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01:40:29 0.13
LATE 1940s, EARLY 1950s HOME. DOORBELL RINGING
TEENAGED GIRL ANSWERS DOOR. TAKES MAN'S HAT.
1940s MOTHER, HOUSEWIFE DRYING HANDS ON APRON,
SHAKES HANDS WITH VISITOR. GIRL SITS ON ARM OF
COUCH. MOTHER WIFE CALLS UP TO HUSBAND. SITS &
CHATS TO MAN UNTIL FATHER COMES DOWN.
01:41:34 65.13
FATHER ENTERS ROOM, THE WOMEN, WIFE & DAUGHTER
LEAVE ROOM SO MEN CAN DISCUSS BUSINESS. MAN
LOOKING FOR NEW JOB IN CONSTRUCTION. MAN LIGHTS
PIPE, EXPLAINS JOB DESCRIPTION OF TELEPHONE
LINEMAN
01:42:40 131.13
MONTAGE VARIOUS TYPES OF RURAL TELEPHONE ELECTRICAL
POLES, LINES. CABLE LINES TO FIVE ARM, OPEN WIRE
LEADS. BRACKET LINES.
01:43:02 153.13
URBAN TELEPHONE CABLE INSTALLERS LAYING CABLE
UNDERGROUND IN MANHOLE. MEN WORKING SIGN.
01:43:32 183.13
LINEMEN INSTALLING TELEPHONE POLE. TEAM WORK
01:44:24 235.13
MAN EXPLAINS AERIAL CABLE JOB FROM BEGINNING TO
END. PRELIMINARY SURVEY. ENGINEERS IN OFFICE
WORKING ON PLANS. EXPLAINING TO OLD FARMER WHERE
TELEPHONE LINES WILL RUN. GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE
PUBLIC. SECURING RIGHT OF WAY FROM LAND OWNERS.
STAKING OUT ROUTE OF LINE. POLE ON GROUND. TRUCK
TRANSPORTS LINE CREW TO LOCATION.
01:45:50 321.13
PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION TELEPHONE LINES. LINE
TRUCK DELIVERS LINE CREW TO LOCATION. TRUCK
CONTAINS ALL TOOLS NECESSARY. TOOLBOX ON WHEELS.
MEN UNLOAD TRUCK. SAFETY MEASURES, WORKER PLACES
MEN WORKING SIGN ON ROAD. STARTING WORK, DIGGING
POLE HOLES. DIGGING BY HAND. SHOVEL, DIGGING BAR
& CURVED SHOVEL CALLED A SPOON. HOLE DIGGER.
POWER DRIVEN DRILL. ROTARY AUGER ATTACHED TO
TRUCK DIGS HOLES NEAR ROAD.
01:47:52 443.13
WORKER DRILLING HOLES IN POLES. PREPARING POLES
FOR SETTING. POWER DRIVEN WINCH PICKS UP THE POLE
& SWINGS IN INTO POSITION OVER THE HOLE. LINE CREW
GUIDES POLE INTO PLACE. THREE MEN STRAIGHTEN THE
POLE WITH LONG POLES CALLED PIKES. FILL HOLE WITH
DIRT & ROCKS FILLING IN AROUND POLE.
01:49:02 513.13
LOW ANGLE GUYED POLES. PROCESS OF GUYING POLES.
LONG STEEL ROD WITH AN ANCHOR AT ONE END PUT INTO
DEEP HOLE. TAMPING EARTH IN HOLE. WORKER PREPARES
GUY WIRE, STEEL CABLE, INSERTING AN INSULATOR INTO
GUY WIRE. PLACING GUY WIRE IN GUY BOLT, SECURING
WITH A CLAMP.
01:50:16 587.13
LINEMAN WEARING CLIMBERS, BODY BELT & SAFETY STRAP
LINEMAN CLIMBS POLE TO PULL UP THE GUY. WRAPS
SAFETY STRAP AROUND HIM. ATTACHES GUY TO ANCHOR
ROD, TIGHTENS CLAMP.
