Collection Contents
Films
Newsreel of several subjects, 1910-1930.
Newsreel of several subjects.
Nuclear Power Questions... and Answers
Kilowatt [the Conqueror?].
Tract Homes Electric Kitchen (post 1952, California Electric Power Co.).
Desert Center Operation 1957 (only existing, ca. 50 min.).
Smoke Emissions, Four Corners, Mohave [Mojave Desert].
Construction of Mammoth Pool, 1960.
Power On Its Way, 1930s.
Chickens and the modern poultry ranch.
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901 and other compilation footage from 1903
Nuclear Reactor Lifted.
KCET R&D Review, "Safety in Nuclear Power Plants" Reel 2, approximately 1964.
To Mt. Lowe with Love.
Grey Advertising, Institutional and Medallion Home spots (7).
Tomorrow.
Pacific Electric Railway Training Film, 1914.
Solar One.
Hardest Working Water in the World, 1950s
Aerials of Steam Stations.
San Onofre Atomic Power Plant, 1968.
Grey Advertising, Inc. spots for SCE: "Environment 1972;" "Food 1972;" "Jobs 1972" and one miscellaneous.
First Anti-Nuclear Demonstration at San Onofre.
Disney : "The Atom: A Closer Look".
40th Anniversary of Atoms for Peace.
Run time: 5:03
News edits for a special on the 40th anniversary of Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” speech. Includes reports on nuclear medicine and energy. Commentary from Jack Holl (historian), Hans Blix (Manhattan Project), Kevin Petrella). With sound-bites from Hans Blix and Jack Holl.
Atoms for Peace.
Run time: 8:20
News edits for a special on the 40th anniversary of Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” speech. Includes reports on the advances in nuclear energy, agriculture, and medicine. Includes commentary from Kevin Petrella, Hans Blix, and Jack Holl. Include B-Roll footage.
Age: 50 yrs. After Hiroshima (NEI Video News release). July
Run time: 9:02
NEI video news release of a report examining the use of nuclear power following Eisenhower’s “atoms for peace” speech. Focuses on the uses of atomic research for cancer treatment and as an energy source. Includes commentary from Hans Bethe (Manhattan Project) and Takeo Nakagawa (Science Ambassador for Japan).
Horizons, March 1994 Special Edition: Warren Olney's Competition. 1994, Mar.
Run time: 26:20:00
Horizons employee newsletter special edition featuring an independent report by Warren Olney on competition in the energy industry. Compares independent energy providers with large corporations such as SCE, and examines the municipalization of utilities. Includes commentary from John E. Bryson (Chairman, SCE Corporation) and Jan Roosevelt (SCE accounts executive).
The Hardest Working Water in the World. 1950s
Run time: 12:10
SCE-produced video about the Big Creek Edison station in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Traces the history and construction of the Big Creek station and its use of hydropower. Includes references to engineer John Eastwood and Henry Huntington.
California Electric Power Co. c. 1950, Interstate Tel. Co. 1983, Nov.
California Electric Power Co.(Martin) #12. 1985, Apr. 19
California Electric Power Co. #10 ATSF.
Mt. Lowe Railway
S.O.N.G. [San Onofre Nuclear Generator] #1, Control Room Operating Class, etc., 1979.
Old General Atomics Solar System, 1980.
Old Solar Model, 1978.
Unidentified dam: discharge water from #2 relief valve, 1937.
The Millionth Meter (KTTV), 1951.
Mountaineers [Edison officials], 1933.
Mountaineers [Edison officials], 1928-1933, Trott, Kelley, et al.
Mountaineers [Edison officials], 1933-1934.
Redondo Steam: R 1.
SCE Big Creek Hydroelectric power plant
Governor Ronald Reagan Touring San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station, 1974.
Highlights of 1986- Century 2 Begins. 1986
Run time: 26:08:00
SCE video discussing company highlights of 1986 as part of the company’s “100 Years of Team Edison” campaign. Includes a recap of sales, employment, spending, and planning for the future of the company. Includes reports on the San Onofre Nuclear Generator, the Palo Verde station, the Mojave generating station, and the Balsam Meadow Project at Big Creek. Hosted by SCE Chairman Howard Allen.
