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Clip description
Mr Jones unpacks all the parts of his newly bought wireless and tries to construct it. Two weeks later he demonstrates the wireless to his friends but to his disappointment, it doesn’t work.
Curator’s notes
This clip from a silent black-and-white Magnavox Wireless cinema advertisement is interesting because it shows how the wireless was used in the home. Considered a furniture piece in itself, it stood in the centre of the lounge room and everyone gathered around it.
As the advertisement is silent, intertitles are used to further the plot. In this clip, an intertitle indicates the passing of two weeks.