01:51:20 651.13
LINEMEN CLEANING UP AROUND SIGHT AFTER COMPLETING
WORK
01:51:32 663.13
OLDER MAN GETS UP, BRINGS OVER INSTRUCTIONS,
LIST OF PRACTICES ON PUTTING UP CABLE, GIVES
MAN INTERESTED IN JOB PAPERS TO LOOK OVER. CU
DIAGRAM.
01:52:19 710.13
LINEMEN PUTTING UP STEEL STRAND THAT SUPPORTS
GUY CABLE. LINEMEN WALKING STEEL STRAND, RAISING
AT EACH POLE, PLACED OVER BOLT. SECURING STRAND.
CHAIN HOIST USED TO PULL UP STRAND TO PROPER
TENSION.
01:53:18 769.13
LINEMAN CONSULTS CHART FOR PROPER TENSION DEPENDS
ON AIR TEMPERATURE. TIGHTENS STRANDS.
01:53:54 805.13
LINEMEN UNREEL CABLE FROM A CABLE TRAILER. CABLE
& WIRE WRAPPED TOGETHER. LASHING MACHINE. LINEMAN
MOVES LASHING MACHINE FROM ONE SIDE OF POLE TO THE
OTHER. CABLE TERMINAL MOUNTED ON POLE. SMALL BOX.
LINEMAN ATTACHES STEPS TO TERMINAL POLE.
01:55:10 881.13
COMPLETED TELEPHONE LINES, POLES.
01:55:20 891.13
PIPE SMOKING LINEMAN EXPLAINING TO YOUNG MAN WHAT
UNDERGROUND CABLE JOB ENTAILS.
01:56:00 931.13
PROCESS OF LINE CREW INSTALLING UNDERGROUND
CABLES. CREW PLACING MEN WORKING SIGNS AROUND
MANHOLE. PLACING GUARDS & FLAGS AROUND MANHOLE.
CABLE REEL SET UP ON JACKS. CABLE PULLED IN FROM
MANHOLE THROUGH UNDERGROUND CONDUIT SYSTEM.
APPLYING GREASE TO CABLE WITH BRUSH. LINE TRUCK
SUPPLIES THE POWER TO PULL CABLE.
01:56:52 983.13
LATE 1940s, EARLY 1950s HOUSEWIFE BRINGS SNACK
TRAY OF COFFEE & CAKE TO MEN TALKING IN LIVING
ROOM. CU CAKE WITH SLICES MISSING.
01:57:34 1025.13
LINEMEN ADD CIRCUIT TO OPEN WIRE POLE. COILS OF
WIRE PLACED ON PAYOUT REELS, PULLED ALONG THE
GROUND, TRUCK PULLS THE WIRE CLOSE TO ROAD.
LINEMEN PULL WIRE BY HAND. LONG WIRE RAISING
TOOL PLACES THE WIRE ON CROSS ARMS. LINEMEN
ATTACHING CABLE WIRES
01:58:39 1090.13
LINEMAN CLIMBING DOWN POLE
01:58:46 1097.13
CU LINEMAN TYING IN NEW LINE
01:58:57 1108.13
PAN LINE FROM POLE TO HOUSE
01:59:16 1127.13
MONTAGE LINEMEN WORKING REMOVING PLANT THAT HAS
SERVED ITS PURPOSE OR HAS BEEN REPLACED, LINEMAN
CLIMBS POLE, REMOVES LINE. LINEMEN REMOVING POLE,
LINEMEN REMOVING CABLE FROM MANHOLE
01:59:35 1146.13
OLDER COUPLE ENTERTAINING YOUNG MAN IN THEIR HOME
01:59:48 1159.13
NATURAL DISASTERS. FLOODED CITY. TROLLEY STREET CAR
SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATERS. RAGING WATERS.
01:59:55 1166.13
1950s CAR WRAPPED AROUND TELEPHONE POLE. CAR
HIT TELEPHONE POLE, CAR ACCIDENT. CAR CRASH.
01:59:59 1170.13
LINEMAN REPAIRING TELEPHONE POLE, CLIMBING UP
POLE, REPLACING BROKEN CROSS ARM.
02:00:09 1180.13
OLDER COUPLE ENTERTAINING YOUNGER MAN IN LIVING ROOM
02:00:51 1222.13
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Year: 1950-1959  Color: Black & White
Genre: COMMUNICATIONS

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Keywords: middle class


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