Energy Frontiers 1986. 1986
Edison Centennial Reel 51, GJM Productions. 1985, Aug. 26 and Oct. 23
Run time: 22:27
Edison Centennial Reel 51 (Library Roll #1171-B+W stills). Includes the following photographs and documents:
- 1. Power station by water 5:00:39
- 2. Trans. lines 5:01:13
- 3. Men work on transmission. lines 5:01:35
- 4. Trans. line by white buildings 5:02:38
- 5. Trans. lines (row of) 5:03:22
- 6. Pacific Light and Power Corp. building (2 images) 5:04:03
- 7. Street sign with northern line (various shots) 5:05:48
- 8. Power line pan up 5:09:48
- 9. Drawing of reservoir 5:10:53
- 10. Men haul up equipment with horse-drawn cart 5:11:50
- 11. Nevada Power, Mining, and Milling annual report (color) 5:12:20
- 12. Men haul up equipment with horse-drawn cart 5:13:29
- 13. Row of trans. lines 5:15:29
- 14. Newspaper - “Good news for miners” 5:16:45
- 15. Busy street scene 5:17:25
- 16. People getting on train 5:18:57
- 17. Construction site 5:20:19
- 18. Men in interior of station 5:21:00
- 19. Men in white dress 5:22:09
Edison Centennial Reel 47. 1989, Jan.
Run time: 32:15:00
Edison Centennial Reel 47 (Library Roll #1168). Includes the following drawings and photographs:
- 1. Covered wagons 1:00:20
- 2. Gold diggers 1:01:42
- 3. Men in horse drawn carts in snow 1:02:56
- 4. Stage coach in hills with mule
- 5. Unidentified man 1:06:00
- 6. Eastwood 1:07:00
- 7. Henry Huntington
- 8. SCE old logo 1:09:38
- 9. SCE new logo 1:12:08
- 10. Railway spike 1:13:16
- 11. Tulare County office-oxen in street 1:15:10
- 12. Man in early station 1:17:05
- 13. Buggy cart, exterior of station 1:18:14
- 14. Early interior of plant, man by turbines 1:19:17
- 15. Man by turbines 1:22:28
- 16. Man by SAL PC tunnel 1:24:37
- 17. Man outside Redlands office 1:25:59
- 18. Cotton mill 1:27:11
- 19. Generator 1:28:01
- 20. Man in station by controls 1:29:19
- 21. White building exterior 1:30:07
- 22. Downtown street with street cars 1:31:17
Edison Centennial Reel 48.
Run time: 21:40
Edison Centennial Reel 48 (Library Roll #1169). Includes the following drawings and photographs:
- 1. Old street scene 2:00:20
- 2. Buildings exterior 2:01:27
- 3. 2 men in Edison horse buggy cart 2:04:51
- 4. Building exterior 2:08:13
- 5. Men around ditch 2:08:58
- 6. Big white building 2:10:16
- 7. Interior of plant 2:11:35
- 8. Drawing of tram line 2:13:30
- 9. Tram line 2:14:21
- 10. Early turbine 2:14:37
- 11. Hauling up equipment
Edison Centennial Reel 52.
Run time: 22:25
Edison Centennial Reel 52 (Library Roll #1172 - B+W stills HF). Includes the following photographs:
- 1. Men work on trans. line (various shots) 6:00:18
- 2. Mt. Station 6:03:34
- 3. Tent camp 6:05:15
- 4. Various shots of horse buggy carts and two men 6:08:46
- 5. Men in cart in snow (2 shots) 6:08:46
- 6. Men bring up equip. in horse buggy cart (no snow) 6:10:19
- 7. White station against mountain 6:11:26
- 8. Portrait of group by “electrical age” sign 6:12:18
- 9. Electric light and power sign 6:12:18
- 10. Scene with street cars (2 shots) 6:14:41
- 11. Overhead of power plant in construction 6:16:05
- 12. Int. plant 6:17:00
- 13. Ext. plant on water 6:18:30 14. Creek 6:19:41
- 15. Dam construction (various images) 6:20:42
Edison Centennial Reel 53.
