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[[Narrator] Tonight we're going to visit the Reagan's new home again.]
[This time to see the wonderful electric equipment]
[that brings music, drama,and news into their home, and helps them to live better electrically.]
[[Ronald Reagan] Nancy and I were just talking about how amazing it is]
[the entertainment you can get in the home these days.]
[When I was a kid -- hey, do you have that handbill?]
[>> Um-hmm. I came across it when we were packing to move from the old house.]
[>> That's a program for Hamlet, the first play I ever saw.]
[We had to travel all the way to Chicago, over a hundred miles.]
[Of course, Nancy was a big city girl.]
[>> Well, I got just as big a thrill the first time I went downtown]
[to hear the Chicago symphony.]
[>> I'm sure you did, but think how much different it is today.]
[>> Here in our new home, if we want entertainment, ]
[>> all we do is flick a switch.]
[The electricity brings it to us.]
[It's another way we live better electrically.]
[see the latest news in the world, [plane landing]]
[and they bring stars to the theater.]
[[TV speaker] and we'll find something much more suitable on the table.]
[We can get color on this set too.]
[It adds a lot of pleasure and excitement.]
[As a matter of fact, we can take television with us in this house.]
[This is a portable television set.]
[Most of the time it's out here on the patio or by the pool,]
[Of course, a portable radio can be a great deal of company,]
[and it can go even more places, around the home or on picnics or fishing trips.]
[>> I guess you're talking about my new transistor portable radio.]
[Real top grain leather. I just love it.]
[Ronny has his own special radio too.]
[I have to do a lot of traveling -- you know.]
[>> Well, I feel the same way. I take along a pocket radio.]
[This is a transistor radio too.]
[It weighs only a few ounces. You can slip it right into your pocket.]
[Then we have another important source of entertainment.]
[Behind this picture, inside here is a projection machine for home movies.]
[Of course, it comes in kind of handy when I want to run one of my old pictures too.]
[>> Well, I don't know anything we get more pleasure out of than our new hi fidelity.]
[I'm going to play a record now, just to show you.]
[>> Remember what a difference there used to be between home listening]
[and the concert hall? Well, wait until you hear this high fidelity sound.]
[>> It's almost as if the orchestra were playing right here in the living room.]
[>> And you can bring up the beauty of the string section,]
[or bring up the color of the brass.]
[You can tailor the sound to your mood or to the room you're in.]
[As you can see, we're enjoying all the entertainment that electricity can bring us,]
[There's no trick to it. It's just a matter of starting in easy stages, one item at a time.]
[The first thing you know, you and your family will begin to ]
