:09:09 Scientists or technicians in working on lightning machine; lightning machine starting up with small sparks of electricity; VS man-made lightning bolts. 07:29:45:04 VS in electric power plant; large generators; men at work, one man reads and takes notes from one of dozens of large clock-like dials on wall. Audio track narration �Electricity has been domesticated. Gradually its flashing strength has been brought under control and directed.�07:29:56:15 LS hydroelectric plant. 07:30:00:14 Camera looks down inside interior of hydroelectric plant. Large tanks. Narration of shot �Electricity hums its song of obedient power in the service of civilization.�07:30:06:22 CU hand pulls down large lever. 07:30:28:20 CU clock reads 7:00.07:30:30:10 CU light mounted on wall switched on by female hand.…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1938
- By: Handy (Jam) Organization
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/0796_Current_Flashes_07_28_20_00)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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