What's on Visit The Lens
Home
What's on
Cinemas Exhibitions
Visit
How to get to ACMI Amenities Food & drink Shop School groups Families More info
Accessibility
Collections & Preservation
Projects & Partnerships
Schools & Teachers
Membership
Support us
About us
Contact us
Shop
Venue hire
Touring exhibitions
ACMI X Residency
Subscribe
The Lens

Works explorer

Turn a handle, flick a switch. - 2nd rev. ed.

United States, 1983
film

Shows how basic domestic services, such as gas, electricity and water are provided. Deals with the source of these services, their reticulation and home usage..

Read more

Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Waste not

United States, 1974
Similarity: 72%

Pipeline to the Clouds

United States, 1951
Similarity: 70%

Electricity: generation and distribution

United Kingdom, 1952
Similarity: 69%

Switch on Bigga

Australia, 1953
Similarity: 69%

Water power

United Kingdom, 1978
Similarity: 69%

Energy: less is more. - 2nd ed.

United States, 1980
Similarity: 69%

How to boil

United Kingdom, 1945
Similarity: 69%

Keeping electricity safe inside the home

Australia, 1955
Similarity: 68%

Matter of life and death

Australia, 1986
Similarity: 68%

Water purification: clean water for everyone

United States, 1970
Similarity: 68%

Energy. Ep. 4. Less is more

United States, 1973
Similarity: 68%

Energy efficient light

Australia, 1991
Similarity: 68%

Generation of electricity

United Kingdom, 1949
Similarity: 67%

Electricity: a first film

United States, 1981
Similarity: 67%

The Water cycle

Aotearoa / New Zealand, 1972
Similarity: 67%

Energy: the nuclear alternative. - 2nd ed.

United States, 1980
Similarity: 67%

Gas for home and industry

United States, 1949
Similarity: 67%

Man behind the meter

United Kingdom, 1948
Similarity: 67%
Back to top

ADDRESS: Fed Square, Melbourne/Naarm, Australia
Plan your visit

OPENING HOURS
Museum

Open daily 10am – 5pm
Open 1–5pm ANZAC Day 25 Apr 2026

ACMI Cinemas
Check screening times

ACMI Cafe + Bar
Mon – Fri 8.30am – 4.30pm*
Sat & Sun 10am – 4.30pm*
*Hours extended to accomodate cinema sessions.

ACMI Shop
Open daily 11am – 5pm
Shop online

School groups (by advance booking only)
Mon–Fri 10am – 2.30pm

Subscribe
Follow ACMI on FacebookSubscribe to ACMI's YouTube channelFollow ACMI on TikTokFollow ACMI on InstagramWeChatRedNote

Terms & Conditions
Accessibility
Reports & Policies
Contact us

ACMI would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways of greater Melbourne, the people of the Kulin Nation, and recognise that ACMI is located on the lands of the Wurundjeri people.

First Nations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices, or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or text.