Run time: 20:25
Edison Centennial Reel 53 (Library Roll #1173). Includes the following drawings and photographs:
- 1. Men in white dress - group shot in plant 7:00:23
- 2. Men by early Pacific Light and Power Co. building 7:01:08
- 3. Dam construction 7:02:02
- 4. Men in tunnel working 7:03:48
- 5. Men working on transmission. line 7:04:45
- 6. Train in snow 7:05:48
- 7. Plant construction (building frame) 7:07:02
- 8. Men work on trans. line 7:08:19 9. Men by ? 7:10:19
- 10. Int. station transformers or switches 7:10:59
- 11. Ext. power plant 7:11:41
- 12. Dam construction 7:12:35
- 13. Int. tunnel 7:13:59
- 14. Power station ext. w/railcar 7:13:59
- 15. Early surveyors 7:14:49
- 16. Creek or river between mountains 7:16:02
- 17. Man w/ early camera? 7:16:49
- 18. Little boat in creek 7:17:22
- 19. Men pose by cable car that takes them across river 7:17:00
- 20. Old SCE building 7:18:56
Edison Centennial Reel 54.
Run time: 20:00
Edison Centennial Reel 54 (Library Roll #1174). Includes the following drawings and photographs:
- 1. Men near large pipe/construction
- 2. Men working on trans. line
- 3. Plant ext. (mountain slope)
- 4. Couple w/dog sitting on rock near car
- 5. Couple on porch w/dog
- 6. Couple near fence w/dog
- 7. The Southern Sierras Power Company stock certificate
- 8. Man on bridge
- 9. Man standing on power generator
- 10. Power generator
- 11. Dam and power station ext.
- 12. Men with excavating equipment on rocks
- 13. Dam construction
- 14. Cars bringing pipes
- 15. Power station ext. near river
- 16. Men with equipment
- 17. Men with small boats in river
- 18. Men in boat on river
- 19. Men in boat at riverbank
Edison Centennial Reel 50.
Run time: 24:25:00
Edison Centennial Reel 50 (Library Roll #1170 - Historical/B+W stills). Includes the following drawings and photographs:
- 1. Drawing of turbine (?) 4:00:46
- 2. Turbine (various shots) 4:01:03
- 3. Interior of plant 4:04:19
- 4. Conductor on cable car with horse 4:06:59
- 5. Exterior downtown scene 4:07:15
- 6. Early lineman (various shots) 4:10:02
- 7. Crowded street scene 4:12:43
- 8. Man with pipe in hole with wire 4:14:59
- 9. Early power station interior, man by controls 4:14:59
- 10. Drawing of X section of town line 4:15:59
- 11. Man in power station 4:17:04
- 12. Row of transmission. lines 4:17:59
- 13. Construction site 4:18:49
- 14. Men in early car with sacks, coming out of tunnel 4:19:44
- 15. Exterior power station by water (Big Creek) 4:22:27
- 16. Man sits on wood plank over water (Big Creek) 4:24:43
Edison WO #9048- Video prints.
Run time: 22:20
Edison WO #9084 Video Prints
- 1. Equipment on mule cart
- 2. Man holding newspaper: “Freedom for Miner Hicks”
- 3. Water between cliffs
- 4. Henry E. Huntington portrait
- 5. Station tower
- 6. Men with cart in desert
- 7. Power station near river
- 8. Power station ext. with palm trees
- 9. Man with power plant ext.
- 10. Men working on construction in ditch
- 11. Power plant aerial with ocean
- 12. Power plant interior
- 13. Pacific Light and Power Co. exterior
Edison WO #9048- Window Dub.
Historical Footage, Santa Ana River Flume Rebuild.
Challenge Vision #25. 1984, Jan.17 (copy)
Run time: 22:00
Black and white still photos:
- 1. Westside Lighting Co. cart
- 2. Group of men near street ditch
- 3. Pipes
- 4. Men near gear construction
- 5. Power plant interior
- 6. Power poles in desert
- 7. Group portrait (men in suits)
- 8. White building exterior
- 9. Power station interior
- 10. Man on pulley over water
- 11. Power station exterior with river
- 12. Man near tower on riverbank
- 13. Power towers in field
- 14. Men in small boat in river
- 15. Muddy river
- 16. Men outside Northern; buggies in street
- 17. Street scene
Alternate & Renewable Energy Programs Stock Footage Nov. 1983. 1983, Nov. 28
Run time: 15:30
SCE media stock footage showing the Bendix 1300 Wind Turbine Generator, Tehachapi Mountain wind resources area, the Arco photovoltaic project in Hesperia, the SCE photovoltaic project at Palm Springs city hall, and the Salton Sea geothermic project.
