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A Step Saving Kitchen, 1949

A Step Saving Kitchen is a 1949 film written and produced by the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and illustrates kitchen design and construction techniques to promote both efficiency and comfort while working in the kitchen. 

The film demonstrates the “U-shaped kitchen design” and is narrated by USDA home economist, Lenore Sater, as she takes viewers through the various features of the model kitchen. 

National Archives Identifier: 1783/Local Identifier: 16-P-1045

View and download A Step Saving Kitchen in the National Archives Catalog. The film is one of over 1,300 films and videos in the series “Public Information and Training Motion Picture and Television Productions.” 

You can explore more audiovisual holdings held by the Moving Image and Sound Branch through the National Archives Catalog, through the Special Media Records Division blog, The Unwritten Record, on History Hub, or in person at our research room in College Park, MD.
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