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OPENING TITLES
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| 01:00:35 35.96 |
CU MALE OBOE PLAYER.
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| 01:00:38 38.96 |
VIOLIN SECTION OF THE BELL TELEPHONE ORCHESTRA
TUNING UP. |
| 01:00:41 41.96 |
KETTLE DRUM PLAYER.
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| 01:00:46 47 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF THE ENTIRE ORCHESTRA IN STUDIO.
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| 01:00:54 54.96 |
TROMBONE PLAYER.
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| 01:00:57 57.96 |
MORE VIOLINS AND HARPIST.
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| 01:01:08 68.96 |
FLOYD MACK IN TUXEDO COMES UP TO NBC MICROPHONE TO
INTRODUCE SELF. |
| 01:01:32 92.96 |
DONALD VOORHEES, CONDUCTOR OF ORCHESTRA. LITTLE
BOW. |
| 01:01:41 101.96 |
TOM SHIRLEY, SITTING IN FOLDING CHAIR READING
SCRIPT. THE VOICE OF THE BELL SYSTEM. |
| 01:01:50 110.96 |
TOM TALKS TO SELF, LOOKS UP, SMILES.
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| 01:02:09 128.96 |
PIANIST JOSEF HOFMAN ENTERS. BOWS, ORCHESTRA
APPLAUDS. |
| 01:02:22 141.96 |
WIDE SHOT OF ALL MALE ORCHESTRA.
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| 01:02:27 146.96 |
SHOT OF PEOPLE IN CONTROL BOOTH.
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| 01:02:29 149.96 |
WALLACE MCGILL, DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM.
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| 01:02:46 166.96 |
CU OF CLOCK ON WALL. ALMOST 9 O'CLOCK.
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| 01:02:55 175.96 |
ORCHESTRA GETS READY WHILE PAN UP TO HUGE MAP OF
AMERICA ON BACK WALL. |
| 01:03:04 183.96 |
POINTS OF LIGHT ON MAP LIGHT UP REPRESENTING RADIO
STATIONS. |
| 01:03:04 183.96 |
DIRECTOR POINTS FOR ACTION.
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| 01:03:05 184.96 |
CU CONDUCTOR HOLDS HIS BATON UP & CONDUCTS
ORCHESTRA. |
| 01:03:19 198.96 |
FLOYD MACK ANNOUNCES INTO THE MICROPHONE THE
BEGINNING OF THE TELEPHONE HOUR. READS SCRIPT. |
| 01:04:08 247.96 |
CU CONDUCTOR. DRAMATIC.
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| 01:04:27 266.96 |
BELL TELEPHONE ORCHESTRA
GOMEZ OPERA OVERTURE
BELL TELEPHONE ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE OVERTURE TO A
GOMEZ OPERA. ITALIAN. |
| 01:06:02 361.96 |
PEOPLE IN CONTROL ROOM LISTEN TO ORCHESTRA PLAY.
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| 01:06:04 363.96 |
CU CONDUCTOR DONALD VOORHEES.
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| 01:06:10 369.96 |
ORCHESTRA PLAYING.
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| 01:06:16 375.96 |
CU MEN IN CONTROL BOOTH, STUDIO ENGINEERS, WEARING
HEAD PHONES, AT CONTROL PANELS. |
| 01:06:27 386.96 |
CU TECHNICIANS PLUGGING IN PATCH CABLES, ON PHONE.
|
| 01:06:35 394.96 |
MAN WORKING. TELEGRAPH MAN. CU MACHINE TAPPING OUT
MORSE CODE. |
| 01:06:37 396.96 |
PAN DOWN WALL OF CABLES, HOLES, RADIO NETWORK
CONNECTING RADIO STATIONS. |
| 01:07:02 421.96 |
BEHIND THE CONTROL PANELS. HOW RADIO WORKS.
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| 01:07:07 426.96 |
LOTS OF WIRES.
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| 01:07:13 432.96 |
CU OF VU METERS, NEEDLE MOVING
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| 01:07:16 435.96 |
MAP OF UNITED STATES, ANIMATED LINES GO OUT,
REPRESENTING NETWORK OF WIRES. |
| 01:07:29 448.96 |
IMAGES OF TELEPHONE POLES, MEN WORKING WITH HUGE
CABLES, SMALL TOWN, DIRT ROAD, MOUNTAINS SUPERIMPOSED OVER MAP. |
| 01:07:42 461.96 |
MAN WITH HEAD PHONES, MALE TELEPHONE OPERATOR.
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| 01:07:44 463.96 |
MAN CHECKING CABLES.
