An automatic cleaning appliance is seen at work and investigated by a number of inquisitive fellows. Under cover of darkness they purloin a vacuum cleaner and they are soon seen at a street... See full summary
Raising the Wind (1907) Online
An automatic cleaning appliance is seen at work and investigated by a number of inquisitive fellows. Under cover of darkness they purloin a vacuum cleaner and they are soon seen at a street corner with the apparatus in full operation, annoying passersby by the current of air created. An officer passing loses his helmet, which is drawn into the vacuum chamber. Going down the street they cause the monster to consume various property. Coming to a lodging house a room is engaged by one of the men, and going to the window his associates pass the mouth of the tube into the room and various bric-a-brac and furniture is caused to find its way into the receiving chamber, but owing to the force and weight of various plunder the side of the vacuum chamber is burst out and the appurtenances scattered over the street. The landlord, becoming aware of the plot against him, summons the police, and the first to respond is the unfortunate officer who lost his helmet, which he now finds on the street. ...
Original French title is undetermined.