How to Use the Dial Phone (1927)
AT&T teaches 1927 Californians how to use the newfangled dial telephone. No operator required.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 6:22 PM UTC • Today at 6:51 PM UTC • Today at 8:50 PM UTC
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Featured Programming & Film Lineup
The following films and shorts broadcast on CH 88 WORKBENCH:
A kitchen is a feminine thing (1960)
A 1960 Frigidaire film arguing that the feminine design of its appliances makes the kitchen the center of family life. Very much of its time.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 6:31 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:51 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:11 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER, 82:SMOKESTACK
From wheat to bread (1945)
From pioneer grist mill to modern flour mill, then mixing, kneading, rising and baking. Bread making through the ages, in a 1945 film.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 6:36 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:56 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:16 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 81:HALL PASS
How to Make a Comet (2010)
Students build their own comet models from craft materials. A hands-on NASA how-to.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 6:49 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:09 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:29 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 84:T-MINUS
The magic shelf (1952)
How to turn condensed soups into casseroles, stews, salads and lunches. A 1952 sponsored homemaking film.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 7:01 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:21 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:41 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK
Blame it on love (1940)
A wealthy heir elopes with a nightclub singer who can't cook. After the breakup, she learns, and serves the perfect meal. A 1940 appliance-sponsored comedy.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 7:23 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:43 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:03 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER, 82:SMOKESTACK
Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 2) -- Clouds and Isosurfaces (match rendered) (2003)
The main section of NASA's Recipe for a Hurricane. Clouds and isosurfaces show Hurricane Erin on September 10, 2001.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 8:09 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:29 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:50 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 84:T-MINUS
The Blacksmith (1922)
Buster Keaton runs a blacksmith shop for one disastrous day, and a Rolls-Royce pays the price.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 4:12 PM UTC • Today at 8:10 PM UTC • Today at 1:13 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 10:PRATFALL
How to take a test (1956)
A 1956 classroom film on how to take a test: knowing what's covered, mastering new words, and studying smart.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 8:29 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:49 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:09 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER, 81:HALL PASS
Three Smart Daughters (Singer Screen Ad) (1940)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 8:39 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:59 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:19 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 64:JINGLE
Goes-O Thermal Blanket Inspection and Space Craft Rotate to Vertical (2009)
NASA's GOES-O spacecraft gets a thermal blanket inspection, then rotates to vertical at Kennedy Space Center.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 8:41 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:01 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:21 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 84:T-MINUS
How to Say No: Moral Maturity (1951)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 8:57 PM UTC • Today at 1:35 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:17 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 81:HALL PASS
She Caught on Quick (Singer Screen Ad) (1940)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 9:08 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:28 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:48 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 64:JINGLE
jsc2023m000216_Frank_Rubio_SpaceKitchen_Cocina espacial_Spanish (2023)
Astronaut Frank Rubio on space kitchen life, in Spanish. NASA's Johnson Space Center, 2023.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 9:09 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:29 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:49 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 84:T-MINUS
Troubles of a Merchant and How to Stop Them, The (Part II) (1925)
A storekeeper's business suffers without financial controls until a National Cash Register turns things around. A 1925 training film, part two.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 9:14 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:34 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:54 PM UTC
Jay Can Do It (1965)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 9:31 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:51 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:11 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 81:HALL PASS
Cooking: Terms and What They Mean (1949)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 9:43 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:03 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:23 PM UTC
Your best beef buy (1970)
How to spot, pick and cook the best beef cuts, from choice-grade steaks for broiling to the right cooking method. A 1970 trade-group film.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 9:54 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:14 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:34 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK
Troubles of a Merchant and How to Stop Them, The (1925)
A 1925 Essanay training film in which a merchant's troubles meet a solution. The sponsor was apparently a cash register company.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 10:06 PM UTC • Today at 11:16 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:26 AM UTC
Practical Dreamer (1957)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 10:39 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:59 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:19 PM UTC
Brighter Day in Your Kitchen, A (1949)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 10:53 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:13 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:33 PM UTC
Old recipes, new methods
A film on turning old recipe terms into modern kitchen methods, with a sponsor's lemon juice in a starring role.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 11:12 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:32 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:52 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK
Someones In the Kitchen (1960)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 11:50 PM UTC • Today at 12:21 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:10 AM UTC
Kitchen Magic (1948)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 11:56 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:16 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:36 PM UTC
How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa (2023)
Tommy ties a cord to Grandpa's chair and the other end to a bureau drawer. A maid opens it, and chaos follows. An early prank comedy.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 12:05 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:25 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:45 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 73:CALL NUMBER
The Village Blacksmith (1922)
John Ford's 1922 silent take on the village blacksmith.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 12:06 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:27 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:47 PM UTC
How to Fly: Troop Carrier Airplanes - Cockpit Procedure (1944)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 12:28 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:48 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:08 PM UTC
Sewing: Pattern Interpretation
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 1:03 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 11:23 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:43 PM UTC
Woodworker, The (1940)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Airing Now (3:26 PM UTC) • Today at 1:46 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:06 PM UTC
How to Buy Meat (Part II) (1970)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 3:37 PM UTC • Today at 1:57 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:17 PM UTC
How to Look at a City (1964)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 4:31 PM UTC • Today at 2:51 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:12 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 86:POSTCARD
“KORBFLECHTEREI / BASKET WEAVING” WICKER WEAVING 1930’S GERMAN EDUCATIONAL FILM 75864 (1930)
A charming silent German classroom film on weaving wicker furniture from reed rope, by hand. Circa 1930.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 5:00 PM UTC • Today at 3:21 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:41 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 74:INTERTITLE, 81:HALL PASS
Food For Thought
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 5:11 PM UTC • Today at 3:31 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:51 PM UTC
How to Listen To... New Dimensions in Sound (1957)
Crafts, cooking and how things are made
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 5:35 PM UTC • Today at 6:12 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:55 AM UTC
[York Knitting Mills 02] (1930)
Workers run industrial knitting machines in a Hamilton, Ontario mill while an efficiency study watches their every move. Needles, thread and stopwatches.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 5:53 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:13 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:33 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 23:MUSTER, 40:TUMBLEWEED, 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE, 80:EXTRA EXTRA, 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK, 85:FAMILY REEL, 86:POSTCARD, 87:HABITAT, 201:HOLIDAZE
[Theater commercial--Onward flour]
A silent theater ad for Onward Flour, 'the finest bread maker in the world,' with a woman baking bread and multiple-exposure graphics.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 6:11 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:31 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:51 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 16:HEARTH, 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE, 64:JINGLE, 73:CALL NUMBER, 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK, 85:FAMILY REEL
Gardening as Community Building (2013)
A short documentary on how immigration and gardening connect on St. Paul's East Side.
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CH 88 WORKBENCH: Today at 6:17 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:37 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:57 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 101:REEL LIFE