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| 01:07:46 465.96 |
PAN DOWN WIRES ON TELEPHONE POLE
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| 01:07:48 467.96 |
QUICK MONTAGE OF BULBS, WIRES, CONTROLS, ETC, FOR
RADIO BROADCAST AND TELEPHONES. |
| 01:07:58 477.96 |
TELEGRAPH OPERATOR WRITING DOWN MESSAGE.
|
| 01:08:04 483.96 |
CONTROL BOOTH IN STUDIO.
|
| 01:08:08 487.96 |
ORCHESTRA PLAYING
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| 01:08:31 510.96 |
CU CONDUCTOR FRANTICALLY CONDUCTING, HAIR MESSY
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| 01:08:42 521.96 |
FLOYD MACK ANNOUNCER READS SCRIPT.
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| 01:09:01 540.96 |
JOSEF HOFMAN
RACHMANINOFF PRELUDE IN C SHARP MINOR
JOSEF HOFMAN AT GRAND PIANO. PLAYS PRELUDE IN C
SHARP MINOR BY SERGEI RACHMANINOFF. CU HANDS ON PIANO. |
| 01:12:07 726.96 |
TONY SHIRLEY READS SCRIPT IN MICROPHONE. TALKS
ABOUT TELEVISION. |
| 01:12:33 752.96 |
ANIMATED SEQUENCE ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY TELEPHONE.
TELEPHONE POLES & WIRES. POLE STARTS SMALL. EXPANDS HIGH. TOO MANY WIRES. WIRES TWISTED INTO SINGLE CABLE. CROSS-SECTION OF CABLE. |
| 01:13:06 785.96 |
TELEPHONE POLE
|
| 01:13:10 789.96 |
BIG ROLLS OF CABLE UNWOUND TO GO UNDERGROUND.
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| 01:13:15 794.96 |
TOM SHIRLEY.
|
| 01:13:54 833.96 |
CU HAND HOLDS A COAXIAL CABLE. CROSS-SECTION.
SMALL AND HUGE CABLE. |
| 01:14:12 851.96 |
PILE OF HUGE CROSS-SECTION CABLES.
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| 01:14:33 872.96 |
PAN UP TO MAP FROM MR. SHIRLEY.
|
| 01:14:42 881.96 |
NETWORK LINES APPEAR ON MAP TO REPRESENT TV LINES.
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| 01:15:09 908.96 |
SHOT OF CATALINA ISLAND
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| 01:15:22 921.96 |
STATUE OF LIBERTY.
|
| 01:15:24 923.96 |
THE TOWER BRIDGE IN LONDON WITH THE DRAWBRIDGE UP
& SHIP PASSING THROUGH. |
| 01:15:27 926.96 |
PAN OF AN OCEAN LINER
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| 01:15:33 932.96 |
CU MAP AREAS OF CERTAIN PARTS OF THE EAST COAST
INCLUDING NORFOLK, VIRGINIA TO CAPE CHARLES, BOSTON TO PROVINCETOWN. |
| 01:15:47 946.96 |
PAN UP HUGE BUILDING. BELL TELEPHONE BUILDING.
|
| 01:15:56 955.96 |
NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE, INCLUDES EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING IN DISTANCE. |
| 01:16:06 965.96 |
MAP OF EAST COAST INCLUDES NEW YORK CITY, LONG
ISLAND, TO BOSTON. ANIMATED LIGHTNING BOLTS TO REPRESENT MICROWAVES. |
| 01:16:33 992.96 |
TOM SHIRLEY FINISHES ANNOUNCEMENT.
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| 01:16:53 1012.96 |
DONALD VOORHEES CONDUCTS ORCHESTRA.
|
| 01:16:59 1018.96 |
ANNOUNCER FLOYD MACK.
|
| 01:17:25 1044.96 |
JOSEF HOFFMAN
BEETHOVEN CONCERTO NO. 5 IN E FLAT
JOSEF HOFFMAN JOINS THE ORCHESTRA TO PLAY THE LAST
MOVEMENT OF BEETHOVEN'S CONCERTO NO. 5 IN E FLAT, THE EMPEROR CONCERTO. BIZARRE ANGLE OF PIANIST. CONDUCTOR. |
| 01:22:13 1332.96 |
CONDUCTOR VOORHEES SHAKES HANDS WITH PIANIST HOFMAN
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| 01:22:23 1342.96 |
CLOCK ON WALL READS 9:30.
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| 01:22:30 1349.96 |
DIRECTOR IN CONTROL BOOTH POINTS TO ANNOUNCER TO
READ FAREWELL. |
| 01:22:56 1375.96 |
PULL OUT TO ORCHESTRA.
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| 01:23:07 1387 |
END CREDITS
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Year: 1940-1949
Color: Black & White
Genre: RADIO
Specialty CollectionGenre: RADIO
Description: BELL TELEPHONE FOOTAGE OF EARLY RADIO PROGRAM BEING BROADCAST. BEHIND-THE-SCENES.
