1930-1959COMMUNICATIONS
RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSISTORS. SOUND AMPLIFYING VACUUM TUBES. REPEATER UNITS. HISTORIC RECREATION OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. UPDATING TELEPHONE SERVICE. NEW TECHNOLOGY. ADVENT OF DIAL EXCHANGE. DIAL SWITCHING SYSTEM
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PIPE SMOKE IN THE AIR.
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PAN DOWN TO CU PEOPLE AT TELEPHONE EXHIBIT WITH PHONE RECEIVERS AT THE EARS INCLUDING MAN WITH PIPE.
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| 01:22:06 32.67 |
DEMONSTRATOR SPEAKS TO GROUP.
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| 01:22:23 49.67 |
PEOPLE PUT ON HEADPHONES.
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| 01:22:43 69.67 |
CU WOMAN HOLDING TELEPHONE RECEIVER OLD TECHNOLOGY, HARD TO HEAR. NEW TECHNOLOGY, REPEATER UNITS MAKE SOUND CLEARER.
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| 01:23:30 116.67 |
HISTORICAL RECREATION. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL INTRODUCING HIS TELEPHONE INVENTION, SPEAKING
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| 01:23:53 139.67 |
CU MONTAGE EARLY TELEPHONES.
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| 01:24:12 158.67 |
CU SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS PLUGGING IN LINES
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| 01:24:23 169.67 |
TILT DOWN TELEPHONE POLES, LINES. MONTAGE LINES
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| 01:24:47 193.67 |
RECREATION, 1922. BUSINESSMAN IN OFFICE, HEAD IN HAND, THINKING IN THOUGHT. GETS UP, TALKS TO CO-WORKER. CU CHART TOTAL TELEPHONES & CALLS BUSINESS DISCUSSION
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| 01:25:38 244.67 |
CU POINTER ON BLACKBOARD. DIAL SWITCHING SYSTEM.
MANAGER EXPLAINING SYSTEM TO OTHERS. |
| 01:25:55 261.67 |
CU EARLY ROTARY PHONE. FINGER DIALING NUMBER AUTOMATIC DIALING. 1920s
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| 01:26:04 270.67 |
CU "MODERN" TELEPHONE CIRCA 1940s
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| 01:26:15 281.67 |
CU WALL OF WIRES, DIALS. TELEPHONE ROUTING SYSTEM
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| 01:26:22 288.67 |
CU TWO BUSINESSMEN IN SHIRT SLEEVES BRAIN STORMING IN OFFICE. WORKING ON DIAL EXCHANGE CONCEPT
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| 01:26:38 304.67 |
TELEPHONE SYSTEM PRODUCTION LINE. WORKING ON TELEPHONE ROUTING SYSTEMS. CUTTING INTO LINES
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| 01:26:53 319.67 |
TELEPHONE INSTALLATION WORKERS UNLOADING TRUCK CARTONS OF TELEPHONES.
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| 01:27:00 326.67 |
CU WORKER CUTTING INTO TELEPHONE LINE. CU PLUGGING INTO DIAL PLUG. WORKERS INSTALLING NEW SYSTEM
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| 01:27:13 339.67 |
BANK OF SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS. CIRCA 1930s MANUAL SWITCHBOARDS
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| 01:27:26 352.67 |
SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS CIRCA 1950s
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| 01:27:46 372.67 |
MONTAGE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT
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| 01:27:47 373.67 |
CU TELEPHONE CIRCA 1950s
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| 01:27:50 376.67 |
TELEPHONE LINEMAN, CABLE INSPECTOR.
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| 01:27:59 385.67 |
CUSTOMER AT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE DESK
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| 01:28:03 389.67 |
CU SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR
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| 01:28:08 394.67 |
CU FIELD REPRESENTATIVE TALKING TO CUSTOMERS IN THEIR YARDS. LATE 1940s
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| 01:28:18 404.67 |
MONTAGE FARMER HARVESTING CROPS. "MODERN" TRACTOR & HORSE DRAWN MACHINERY
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| 01:28:29 415.67 |
TELEPHONE INSTALLER ON LADDER INSTALLING PHONE IN FARM HOUSE
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| 01:28:32 418.67 |
SCENIC RURAL OPEN SPACES, FIELDS, RURAL UNPAVED DIRT ROADS. MOUNTAINS
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| 01:28:43 429.67 |
POV DRIVING ON RURAL ROAD. SNOW ON SIDE OF ROAD.
TELEPHONE POLES, LINES DOWN LENGTH OF ROAD |
| 01:28:49 435.67 |
FIELD REPRESENTATIVE PARKED ON SIDE OF RURAL ROAD TALKING TO RESIDENT. HOME IN B/G
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| 01:28:57 443.67 |
TELEPHONE WORKER INSTALLING TELEPHONE POLE IN RURAL SETTING
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| 01:29:09 455.67 |
TELEPHONE RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT, MEN WEARING PROTECTIVE GOGGLES. INDUCTION FURNACE, POURING HOT MOLTEN LIQUID. PULLING STEEL RODS OUT OF FURNACE. RED HOT STEEL BENDABLE SNAKELIKE STATE. TELEPHONE LINE PRODUCTION
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| 01:29:48 494.67 |
WORKERS USE POWER DRIVEN AUGER TO INSTALL TELEPHONE POLES. CU SHARP TONGUE WIRE PLOW BITING INTO THE GROUND. LAYING RUBBER COVERED WIRE UNDERGROUND. LOW ANGLE POWER LINE
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| 01:30:05 511.67 |
1940s TRUCK ON RURAL ROAD PASSING BARNS, HOUSES
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| 01:30:15 521.67 |
POV DRIVING LOOKING UP AT TELEPHONE POLES.