Culinary Connections: Sharpen Your Competitive Edge.
Run time: 11:01
Focuses on the use of electric power in commercial food preparation, through the SCE Customer Technology Application Center. Includes the uses of electric power in food preparation by McDonald’s, Kaiser Permanente, Benihana, and the New Orleans School of Cooking.
Horizons Summer 1986. 1986
Run time: 20:14
Horizons employee newsletter. Features stories on “How Electricity is Made, Part 2: Nuclear Power,” a comparison of the San Onofre nuclear generator and the Chernobyl reactor, a behind the scenes look at the making of the George Burns SCE commercials, and a land sailing employee profile. Includes commentary from Tom Hotchkiss, Lorraine Ray (home economist), Roger Selbert (SCE futurist), Bill Myers (SCE historian), and Stan Heard (Mojave Station manager).
Solar One, April 1982.
Run time: 9:49
Stock media footage for SCE Corporate Communications.
Solar One Corporate Communications. 1985, Jan.15
Run time: 10:01
Stock media footage for SCE Corporate Communications.
Energy: Search for an answer. 1983, Nov. 28
Alternate and Renewable Energy Programs media stock footage Nov. 1983.
Run time: 15:30
SCE media stock footage showing the Bendix 1300 Wind Turbine Generator, Tehachapi Mountain wind resources area, the Arco photovoltaic project in Hesperia, the SCE photovoltaic project at Palm Springs city hall, and the Salton Sea geothermic project.
Control Center Geothermal Stormfighter- PG&E '85-6. 1985-1986
SCE- Corporate Responsibility Upper Middle Class-- West Covina. 1986, Mar. 25
SCE- Corporate Responsibility Working Class-- West Covina. 1986, Mar. 25
SCE- Corporate Responsibility Working Class-- Torrance. 1986, Mar. 24
Grey Advertising, Inc.- SCE (3 spots): "Dollar's Worth...," "Jobs," McLaughlin Intro.
Run time: 29:54:00
SCE commercial spots produced by Grey Advertising. Includes the following spots:
- 1. “Dollar’s Worth” (:30)
- 2. “Jobs” (:30)
William C. Mullendore, 1953, and Strike of 1954.
Horizons I.
Run time: 16:18
Horizons employee newsletter featuring reports on the rising cost of energy, sources of alternate energy, and the San Onofre Nuclear Generator. Includes commentary from Michael Noel (SCE Vice-President), Robert Dietch (SCE Vice-President for Nuclear Engineering), Edward A. Myers (SCE Vice-President), Larry Papay (SCE Vice-President for Engineering), and Bill Myers (SCE historian).
December 1987 "Horizons". 1987, Dec.
Summer 1985 "Horizons". 1985
Run time: 13:25
Horizons employee newsletter, featuring the preservation of big horn sheep, including the impact of SCE transmission lines and a 5-year monitoring project; the making of the George Burns SCE commercials; and an examination of Imperial Valley as a source of electric energy from hot geothermic water.
Summer 1986 "Horizons". 1986
Horizons Highlights of 1985 "We're Connected". 1985
Run time: 17:50
Horizons employee newsletter, featuring a 1985 Year in Review. Includes innovations in engineering and finances; a look at the Daggett Solar Energy Generating Station (SEGS); California public utilities commission hearings; a visit from Governor George Deukmajian; the Kern River Co generational Facility; Beowane Geothermal Plant; the Mojave generator accident; the Balsam Project; San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS); and an update on bonds in Japan.
Summer 1983, Horizons V. 1983
Run time: 19:12
Horizons employee newsletter featuring the following reports:
- 1. Energy Services : A Sure Bet for Savings - Hollywood Park and Pacific Design Center as customers of SCE
- 2. PIP : What’s the Big Idea? - Productivity Improvement program giving cash incentives for employee suggestions
- 3. Big Creek : Generation Recreation - story on Big Creek generating station, the “Hardest Working Water in the World”
Horizons II 1982. 1982, August 17
Run time: 17:03
Horizons employee newsletter featuring the following reports:
- 1. Tyler Award - SCE as first corporate recipient of the Tyler Award for energy and ecology
- 2. Conservation and Load Management - SCE growth management. Includes commentary from David Smith (SCE Manager, Conservation and Load Management) and Margot Wells (SCE Manager, Conservation Services).
