Luxury High Tech Bed: A Gadget Lover’s Dream (1959) | British Pathé

Check out this £2,500 high tech luxury bed from 1959! It is chock full of gadgets and everyday conveniences from the headboard to the foot of the bed, most importantly a space for your cup of tea. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: #BritishPathé #History #Gadgets #Technology #Bed #Home (FILM ID:) Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: London. M/S of a bedroom. A girl wearing a night gown (Ms Jean Clarke) is getting ready for bed. Another girl (Ms Pat Howdon) is lying in bed. Two girls’ beds are approximately one foot apart. Ms Clarke joins the two beds before lying down. M/S of the two girls in bed. Ms Clarke is holding control box in her hands (little white box with four buttons) and presses one of the buttons. Top of the bed rises so the girls can sit and chat. C/U shot of the control box with buttons. Girl presses one of the buttons. Cut to a bottom of the bed as it rises up (good for tired legs). C/U shot of Ms Clarke’s face as she watches the bed rise. She, then, reaches to a drawer on her side of the bed and opens it. Top C/U shot of a tape recorder being switched on. Ms Howdon opens the drawer and finds ’vibro-massage’ machine at her side of the bed. C/U shot of Ms Howdon’s face as she massages her chin - lots of make-up, great eyebrows. C/U top shot of the bed’s control panel. Several shots demonstrating how, and what for, control panel is used. Just by pressing the button one can open and close curtains, switch the lights on and off, heat a mattress, have intercom connection, telephone line and operate a TV set found at the bottom of the bed. Furthermore, one can have a cup of tea or coffee without leaving the bed. M/S of Ms Howdon opening a bottom drawer at her side of the bed. High angle C/U shot reveals a tea set. Ms Howdon takes the cups and the teapot out and places them on the little tray on top of the drawer. C/U shot of two cups and the teapot. Ms Howdon pours the tea and gives one cup to Ms Clarke. Girls enjoying tea in bed. Note: Combined print for this item is missing. BRITISH PATHÉ’S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it. Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance. British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.