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| 01:30:23 529.67 |
POV IN PLANE IN CLOUDS
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| 01:30:45 551.67 |
MONTAGE RADIO RELAY TOWER CIRCA EARLY 1950s
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| 01:31:16 582.67 |
CONVOY OF COAXIAL CABLE LAYER TRUCKS. LAYING UNDERGROUND CABLE. COAXIAL LINE.
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| 01:32:04 630.67 |
MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. ZOOM IN ON MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
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| 01:32:16 642.67 |
EARLY 1950s HOUSEWIFE OPENING WINDOW BLINDS.
LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH. ANXIOUS HOUSEWIFE, LOOKS AT MANTLE CLOCK, SYNCHRONIZING CLOCKS. HURRIES OVER TO TELEPHONE, DIALS PHONE. CU 1940s HOUSEWIFE TALKING ON TELEPHONE |
| 01:32:56 682.67 |
1940s TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT. BILLING INFORMATION PUNCHED ONTO TAPE. CU SCISSORS CUTTING TAPE.
ACCOUNTING OFFICE. EARLY AUTOMATIC MESSAGE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM |
| 01:33:01 687.67 |
BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES. DOOR OPENING IN, DEVELOPING NEW SWITCHING SYSTEMS. MEETING.
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| 01:34:20 766.67 |
MONTAGE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION LINE CIRCA EARLY 1950s. CROSS BAR SWITCHING EQUIPMENT CU STENCILING WESTERN ELECTRIC ON SHIPPING CRATE
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| 01:35:22 828.67 |
POV BEHIND EARLY 1950s SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS.
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| 01:35:41 847.67 |
CU 1920s TELEPHONE. OLD MAN PICKS UP PHONE, GIVES OPERATOR NUMBER HE WANTS TO REACH, SHE PLUGS HIM INTO LONG DISTANCE OPERATOR WHO PLACES LONG DISTANCE CALL FOR HIM. CU LINE OPERATOR PLUGGING IN PHONE LINES. STEPS OF PLACING A CALL PRE-NEW SWITCHING SYSTEM. OPERATOR CALLS MAN BACK WHEN CONNECTION IS MADE.
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| 01:36:49 915.67 |
1950s BUSINESSMAN MAKING PHONE CALL. OPERATOR USING CROSS BAR SWITCHING SYSTEM TO PLACE LONG DISTANCE CALL
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| 01:37:15 941.67 |
BUSINESS MEETING CIRCA 1950s
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| 01:37:23 949.67 |
MONTAGE 1950s TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT. CROSS BAR SWITCHING SYSTEM
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| 01:37:44 970.67 |
SHORT BUSINESSMAN MAKING PHONE CALL AT PAY PHONE
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| 01:37:51 977.67 |
CU EARLY 1950s YOUNG WOMAN TALKING ON TELEPHONE AT HOME IN LIVING ROOM
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| 01:37:56 982.67 |
CU SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS PLUGGING IN LINES
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| 01:37:59 985.67 |
WORKER CHANGING OVER TELEPHONE SYSTEM
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| 01:38:04 990.67 |
LOW ANGLE PAN TELEPHONE LINES
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| 01:38:08 994.67 |
POV BEHIND BANK OF 1940s TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS
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| 01:38:15 1001.67 |
TELEPHONE LINE INSTALLERS WORKING ON NEW LINES
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| 01:38:30 1016.67 |
SPEAKER AT TELEPHONE EXHIBIT EXPLAINS NEW SERVICE TO COUPLE
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| 01:38:46 1032.67 |
CU OPERATOR DIALING A CALL FOR CUSTOMER
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| 01:38:52 1038.67 |
POV WATCHING 1940s TELEVISION SET. BALLET ON TELEVISION SET
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| 01:38:57 1043.67 |
MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE, WORKER PICKS UP PHONE IN TRUCK
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| 01:39:03 1049.67 |
TRANSPORTATION SEQUENCE. TRUCK ON HIGHWAY US1 HS SHIP. CU TRAIN PASSING VIEWER. HS TRAIN
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| 01:39:17 1063.67 |
MOTHER READS TO HER YOUNG SON. PAN TO TELEPHONE
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| 01:39:25 1071.67 |
MONTAGE TELEPHONE COMPANY EMPLOYEES PERFORMING VARIOUS DUTIES
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| 01:39:30 1076.67 |
MONTAGE TELEPHONES. ROTARY, PAY PHONE, PEOPLE DIALING TELEPHONES.
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