- 3. Catalina - SCE as only utility provider for Catalina Island. Includes commentary from Bob Adison (SCE District Manager).
Horizons III 1982. 1982, Dec.1
Run time: 17:03
Horizons employee newsletter featuring the following reports from Bill Myers:
- 1. Coal-firing Plant-Mohave - first Edison coal generator. Includes commentary from Paul Chapman (Station Manager)
- 2. So What’s Avoided Cost? - utilities and the purchase of power
- 3. Arresting : The Energy Thief Crisis - dangers of energy theft and the subsidization of costs to consumers. Features commentary from Phil Martin (SCE Vice President of Customer Services).
Horizons VII Winter 1983-84. 1983-1984
Run time: 20:47
Horizons employee newsletter featuring the following reports:
- 1. Assignment ’84 : Olympic Energy - covers SCE’s role in bring the Olympics to Los Angeles. Includes commentary from SCE President Howard Allen and Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley
- 2. Telecommunications : Mediums for Messages : examines SCE’s use of cable, microwave, radio, and fiber optic technology for internal communications
- 3. Keeping Santa Barbara Beautiful - SCE’s mandate for aesthetically pleasing construction
Horizons VIII Spring 1984. 1984, Spring
Run time: 18:52
Horizons employee newsletter featuring the following reports:
- 1. Sky Pilots - the uses of SCE helicopters
- 2. Corporate Warehousing : Keeping You Supplied - expansion to 5 corporate warehouses for the optimization of inventors
- 3. Trails of Our History - SCE’s awareness of Native American archaeology in the Kern River/Lake Perris areas
Horizons X Winter 1984. 1984
Run time: 10:36
Horizons employee newsletter, Special Holiday Edition. Includes the story of how Edison operates, including typed of energy used, energy storage, the use of helicopters and transmission cables, and meter readers. Also includes a recap of the year’s events. Features commentary from SCE Chairman Howard P. Allen.
Horizons Winter 1985. 1985
Horizons Aug. 1989. 1989, Aug.
Horizons Feb. 1990. 1990, Feb.
Run time: 15:19
Horizons employee newsletter, featuring the following reports:
- 1. CTAC - Computer Technology Application Center
- 2. Company News Updates
- 3. Equal Opportunity Pledge - goals for 1998, “Making It : Minority Success Stories”
- 4. Crossroads with Huell Howser - “Pioneering Spirit,” the Santa Ana River #1 historic station
Horizons June 1990. 1990, June
Run time: 18:24
Horizons employee newsletter, featuring the following reports:
- 1. CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission) public hearings relating to merger with San Diego Gas and Electric
- 2. A visit to SDG&E
- 3. Company News Updates
- 4. Crossroads with Huell Howser - “L.A.R.S.,” the Large Apparatus Repair Shop (generator and transporter repair)
Horizons Sept. 1990. 1990, Sep.
Run time: 19:17
Horizons employee newsletter, featuring the following reports:
- 1. Electric and Magnetic Fields - how they work and safety regulations
- 2. Cool Water Wedding - employee wedding
- 3. Company News Updates
- 4. Crossroads with Michael James - “Keeping the Lights On,” a report on street lamp maintenance
Brady (100) - 35mm Solar One [rising up tower?].
Experimental Arch Dam, Stevenson Creek, 1930.
Edison Highlights of 1954.
Electricity for the Modern Farm; Thomas Alva Edison at General Electric; Herbert Hoover at Greenfield Village, Michigan, 1919-1929.
Imperial Valley, California, 1930s.
"Presenting the Midway Site" Downtown Long Beach scenes, 1937.
California Electric Power Co., Roll 3, Palm Springs, Night Signs, approximately 1952.
Original installation 66 KV cable, Hughes Airport [Culver City], Installing Terminal Potheads, 1946.
A thorough understanding.
San Onofre Nuclear Plant Dedication.
Mountaineers [Edison officials], 1934-35.
"Highway Holiday" tour with Tom Frandsen, 1961.
William C. Mullendore giving speech on strike, March 28, 1953.
Dinner for Eight, color, 1934. [Mrs. Mortimer Jones prepares "Dinner for Eight"]
Borel Flume, 1931.