- Title: F-8903
- Summary: THE TELEPHONE HOUR: BELL TELEPHONE FOOTAGE OF EARLY RADIO PROGRAM BEING BROADCAST. BEHIND-THE-SCENES.
- Description:00:59:49 - CU MALE OBOE PLAYER. 00:59:52 - VIOLIN SECTION OF THE BELL TELEPHONE ORCHESTRA TUNING UP. 00:59:55 - KETTLE DRUM PLAYER. 01:00:00 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF THE ENTIRE ORCHESTRA IN STUDIO. 01:00:08 - TROMBONE PLAYER. 01:00:11 - MORE VIOLINS AND HARPIST. 01:00:22 - FLOYD MACK IN TUXEDO COMES UP TO NBC MICROPHONE TO INTRODUCE SELF. 01:00:46 - DONALD VOORHEES, CONDUCTOR OF ORCHESTRA. LITTLE BOW. 01:00:55 - TOM SHIRLEY, SITTING IN FOLDING CHAIR READING SCRIPT. THE VOICE OF THE BELL SYSTEM. 01:01:04 - TOM TALKS TO SELF, LOOKS UP, SMILES. 01:01:22 - PIANIST JOSEF HOFMAN ENTERS. BOWS, ORCHESTRA APPLAUDS. 01:01:35 - WIDE SHOT OF ALL MALE ORCHESTRA. 01:01:40 - SHOT OF PEOPLE IN CONTROL BOOTH. 01:01:43 - WALLACE MCGILL, DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM. 01:02:00 - CU OF CLOCK ON WALL. ALMOST 9 O'CLOCK. 01:02:09 - ORCHESTRA GETS READY WHILE PAN UP TO HUGE MAP OF AMERICA ON BACK WALL. 01:02:17 - POINTS OF LIGHT ON MAP LIGHT UP REPRESENTING RADIO STATIONS. 01:02:17 - DIRECTOR POINTS FOR ACTION. 01:02:18 - CU CONDUCTOR HOLDS HIS BATON UP & CONDUCTS ORCHESTRA. 01:02:32 - FLOYD MACK ANNOUNCES INTO THE MICROPHONE THE BEGINNING OF THE TELEPHONE HOUR. READS SCRIPT. 01:03:21 - CU CONDUCTOR. DRAMATIC. 01:03:40 - BELL TELEPHONE ORCHESTRA: GOMEZ OPERA OVERTURE BELL TELEPHONE ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE OVERTURE TO A GOMEZ OPERA. ITALIAN. 01:05:15 - PEOPLE IN CONTROL ROOM LISTEN TO ORCHESTRA PLAY. 01:05:17 - CU CONDUCTOR DONALD VOORHEES. 01:05:23 - ORCHESTRA PLAYING. 01:05:29 - CU MEN IN CONTROL BOOTH, STUDIO ENGINEERS, WEARING HEAD PHONES, AT CONTROL PANELS. 01:05:40 - CU TECHNICIANS PLUGGING IN PATCH CABLES, ON PHONE. 01:05:48 - MAN WORKING. TELEGRAPH MAN. CU MACHINE TAPPING OUT MORSE CODE. 01:05:50 - PAN DOWN WALL OF CABLES, HOLES, RADIO NETWORK CONNECTING RADIO STATIONS. 01:06:15 - BEHIND THE CONTROL PANELS. HOW RADIO WORKS. 01:06:20 - LOTS OF WIRES. 01:06:26 - CU OF VU METERS, NEEDLE MOVING 01:06:29 - MAP OF UNITED STATES, ANIMATED LINES GO OUT, REPRESENTING NETWORK OF WIRES. 01:06:42 - IMAGES OF TELEPHONE POLES, MEN WORKING WITH HUGE CABLES, SMALL TOWN, DIRT ROAD, MOUNTAINS SUPERIMPOSED OVER MAP. 01:06:55 - MAN WITH HEAD PHONES, MALE TELEPHONE OPERATOR. 01:06:57 - MAN CHECKING CABLES. 01:06:59 - PAN DOWN WIRES ON TELEPHONE POLE 01:07:01 - QUICK MONTAGE OF BULBS, WIRES, CONTROLS, ETC, FOR RADIO BROADCAST AND TELEPHONES. 01:07:11 - TELEGRAPH OPERATOR WRITING DOWN MESSAGE. 01:07:17 - CONTROL BOOTH IN STUDIO. 01:07:21 - ORCHESTRA PLAYING 01:07:44 - CU CONDUCTOR FRANTICALLY CONDUCTING, HAIR MESSY 01:07:55 - FLOYD MACK ANNOUNCER READS SCRIPT. 01:08:14 - 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. 01:11:20 - TONY SHIRLEY READS SCRIPT IN MICROPHONE. TALKS ABOUT TELEVISION. 01:11:46 - 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. 01:12:19 - TELEPHONE POLE 01:12:23 - BIG ROLLS OF CABLE UNWOUND TO GO UNDERGROUND. 01:12:28 - TOM SHIRLEY. 01:13:07 - CU HAND HOLDS A COAXIAL CABLE. CROSS-SECTION. SMALL AND HUGE CABLE. 01:13:25 - PILE OF HUGE CROSS-SECTION CABLES. 01:13:46 - PAN UP TO MAP FROM MR. SHIRLEY. 01:13:55 - NETWORK LINES APPEAR ON MAP TO REPRESENT TV LINES. 01:14:22 - SHOT OF CATALINA ISLAND 01:14:35 - STATUE OF LIBERTY. 01:14:37 - THE TOWER BRIDGE IN LONDON WITH THE DRAWBRIDGE UP & SHIP PASSING THROUGH. 01:14:40 - PAN OF AN OCEAN LINER 01:14:46 - CU MAP AREAS OF CERTAIN PARTS OF THE EAST COAST INCLUDING NORFOLK, VIRGINIA TO CAPE CHARLES, BOSTON TO PROVINCETOWN. 01:15:00 - PAN UP HUGE BUILDING. BELL TELEPHONE BUILDING. 01:15:09 - NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE, INCLUDES EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN DISTANCE. 01:15:19 - MAP OF EAST COAST INCLUDES NEW YORK CITY, LONG ISLAND, TO BOSTON. ANIMATED LIGHTNING BOLTS TO REPRESENT MICROWAVES. 01:15:46 - TOM SHIRLEY FINISHES ANNOUNCEMENT. 01:16:06 - DONALD VOORHEES CONDUCTS ORCHESTRA. 01:16:12 - ANNOUNCER FLOYD MACK. 01:16:38 - 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. 01:21:26 - CONDUCTOR VOORHEES SHAKES HANDS WITH PIANIST HOFMAN 01:21:36 - CLOCK ON WALL READS 9:30. 01:21:43 - DIRECTOR IN CONTROL BOOTH POINTS TO ANNOUNCER TO READ FAREWELL. 01:22:09 - PULL OUT TO ORCHESTRA.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-8903